Songbook Pierre Génisson & Bruno Fontaine

• Jerome Kern (1885 - 1945): Smoke Gets in Your Eyes:
• 1 Kern: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 05:04
• Henri Betti (1917 - 2005): C'est si bon:
• 2 Betti: C'est si bon 02:18
• Henri Salvador (1917 - 2008): Syracuse:
• 3 Salvador: Syracuse 04:05
• Cole Porter (1891 - 1964): Night and Day:
• 4 Porter: Night and Day 03:32
• Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979): Isn't It Romantic:
• 5 Rodgers: Isn't It Romantic 06:15
• Cole Porter: I've Got You Under My Skin:
• 6 Porter: I've Got You Under My Skin 04:54
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989): Cheek to Cheek:
• 7 Berlin: Cheek to Cheek 03:22
• Michel Legrand (1932 - 2019): The Windmills of Your Mind:
• 8 Legrand: The Windmills of Your Mind 03:28
• Harold Arlen (1905 - 1986): Stormy Weather:
• 9 Arlen: Stormy Weather 04:15
• Serge Gainsbourg (1928 - 1991): La javanaise:
• 10 Gainsbourg: La javanaise 05:37
• Pascal Auriat (1948 - 1989), Jean Bouchéty (1920 - 2006): Il venait d'avoir 18 ans:
• 11 Auriat, Bouchéty: Il venait d'avoir 18 ans 03:17
• George Shearing (1919 - 2011): Lullaby of Birdland:
• 12 Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland 02:49
• Marguerite Monnot (1903 - 1961): Hymne à l'amour:
• 13 Monnot: Hymne à l'amour 04:20
• Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977): Smile:
• 14 Chaplin: Smile 03:15
• Richard Rodgers: My Funny Valentine:
• 15 Rodgers: My Funny Valentine 05:37
• Louis Guglielmi (1916 - 1991): La vie en rose:
• 16 Guglielmi: La vie en rose 03:36
• Léo Chauliac (1913 - 1977), Charles Trenet (1913 - 2001): Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?:
• 17 Chauliac, Trenet: Que reste-t-il de nos amours ? 03:40
• Charles Aznavour (1924 - 2018): La bohème:
• 18 Aznavour: La bohème 04:26
• Bob Thiele (1922 - 1996): What a Wonderful World:
• 19 Thiele: What a Wonderful World 06:39
• Total Runtime 01:20:29

Info for Songbook

"I've Got You Under My Skin" - Pierre Génisson and Monica Belluci and many other stars.

With their melancholic authenticity, chansons have already captured many hearts. It was not without reason that legendary director François Truffaut said in one of his films: "I only listen to chansons because they tell the truth..." This characterful genre also appealed to the French all-round clarinetist Pierre Génisson. He expanded his multifaceted repertoire, which ranges from classical to jazz to folk music, to include this nostalgic genre with the album Songbook. The selected songs were arranged by Génisson's long-time comrade, pianist and composer Bruno Fontaine. Together they created a new sound cosmos based on well-known American standards and classics of French chanson.

The two musicians gained support from high-profile surprise guests to implement the individual songs. Actress Monica Bellucci lends her sensual voice to the popular love song "I've Got You Under My Skin" by Cole Porter. Guitarist Thibaut Garcia plays Charlie Chaplin's film melody "Smile" from the 1936 classic Modern Times. Jazz singer Youn Sun Nah interprets Serge Gainsbourg's lascivious, laid-back chanson "La Javanaise". In addition to other singers, Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac can also be heard on the double bass and Fabrice Moreau on the drums.

Pierre Génisson, clarinet
Bruno Fontaine, piano
Thibaut Garcia, guitar
Youn Sun Nah, vocals
Monica Belluci, vocals
Lambert Wilson, vocals

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