Artist.......: LΘo FerrΘ
Album........: La Solitudine (In Italiano)
Label........: Barclay
Genre........: Chanson
Catnr........: BRC LP 60028
Source.......: CDDA
Rip.date.....: Oct-02-2008
Str.date.....: 000-00-2008
Quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.leo-ferre.com
track title time
01. I Pop 05:03
02. Piccina 04:18
03. PΘpΘe 04:29
04. La Solitudine 05:27
05. Niente Pi∙ 03:47
06. Gli Anarchici 03:10
07. Il Tuo Stile 03:34
08. Tu Non Dici Mai Niente 05:53
09. Col Tempo 04:26
Runtime 40:07 min
Size 53,7 MB
Release Notes:
It's a Reissue in Italian.
Although little known in English speaking countries, LΘo
FerrΘ (1916-1993) is a monument of French chanson, revered
throughout the francophone world. A singer, songwriter,
author, composer, and even orchestra conductor, he is
mostly remembered for songs like "Avec le Temps," "Les
Anarchistes," and "Jolie M⌠me." His career began in the
cabaret and took him through four decades and a number of
styles, but his best material and his popularity peak
happened in the æ60s and early æ70s, as the generation of
May æ68 adopted him as an anarchist figure.
LΘo FerrΘ was born and raised in the principality of
Monaco, between France and Italy. Throughout his life, the
artist would live and work in the two countries
alternately, even recording a few songs in Italian. He
completed his college studies in 1934 in Rome. Since his
father refused to let him go to the music conservatory, he
went to Paris for studies in law, earning a diploma in
Political Sciences in 1939. The second World War dragged
him into the military and upon Paris' capitulation he fled
back to Monaco. He got married for the first time in 1943,
began to work at Radio Monte-Carlo, and wrote his first
songs.
After the Liberation (1945) FerrΘ gave his first
performances in Parisian cabarets, encouraged by Charles
Trenet, Edith Piaf, and Juliette GrΘco who would sing many
of his songs. His first wife divorced him in 1950. Shortly
after, he met Madeleine Rabereau, who would become his
second wife and have a decisive influence on his career,
pushing him constantly forward. He cut his first 78 rpms
for Le Chant du Monde and wrote his first piece of
"serious" music, the oratorio "La Chanson du Mal-AimΘ." In
1953, FerrΘ was signed by the record label OdΘon and
recorded his first LP which includes "Paris-Canaille."
In the late æ50s and early æ60s he recorded a series of
albums devoted to French poets, interspersed with LPs of
his own songs. His lyrics alternate between love topics
and a social commentary that grows more and more bitter:
"Thank You Satan," "Mon GΘnΘral" (against Charles De
Gaulle), "Ni Dieu, Ni Maεtre." When the events of May æ68
take place, FerrΘ is at a popular and artistic peak. Now
forever associated to the Anarchist movement, he let
himself be transported by the younger generation. He
abandoned the over-emphatic, theatrical style of singing
that was also Jacques Brel's trademark, recorded and
toured with the rock group Zoo, and included monologues in
his concerts. In October 1970 came out the single "Avec le
Temps." It became his signature song.
Starting in 1975, FerrΘ attempted a career in classical
music, conducting orchestras for his works and classics
(he recorded works by Beethoven and Ravel). For the next
decade he continued to release albums and tour, but his
prime had passed. His writings and television appearances
were feeding his popularity more than his musical
production of the time, and by 1985 he had considerably
slowed down his activities. He was preparing a come back
to the stage when illness struck in 1992. He died in July
1993 at age 77.