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AN ACTOR AND A SINGER

ALAIN ROBERT | ST-HUBERT,QUÉBEC | 06/02/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"After many years as an actor on the stage and in the movies,JACQUES CANETTI persuaded REGGIANI to record an album of songs written by BORIS VIAN.This was in the midsixties.Since then,he has alterned between movies and music.REGGIANI has been for many years an admirer of FRENCH poets like VERLAINE and APOLLINAIRE.In this collection,complete with a booklet and overview of his career you get a résumé of his output.My favorites are LE PONT MIRABEAU(also recorded by LÉO FERRÉ);he has chosen to recite the famous poem with a simple piano accompagnment and it's marvelous.My other favorites are the songs written for him by GEORGES MOUSTAKI(GASPARD,SARAH);the famous DÉSERTEUR from VIAN and also his biggest hit:IL SUFFIRAIT DE PRESQUE RIEN.The rest is less interesting,but as you know,it's always difficult to get the perfect single cd of a singer.It makes me laugh when they say ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED,because this isn't an original at all but a greatest hits package.AMAZON do your work correctly."