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In this beautifully remastered, 18-song, Arkadia Chansons collection of instrumental and sung melodies featuring France's superstars of the accordion era, entitled Les Accordeons de France, the operative word is Joy, the kind of joy that comes from letting oneself go.
The most inveterate of snobs will have a hard time resisting the rhythm of Medard Ferrero's Les Triolets. Robert Trognee's Le retour des hirondelles is a classic accordionized waltz. Emile Garrigoux gives a rousing performance of the other mainstay of the accordion - the java. Despite the pervasive gaiety, there is also something somewhat plaintive in the sound of the accordion, which no doubt helps explain its popularity among the working classes. The great accordionist Tony Murena is heard here playing Le Denichuer and Indifference, two wistful melodies, reminiscent of a sea-side summer at twilight.
All the songs here belong to the heyday of this under-appreciated instrument. Hard as it may be to believe, in Paris in the 1930s, there were more than 300 "bals musette," or accordion balls, in operation. There, couples forgot their cares, dancing to sounds pumped out by the masters of the soulful and bellowing instrument, until the Parisian sunrise brought them back to reality. This album, Les Accordeons de France (which is also available on CD), takes us back in time to musically remember that magical era, proving, try as one might, you simply cannot deny the melodious accordion its rightful place in the grand tradition of French song.
1. La valse des as
Gus Viseur
1942
2. Le Denicheur
Tony Murena
3. Indifference
1941
4. Les Triolets
Medard Ferrero
1934
5. Perle de Cristal
1936
6. Quand on s'promene au bord de l'eau
Jean Gabin
7. Le retour des hirondelles
Robert Trognee
1933
8. Escamillo
Henri Momboisse
1929
9. La mome caoutchouc
Rene Pesenti
1932
10. On n'a pa tous les jours vingt ans
Leon Raiter
11. La guinguette a ferme ses volets
Damia
12. La valse du tourbillon
Albert Carrara
1931
13. Reine de musette
Emile Vacher
1927
14. Gaby
Deprince
15. C'est la Guinguette
Annette Lajon
16. La java des Cezigue
Emile Garrigoux
1930
17. Ca gaze
Marceau
18. La java bleue
Frehel
1939
19. L'entrainante
Fredo Gardoni
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