Author: Desrosiers, Yves

Format: Import

Release Date: 20-08-2002

Details: Product description 1 La Lettre 4:17 2 Chanson Sur L'ami 2:36 3 Les Étoiles 2:43 4 Le Chanteur Devant Le Micro 4:38 5 Les Deux Destinées 8:51 6 Le Vol Arrêté 4:53 7 En Cristal 3:07 8 Rien Ne Va Plus 3:25 9 Vers Le Froid 2:46 10 Les Cigognes 4:43 11 Koni Preveredlivye 6:08 Amazon.ca For his first solo album, Volodia, Yves Desrosiers set out to make an incursion into the decadent Russia of Vladimir Vysotsky. Known for his work with Lhasa, Jean Leloup, Jeszcze Raz, Daniel Bélanger, and Fredric Gary Comeau, he has orchestrated 11 songs by the late poet, with lyrics adapted into French by Bïa and Maxime Le Forestier. Lively without being exuberant, his reading of Vysotsky's pieces is both personal and respectful: it highlights the quality of these verses that are almost unknown here, allows one to savor music that intertwines tradition and modernity, and even provides a taste of the poet's native language, as "Koni Preveredlivye" is sung in Russian. The redundancy of the melodies and Desrosiers' somewhat uncertain voice may put off some listeners, but Volodia is such a rich work that, over repeated listens, one learns to tame the singer's interpretations and appreciate them. --Nicolas Houle

UPC: 064027115420

EAN: 0064027115420

Languages: French

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood