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Yann Tiersen

Title: C'etait ici (2CD)

Label: EMI France

Cat No:8132602
Format:CD

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Yann Tiersen achieved world-wide status following the success of his soundtrack music to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's acclaimed film "Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain" in 2001.

In February 2002 Yann Tiersen appeared at the Cité de la Musique Festival in Paris, performing three exceptional concerts of his music with the large orchestral ensemble Synaxis conducted by Guillaume Bourgogne. These special concerts, which involved the presence of some 50 musicians on stage. "C'était Ici", is a 29 track double album documenting this dynamic event, Several tracks feature performances by friends /guests, such as Les Têtes Raides, pop singer Dominique A, Ronan Le Bars (Breton uilleann pipe player) who had taken part in the event. Compositions from his 8 years as a recording artist are given fresh interpretations.

Including the Amelie soundtrack, this is his eighth album, following his first release "Valse Des Monstres" on Virgin France in 1995. Tiersen has proved you don't have to be a singer to hold a central place on the French music scene. This talented multi-instrumentalist ( who plays piano, violin, accordeon, guitar, melodica, etc, etc) whose haunting, magical compositions rarely include words, has established an excellent reputation thanks to his atmospheric film music and versatile one-man shows.

Born in Brest, a coastal town in Brittany, on 23 June 1970, Yann Tiersen grew up in Brittany's 'cultural capital', Rennes. Yann proved to have little aptitude for schoolwork, but he soon turned out to be a star pupil at the local Conservatoire where he studied violin and piano between the ages of 6 and 14 and later went on to train as a conductor.

Track Listing for C'etait ici (2CD)
01. Intro
02. La valse d'Amelie
03. C'etait ici
04. Rue des cascades
05. La rupture
06. La terrasse
07. Deja join
08. Sur le fil
09. Le jour d'avant
10. Le banquet
11. Les jours tristes
12. La noyee
13. Le Moulin
14. Le fromveur
15. L'homme aux bras ballants
16. L'autre valse d'Amelie

CD2
01. Bagatelle
02. Le meridien
03. L'absente
04. La parade
05. La noyee II
06. Monochrome
07. Plus au sud
08. Les bras de mer
09. Comptine d'un autre ete l'apres midi
10. Le quartier
11. La crise
12. Fevrier
13. La valse des monstres

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