All Pieces for Charles Spira

 
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We'll listen to "My Freedom" (Ma Liberté) one of the great songs of the French repertoire about two kinds of love. The Love of our freedom, that a...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:31
Caption: Canal de la Robine, Narbonne
6 Francophone Artists are introduced with one of their songs to English speaking audiences. They will dazzle with their charisma.

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  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 1
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La Grande Sophie (Tall Sophie) asks her lover to keep writing and open up to her.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 04:40
Caption: Rennes
The six Francophone songs in this episode form a colorful palette of very different emotions. You'll hear about the artists and their songs in Engl...

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 1
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"I love you", three short words, full of sweetness, but there are undercurrents and a darker side, as Jean-Jacques Goldman tells us in his song "Kn...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:56
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We have crossed swords, we have suffered sleepless nights. Do we dare reach out to each other with open arms?

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:02
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I'll show courage, I'll channel my anger and let time go by, but it will take a lot more to cope with the loss of your beauty.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 04:33
Caption: The Port of Sète, South of France
Tenderness, sarcasm, heartache and longing. All these emotions are present in the French language songs we'll introduce in English in this episode...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2012
  • Length: 27:08
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Et Maxence, aka Carole Nortier
The singer/songwriter 'Et Maxence' found her audience through the internet. Her song "Early September", about a relationship full of doubts, is in ...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 05:23
Caption: Mathilde is back! What now?
Following a traumatic breakup, Mathilde is back in town, leaving her ex-partner in a state of panic.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:08
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We introduce 6 Francophone artists in English and listen to one of their songs. You'll hear recent songs and older ones. They are equally addictive!

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 26:31
  • Purchases: 2
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Do not fear happiness. It does not exist. We shall die tomorrow. Let yourself go for the duration of a kiss...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:34
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A young Frenchman visits the Red Square in Moscow. His guide is a pretty Russian girl. Romance blossoms, notwithstanding Cold War politics.

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Saint Germain des Prés
When Leo Ferré sings, one can cut the French atmosphere with a knife. When you listen to Jane Birkin sing in French with her English accent, it br...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2012
  • Length: 24:49
  • Purchases: 2
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A poem by Jacques Prévert, "As Simple as 'Good Morning'" has become a song that celebrates a serene and contented love. Vanina Michel interprets...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:10
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A man promises pearls, diamonds and riches to a woman. She responds: I have no need for these treasures. Bars on the window are bars even if they ...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Edith Piaf in an upbeat mood, interprets a beautiful love song written especially for her by Charles Aznavour.

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 04:43
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A young man takes his girlfriend to a cherry orchard. They ascend a ladder together. Thus starts a magnificent love song about young love, writte...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
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A beautiful spring day, a small city, a man and a woman cross paths. They may have encountered each other before..., thus starts the beautiful love...

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Paris, along a quay of the Seine
We find beautiful French language songs and introduce them as well as the artists to an English speaking audience. You will enjoy them although you...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2012
  • Length: 27:15
  • Purchases: 2