Formidable!: French Chansons / Oliemans, Thompson, Amsterdam Sinfonietta

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Channel Classics
Release Date
January 14, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Amsterdam Sinfonietta
    • PERFORMER
      Thomas Oliemans, Candida Thompson
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 14, 2022
    • UPC
      723385433217
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CCS43321
    • LABEL
      Channel Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Symphonic Variations, M. 46

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    2. Sous le ciel de Paris (Under Paris Skies) (arr. W. van Klaveren for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hubert Giraud

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Ruben Drenth, Bert van den Brink, Jens Meijer

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    3. Boum! (arr. G. Daguerre for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Charles Trenet

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Ruben Drenth, Bert van den Brink, Jens Meijer

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    4. La mer (The Sea) (arr. W. van Klaveren for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Charles Trenet

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Ruben Drenth, Bert van den Brink, Jens Meijer

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    5. For Me, Formidable - Formidable (arr. B. Zimmermann for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Charles Aznavour, Stromae

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Ruben Drenth, Bert van den Brink, Jens Meijer

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    6. String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10: III. Andantino doucement expressif (arr. for string orchestra)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    7. Les parapluies de Cherbourg: Je ne pourrai jamais vivre sans toi (arr. B. Zimmermann for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Michel Legrand

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Ruben Drenth, Bert van den Brink, Jens Meijer

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    8. The Thomas Crown Affair: Les moulins de mon Coeur (The Windmills of Your Mind) (arr. B. van den Brink for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Michel Legrand

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Ruben Drenth, Bert van den Brink, Jens Meijer

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    9. L'ile aux mimosas (arr. G. Daguerre for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Barbara

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Ruben Drenth, Bert van den Brink, Jens Meijer

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    10. Dis, quand reviendras-tu? (arr. G. Daguerre for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Barbara

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Ruben Drenth, Bert van den Brink, Jens Meijer

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    11. Et maintenant (arr. L. Evers for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Gilbert Becaud

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Ruben Drenth, Bert van den Brink, Jens Meijer

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    12. Mathilde (arr. L. Evers for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Jacques Brel, Gerard Jouannest

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Ruben Drenth, Bert van den Brink, Jens Meijer

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    13. Mon enfance (arr. B. van den Brink for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Jacques Brel

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Ruben Drenth, Bert van den Brink, Jens Meijer

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    14. Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80: I. Prélude (arr. W. van Klaveren for piano and strings)

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    15. Les prénoms de Paris (arr. L. Evers for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Jacques Brel, Gerard Jouannest

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Ruben Drenth, Bert van den Brink, Jens Meijer

      Conductor: Candida Thompson

    16. Les feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves) (arr. B. Zimmermann for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Joseph Kosma

      Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Ruben Drenth, Bert van den Brink, Jens Meijer

      Conductor: Candida Thompson


Thomas Oliemans writes: “I have had French chansons in my head for as long as I can remember: on a scratchy car radio or a cassette player, in the back seat for hours on end on the way to the Vendée or Dordogne, or softly issuing from a gramophone record in my father’s study below my bedroom, probably a compilation such as Vive La France or Jean Ferrat sings Aragon. When I started to learn the piano and got into the habit of singing along, it was obviously French chansons that I picked up by ear and sang entirely phonetically. Julien Clerc with his franglais of This Melody, and Brel with his La chanson des vieux amants. The French teachers at my secondary school put me in for the Concours de la Chanson, which I promptly (and nearly by accident) won. And all of a sudden, the path opened up for me to become a professional singer or pianist, or at any rate a musician. It led me primarily into the world of classical singing, in opera, lied and oratorio, in which I felt there was much to discover for my further development. But the chanson was never far away. Indeed, at almost each stage of my musical development it appeared to grow with me.”