Michel Legrand Le Monde Instrumental

Michel Legrand was one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. After showing great promise as a jazz arranger — working notably with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Bill Evans — he turned his hand to the French “chanson” genre and composed for Boris Vian and Henri Salvador, Jacques Brel or Maurice Chevalier. He then became probably the most famous composer of melodies for France’s Nouvelle Vague filmmakers — Agnès Varda, Jacques Demy, Jean-Luc Godard —, but it was only the beginning, for he went on to be one of the most illustrious film composers in the world. This 10CD set contains his works during that first great period, devoted to all the music released under his name. Patrick FRÉMEAUX

SNOW3, the third installment in the collection of indispensable references of the series "Secret Nuggets of Wise" presents: soundtracks. Like the two previous albums from Le Chant du Monde, "Northern Soul" and "Reggae", the new installment delves deep into the history of the subject, presenting tracks by Michel Legrand as well as those by Michel Magne, Bernard Gérard, Michel Colombier and Serge Gainsbourg, and Riz Ortolani.