Marka ne me le Dites Pas

Legendary Album Recorded in 1972 from Tormented and Nostalgic Singer, J. brel. 11 Songs Including 'Les Biches', 'ne Me Quitte Pas', 'la Valse a Mille Temps' and Much More.
"Ne me quitte pas", au début, ne marchait pas tellement. Au bout de quelques années, Jacques Brel ne l’a plus chantée. Mais quand il est mort, de très nombreux artistes comme Nina Simone … ont repris sa chanson, et puis c’est devenu un Succès Mondial ! Il y a des mystères …" Gérard Jouannest

In 2000 the contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux became the first Canadian to win the First Prize as well as the Special Prize for Lieder at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Belgium. She has recorded for numerous labels, and now enjoys an exclusive contract with the Naïve label, for which she has recorded the title roles in Vivaldi’s operas Griselda and Orlando furioso. Her first recital CD of French mélodies (L’Heure exquise) was much praised by the critics. In 2008 Naïve released a recording of Vivaldi sacred works in which she sings the famous Stabat Mater. This was followed by the same composer’s La fida ninfa. In 2009 Naïve released a recital of Schumann songs with the pianist Daniel Blumenthal and a programme of Vivaldi arias with the Ensemble Matheus under Jean-Christophe Spinosi.

Perhaps the Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 sound was at last beginning to show signs of wear, for not only didn't Ye-Me-Le produce any hits ("Wichita Lineman" reached a lowly number 95), but the album is also less enterprising and fresh-sounding than its predecessors. There is a surprising shortage of Brazilian material, which was always Mendes' most valuable contribution in the long run, and more reliance upon routine covers of pop/rock standards like "Easy to Be Hard" and "What the World Needs Now." But there are special moments, like the hypnotic "Masquerade" (no relation to the Leon Russell/George Benson hit), Sergio Mihanovich's haunting "Some Time Ago," and another winning treatment of a Beatles tune, "Norwegian Wood," where Mendes cuts loose a killer solo on electric piano (believe it or not, the 45 rpm single version features more of that solo than the LP).

Mylene Farmer's ninth album is named Monkey Me & it'll be an instant success like her previous ones. The first single "A L'Ombre" marks the come-back of composer Laurent Boutonnat, playing on woman/child duality, a happy star but also "at the edge of the edge"…