Concerto pour une Voix (''Concerto for one Voice'') is a

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Saint-Preux in 1969, combining elements from popular music and electronic music. The piece was first sung by Danielle Licari.

History

Saint-Preux composed the ''Concerto'', his biggest hit, in Poland, where he had been very well seen by the criticism after defending in August 1969, in the Sopot International Song Festival, ''La valse de l'enfance'' (''The Waltz of Youth'') with Saint-Preux conducting the

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. When Saint-Preux returned to France, René Boyer, head of the music publishers Fantasia, arranged ''Concerto pour une Voix'' and recorded it. Danielle Licari sang it using a vocalise technique similar to scat singing in jazz. The song, released on the Disc'AZ label in 1969, made both her career and his. In a few months it had sold over 3,000,000 copies in France alone,''

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Presse-Union (1970) p. 43. and gained recognition outside France as well. In the week of 22 August 1970 it entered the charts in Mexico at #10 and Japan at #20, He won Gold disc and a Japanese "Oscar" for the best original music. Since that time ''Concerto pour une voix'' has been recorded by many other musicians, including Maxim Saury, Caravelli, Aimable Pluchard, and Raymond Lefèvre. An excerpt from the original Licari version appears in Wyclef Jean's 1997 album ''

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's 2007/2008 ''In Wonderland'' tour. In the Rieu show, ''Concerto pour une Voix'' was performed by

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dressed as an angel singing from high above the orchestra. In 2005, Saint-Preux adapted ''Concerto pour une Voix'' for two singers. This latter version, ''Concerto pour deux Voix'' (''Concerto for Two Voices''), was recorded in 2005 by the composer's daughter Clémence and

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who starred in the film, '' Les Choristes''.

Arrangements

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, 2011 * Sung by Zhou Shen, 2022

References

External links

Official website
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