ANNE DE BRETAGNE: LIVE AU CHATEAU DES DUCS DE BRETAGNE

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Live, released in 2010

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD 1
1. Ouverture: Anna Dei Gratia (2:35)
2. Fran�ois II (1:51)
3, Messire le duc (5:05)
4. L'infante d'Armorique (1:32)
5. Ysabeau (3:09)
6. Duchess Anne (4:07)
7. Pierre Landais (2:01)
8. Diridin (1:36)
9. La guerre folle (4:15)
10. La valse des trahisons (1:58)
11. Le lys et l'hermine (4:06)
12. 28 juillet 1488 (2:35)
13. � ma fille (4:47)
14. Ma zat (4:00)
15. Roazhon (1:19)
16. Ma dame (4:29)
17. Langeais (2:03)
18. Je vous pleure (3:54)
19. Le prince d'Orange (5:07)
20. Charles Orland (0:49)
21. Desire (4:52)

CD 2
1. The Soldier (2:44)
2. La folie du roy (2:00)
3. Moi le maudit (3:56)
4. Eleonora de Mazona (1:32)
5. L'Italie (5:49)
6. La Cadi�re (1:48)
7. Amerigo (3:45)
8. La lettre d'Angleterre (0:48)
9. The King (3:55)
10. Onze campagnes (1:18)
11. Le pommier d'or (3:39)
12. Pas el Agua (1:37)
13. Herv� de Portzoguer (2:21)
14. Marie la cordeli�re (4:06)
15. Que mon cur reste en Bretagne (2:51)
16. Anna Vreizh (4:52)
17. Final: In pace Anna (2:46)

CD 3
1. Les plus grands th�mes d'Anne de Bretagne: L'enfant Roy (Pt. 1) (1:57)
2. Les plus grands th�mes d'Anne de Bretagne: Saint Aubin du Cormier (3:01)
3. Les plus grands th�mes d'Anne de Bretagne: Ma Zat (6:12)
4. Les plus grands th�mes d'Anne de Bretagne: Je Vous Pleure (3:03)
5. Les plus grands th�mes d'Anne de Bretagne: L'enfant Roy (Pt. 1) (2:35)
6. Les plus grands th�mes d'Anne de Bretagne: Anna dei Gratia (5:01)
7. Les plus grands th�mes d'Anne de Bretagne: Anna Vreizh (Pt. 1) (2:50)
8. Les plus grands th�mes d'Anne de Bretagne: Duchess Anne (3:39)
9. Les plus grands th�mes d'Anne de Bretagne: Ma Dame (medley) (3:39)
10. Les plus grands th�mes d'Anne de Bretagne: Digenvez (2:01)
11. Les plus grands th�mes d'Anne de Bretagne: Anna Vreizh (Pt. 1) (2:36)
12. Les plus grands th�mes d'Anne de Bretagne: Peoc'h Ar De Gadarn (2:35)

Line-up / Musicians

Characters:

Anne of Brittany: C�cile Corbel
Francis II: Christian D�camps (Ange)
Louis XII: TRI YANN, lead voice Jean-Louis Jossic,
Philip of Montauban: TRI YANN, lead voice Jean-Paul Corbineau,
Ferdinand II of Aragon: Nilda Fernandez
Edward IV: Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention)
The Prince of Orange: Laurent Tixier
Michelangelo Buonarroti: Alan Simon
Admiral Howard: James Wood
Pierre Landais: Didier Squiban
Alain of Albret: Pat O'May
Henry VII: Les Holroyd from Barclay James Harvest
Leonardo da Vinci: Giorgio Conte
Charles VIII: Tristian D�camps (Ange)
The unknown English soldier: Chris Leslie (Fairport Convention)

Narration (bonus DVD and for the show in Castle of the Dukes of Brittany 2009): Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Musicians:

Simon Nicol: acoustic guitar, lead vocals and chorus
Alan Simon: low whistle, added keyboards, added guitars, lead vocals,
Pat O' May: lead electric guitar
Basile Leroux: lead electric guitar
James Wood: acoustic guitar, bass, lead vocals and chorus
Olivier Rousseau: piano
Didier Squiban: piano
Michel Bourcier: great organ of St. Pierre?s cathedral in Nantes
Sylvain Fabre: percussions
Miguel Henry: lute, Renaissance?s guitar
Laurent Tixier: wheel-viella, baroque flute, veuze, vocals
Chris Leslie: lead violin
Alessandro Sacco: violin
Bob Callero: stick bass
Marco Canepa: harpsichord and programming
G�rard Goron (Tri Yann): drums, percussions and chorus
Jean-Paul Corbineau (Tri Yann): lead vocals and chorus
Jean-Louis Jossic (Tri Yann): lead vocals and chorus
Jean-Chocun (Tri Yann): Irish bouzouki and chorus
Konan Mevel (Tri Yann): bagpipes
Christophe Peloil (Tri Yann): violin and chorus
Frederic Bourgeois (Tri Yann): keyboards and chorus
Jean-Luc Chevalier (Tri Yann): electric and acoustic guitar
Tristan D�camps (Ange): lead vocals and chorus
Christian Decamps (Ange): lead vocals and chorus
Les Holroyd (BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST): lead vocals and chorus
Giorgio Conte: lead vocals and voice

The Budapest Symphonic Orchestra orchestrated and conducted by Laurent Couson under the supervising of Alan Simon.
The Bagdad Anna Vreizh conducted and orchestrated by Christian M�hat.

The Genoa Opera lead:

Roberto Tiranti: Tenor
Francesco Lambertini: Bass
Paola Dittaleya: Contralto
Piera M. Ciuffarella: Soprano

Releases information

3CD Babaika Productions (2010)

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Review by SouthSideoftheSky
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Symphonic Team

Les plus grand!

In my review of the live version of the first part of Alan Simon's Excalibur trilogy, I claimed that it is better than the studio version. With Anne de Bretagne, I feel the opposite way. This behemoth of a live album is a three disc set featuring, in addition to a large cast of Folk and Rock musicians, a choir, a symphony orchestra, and a narrator! The narration was not present on the studio version and takes up many minutes here. As it is in French its meaning is (almost) totally lost on me; it becomes a distraction, an annoyance. The vocals are primarily in French as well, but when non-French musicians like Les Holroyd (of Barclay James Harvest) and Simon Nicol and Chris Leslie (of Fairport Convention) take the lead the language naturally shifts to English.

The first two discs contain the complete live performance of Anne de Bretagne: Le Rock Opera d'Alan Simon. The third disc repeats some themes performed on classical piano only. I feel that there is just a little too much of everything here and that Simon bit off more than he could chew this time. There certainly are some good moments here, but listening to the whole thing in a single sitting wears the listener out. (And disc three is for fans of classical music only.)

If you are curious about Alan Simon's musical projects (that feature many well-known people from the Prog music world), I strongly recommend you to start with the Excalibur trilogy (preferably in backward chronological order). Anne de Bretagne is somewhat less interesting, but if you want to investigate this one as well I would suggest going for the studio version.

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