UNE CHAMBRE EN VILLE (2CD)

In autumn 1982, Jacques Demy had this to say about his most recent feature-film Une chambre en ville: ''There are few films I dreamed of in the same way as this one; this is my whole childhood, my blood, my life.'' This time Demy had removed the mask, saying goodbye to the jazz waltzes and bossa novas which had brought such a swirl to The Young Girls of Rochefort. Now his tone was serious: Une chambre en ville was a tragedy of society in music, and its lyricism was tormented. For the music, Demy turned to composer Michel Colombier, a prodigal prodigy discovered through his associations with Serge Gainsbourg, Pierre Henry and the singer Barbara. A brilliant ambassador of the new world balanced between two cultures, symphonic and pop, Colombier wrote a heartrending score for orchestra, voice and chorus which sublimated Demy's tale of the impossible love between a woman of the bourgeoisie (Dominique Sanda) and a metalworker on strike (Richard Berry). ''For me,'' emphasized Colombier, ''Une chambre en ville works like a tragedy which has some totally Russian excesses; the characters go from gales of laughter to the deepest despair.'' Here, for the first time, is the soundtrack for Une chambre en ville, restored from the original quarter-inch tapes for the occasion, and the restoration lends the work of Demy and Colombier a precision and power that no-one has been able to hear before. As a bonus, the album proposes a delicate thirteen-minute suite for piano conceived and performed by one of Colombier's young heirs, Gregoire Caux. As a complement to the 11CD box-set devoted to Demy and Michel Legrand, this album gives listeners the opportunity to rediscover the music of a film today considered as the dark gem of Jacques Demy, the great work of a mature composer. 20-page booklet, double CD, 28 tracks (1 hour 40 minutes of music).

Release date of May 7th.

Disque : 1
1. Generique - Michel Colombier
2. La premiere greve - Michel Colombier
3. Guilbaud et la baronne - Darrieux Danielle
4. Edith et sa mere - Darrieux Danielle
5. Violette amoureuse - Guyon Fabienne
6. Le cafe des chantiers - Michel Colombier
7. Dambiel et guilbaud - Jacques Revaux
8. Violette et sa mere - Guyon Fabienne
9. La cartomancienne - Roussel Marie-France
10. Edmond et edith - Blanes Georges
11. La casquette - Jacques Revaux
12. La rencontre - Jacques Revaux
13. La chambre d'hotel - Jacques Revaux
14. La visite d'edmond - Darrieux Danielle

Disque : 2
1. Une chambre en ville - Jacques Revaux
2. Violette et dambiel - Franck Aldo
3. Chez la baronne - Franck Aldo
4. L'amour d'edith - Darrieux Danielle
5. Le cafe de l'aube - Franck Aldo
6. Dans la gueule du loup - Darrieux Danielle
7. La rupture - Guyon Fabienne
8. Le suicide d'edmond - Davis Florence
9. Le recit d'edith - Darrieux Danielle
10. La poupee - Davis Florence
11. Madame pelletier et sa fille - Guyon Fabienne
12. La deuxieme greve - Darrieux Danielle
13. La mort des amants - Darrieux Danielle
14. Une chambre en ville - Caux Gregoire