Gold (2006)

About this title: This is the definitive American collection of music by Nana Mouskouri, the Greek singer who became a chanteuse of world music and especially French pop. Form the earliest tracks like "Ave Maria" and her gorgeous reading of Simon & Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair," to Georges Bizet's "Habanera" and even Edwin Hawkins' "Oh Happy Day!" All of these appear on the first disc, but it's on disc two where the collection gets moving with her readings of "The Rose," "Prelude un Enfant," and, of course, Michel LeGrand's "Quand on S'Aime." Gold is simply high quality in 24-bit remastered sound from ... read more

Tracks:

1. Ave Maria [Schubert]
2. En Aranjuez con Tu Amor [Segura/Rodrigo]
3. Soleil Soleil [Arbex/Jourdan]
4. Scarborough Fair/Canticle [Simon/Garfunkel]
5. Le Temps Qu'll Nous Reste [Masini/DiBari/Pintu]
6. Comme un Soleil [Delanöe/Blaness]
7. Roses Blanches de Corfou [Hadjidakis]
8. The Humming Chorus [Puccini]
9. Amazing Grace [Newton/Traditional]
10. Habanera (De l'Opéra "Carmen") [Meilhac/Halévy/Bize]
11. Je Chante Avec Toi Liberté (De l'Opéra Nabucco) [Lemesle/Delanöe/Ver]
12. Morning Has Broken [Farjoen/Stevens]
13. Over and Over (Roule S'Enroule) [Traditional]
14. Try to Remember [Jones/Schmidt]
15. Bridge Over Troubled Water [Simon]
16. Fields of Love [Barbier/Carré/Offen]
17. Oh Happy Day [Hawkins]
18. White Rose of Athens [Hadjidakis]
19. The Lonely Shepherd [Last]
20. Guantanamera [Angulo/Marty/Seeger]
21. Prende un Enfant [Duteil]
22. The Rose [McBroom]
23. Recuerdos de la Alhambra [Tárrega/Loubert]
24. Only Love [Gimbel/Cosma]
25. La Paloma [Traditional/Yradier]
26. Soledad [Jose]
27. Qu'll Est Loin l'Amour [Lemesle/Goraguer]
28. Vivre au Soleil [Snyder/Singleton/Ka]
29. Return to Love [Live] [Ignatiadis/Vlavianm]
30. I Have a Dream [Live] [Blaness/Fugain/Dela]
31. I Gave My Love a Cherry [Traditional]
32. The Three Bells [Villard/Herrand]
33. Song for Liberty [Verdi/Giuseppe]
34. Ta Pedia Tou Pirea [Hadjidakis]
35. Quand on S'Aime [Marray/Legrand]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.