Echoes of France/ Various - Echoes of France

2010 two CD collection. Echoes of France offers the ideal introduction to French popular music in the decades before the yé-yé movement of the '60s. This superb collection offers two and a half hours of great French music with performances from such legendary names as Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Yves Montand and Gilbert Bécaud. Imagine yourself among the cool, black-dressed students on the Left Bank with Juliette Gréco, whose songs are featured in the Oscar-nominated, An Education. Hear the brilliance of French chanson with Jacques Brel, George Brassens and Léo Ferré, as well as the early work of the controversial Serge Gainsbourg.