The Complete Work - Centenary Edition | ||||
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Released | May 10, 2024 | |||
Recorded | 1948-2015 | |||
Genre | Chanson | |||
Label | Barclay | |||
Charles Aznavour chronology | ||||
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The Complete Work - Centenary Edition is a reissue of all the albums and singles by Charles Aznavour released between 1948 and 2015. The box set was released on May 10, 2024, in France, marking the 100th anniversary of Charles Aznavour's birth. [1]
The 100-CD box set features the complete French and international discography of Charles Aznavour, both studio and live recordings. The sound from the master tapes of the 1960s has been restored and remastered, including many rare and previously unreleased versions. [2]
The complete French discography includes 51 original albums and singles, totaling 751 tracks distributed across 33 CDs, with bonus content including 4 CDs of duets, a CD of children's stories, as well as alternative versions, lesser-known stereo versions, and original instrumentals for singing Aznavour.
The complete international discography offers 41 original albums available for the first time on CD in their entirety. It includes 542 tracks spread over 10 CDs in English, 8 CDs in Italian, 5 CDs in Spanish, and 3 CDs in German. Additionally, it includes two previously unreleased albums, one in English and one in Spanish.
The live recordings are represented by 20 concerts, totaling 513 tracks, with the reconstruction of the original concert tours and the addition of 30 extra tracks.
In almost all cases, the masters provided by Universal France have been used as the source; in some cases, a digital transfer of the original vinyl records was necessary. It is worth noting that most of the international recordings are making their first appearance on CD, remastered for this release. The album Qui? from 1963 is presented for the very first time in stereo. As for the international catalog, many previously unreleased tracks have been discovered in the original masters. The multitracks of the previously unreleased posthumous album I Will Warm Your Heart were mixed in May 2023 at Tonehouse studio in Paris, making this album the 92nd and final studio album of Charles Aznavour.
This album is presented in stereo for the first time, remastered from the original masters.
Some original instrumental tracks had already been released, notably on the Paul Mauriat album, Chantez Comme Charles Aznavour, in 1965, while others are being published for the first time.
Previously unreleased concert on CD
Charles Aznavour was a French singer of Armenian ancestry, as well as a lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. In a career as a composer, singer and songwriter, spanning over 70 years, he recorded more than 1,200 songs interpreted in 9 languages. Moreover, he wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs for himself and others. Aznavour is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time and an icon of 20th-century pop culture.
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This is a discography for Charles Aznavour.
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