Bruno Coulais: The Chorus [Les Choristes] *

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Chorus: Les Choristes, The (The Chorus)

Chorus: In Memoriam, The

Chorus: L'Arrivée à l'École, The (Arrival at School)

Chorus: Pépinot, The

Chorus: Vois sur ton Chemin, The (Look on Your Path)

Chorus: Les Partitions, The (The Scores)

Chorus: Caresse sur l'Océan, The (Caress on the Ocean)

Chorus: Lueur d'Été, The (Glimmer of Summ er)

Chorus: Cerf-Volant, The (Kite)

Chorus: Sous la Pluie, The (In the Rain)

Chorus: Compère Guilleri, The (Good Ol' G uilleri)

Chorus: La Désillusion, The (Disillusion)

Chorus: La Nuit, The (Night)

Chorus: L'Incendie, The (Fire)

Chorus: L'Évocation, The (Evocation)

Chorus: Les Avions en Papier, The (Paper Airplanes)

Chorus: Action Réaction, The (Action Reac tion)

Chorus: Seuls, The (Alone)

Chorus: Morhange, The

Chorus: In Memoriam A Cappella, The

Chorus: Nous sommes de Fond de lÉtan g, The (We are from Fond de l'Étang)

Chorus: Vois sur ton Chemin, The (Look on Your Path)

Chorus: In Memoriam, The

Chorus: Caresse sur l'Océan, The (Caress on the Ocean)

Chorus: Lueur d'Été, The (Glimmer of Summ er)

Chorus: Cerf-Volant, The (Kite)

Track List

Chorus: Les Choristes, The (The Chorus)

Chorus: In Memoriam, The

Chorus: L'Arrivée à l'École, The (Arrival at School)

Chorus: Pépinot, The

Chorus: Vois sur ton Chemin, The (Look on Your Path)

Chorus: Les Partitions, The (The Scores)

Chorus: Caresse sur l'Océan, The (Caress on the Ocean)

Chorus: Lueur d'Été, The (Glimmer of Summ er)

Chorus: Cerf-Volant, The (Kite)

Chorus: Sous la Pluie, The (In the Rain)

Chorus: Compère Guilleri, The (Good Ol' G uilleri)

Chorus: La Désillusion, The (Disillusion)

Chorus: La Nuit, The (Night)

Chorus: L'Incendie, The (Fire)

Chorus: L'Évocation, The (Evocation)

Chorus: Les Avions en Papier, The (Paper Airplanes)

Chorus: Action Réaction, The (Action Reac tion)

Chorus: Seuls, The (Alone)

Chorus: Morhange, The

Chorus: In Memoriam A Cappella, The

Chorus: Nous sommes de Fond de lÉtan g, The (We are from Fond de l'Étang)

Chorus: Vois sur ton Chemin, The (Look on Your Path)

Chorus: In Memoriam, The

Chorus: Caresse sur l'Océan, The (Caress on the Ocean)

Chorus: Lueur d'Été, The (Glimmer of Summ er)

Chorus: Cerf-Volant, The (Kite)

Album Notes

Composer: Bruno Coulais.

Translator: Ellen Sowchek.

Director Christophe Barratier's 2004 film Les Choristes, released in the U.S. in January 2005 as The Chorus, is, depending on your point of view, either a heart-warming or a saccharine story set in post-World War II France about a choral director at a school for delinquent children who reforms his charges by teaching them to sing together. Sing together they do on this album (a French best-seller), presenting new music by Bruno Coulais that sounds old. Actually, it isn't the boys' choir of the movie that's doing the singing, but rather Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc Choir, who, by the list of names, appear to include quite a few girls. In any case, the music is pleasant and harmonious, and the few snatches of Coulais' score played by the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra (which no doubt charges less than a French orchestra would) are equally listenable. There are also bits of dialogue, notably in the final track, "Nous Sommes de Fond de l'Étang" ("We Are from Fond de l'Étang"), which is an audition in which the boys sing some of their favorites while trying out. ~ William Ruhlmann

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