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1 TOI ET MOI 03:35

WITH CÉLINE DION

2 QUE C'EST TRISTE VENISE 03:13 WITH JULIO IGLESIAS

3 LES BATEAUX SONT PARTIS 02:25

WITH PLÂCIDO DOMINGO

4 PARIS AU MOIS D'AOÛT 03 39

WITH LAURA PAUSINI

5 HIER ENCORE 03:26

WITH ELTON JOHN

6 IL FAUT SAVOIR o3:3i

WITH JOHNNY HALLYDAY

7 MOURIR D'AIMER o4:oi WITH N AN A MOUSKOURI

8 L'AMOUR C'EST COMME UN IOUR 04:os

WITH STING

9 LA BOHÈME 04:i9

WITH JOSH GROBAN

10 TON NOM 02 51

WITH CAROLE KING

11 IE N'AI PAS VU LE TEMPS PASSER 03:51

WITH PAUL ANKA

12 MES EMMERDES o3:06 WITH HERBERT GRÔNEMEYER

13 C'EST UN GARS 04 os WITH ÉDITH PIAF

1 YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG 03:26

WITH ELTON JOHN

2 QUIET LOVE os 25

WITH LIZA MINNELLI

3 LOVE IS NEW EVERYDAY 04:07

WITH STING

4 YOUNG AT HEART 02:53

WITH FRANK SINATRA

5 TO DIE OF LOVE »4:0i

WITH NANA MOUSKOURI

6 SHE 02:27

WITH BRYAN FERRY

7 I DIDN'T SEE THE TIME GO BY 03 52

WITH PAUL AN KA

8 YOU AND ME < 3 35

WITH CÉLINE DION

9 LA BOHÈME (ENCLISH VERSION) 03:28

WITH JOSH GROBAN

10 EL BARCO YA SE FUE 02:26

WITH PLÂCIDO DOMINGO

11 THE SOUND OF YOUR NAME 02:51

WITH CAROLE KING

12 YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN 03:31

WITH JOHNNY HALLYDAY

13 PARIGI IN AGOSTO 03:38

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14 ALSESMIR BESCHISSEN GING 02 38

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15 EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY SOMETIME 03:ll

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It’s a joy to be writing to you, to tell you everything I’m thinking... I can already imagine you now, reading this letter.

C’est une joie de vous Ă©crire, et pour tout

vous dire, je vous imagine déjà en train

de lire cette lettre.

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There you are, chest upright, your lips a little pursed, that so characteristic,

very “Aznavourian” look of pride on your face, because, even when

reading a letter that you know will be an admiring one, you’re capable

of putting on that stern look.

I am conscious that you are a man who loathes ail that adulatory nonsense,

ail those “Oh Charles...”, gushing compliments, and pathos in general.

That makes my task a tough one. Nevertheless, that makes it no less

of a privilĂšge. It falls to me to explain to people across the world what the

duets on this album mean within the context of your Ɠuvre. Yes, that’s

right, I said “Ɠuvre”. It’s a word that might irritate you and, indeed,

it suggests grand things. But let’s face it, you’d hñve to hñve one hell of

a nerve to be irritated by a big word, when you’ve used so many of them

yourself. You started it, Charles. You’ve always had delusions of grandeur.

Your gift for languages cornes from that very fact, at least that’s what

I believe. When it cornes to you, everything is vast. Take, for example:

“Paying for love can cost you your life” ? Well it wasn’t me who said that.

It's funny to listen to these artists singing here with you. Your presence

encourages them to grow even more, even when most of them are

already giants themselves.

The likes of Placido Domingo, for example, straining on tiptoe to proclaim,

with you, impassioned, that: “The sadness I feel today is unimaginable”.

Je vous vois, le buste bien droit, les lÚvres un peu serrées, avec votre moue

trĂšs fi Ăšre et trĂšs aznavourienne car, mĂȘme pour lire une lettre que

vous savez de pure affection, vous ĂȘtes bien capable de prendre votre

maudite moue.

Je sais que vous ĂȘtes un homme qui abhorre les galimatias

adorateurs, les «O Charles... », les dégoulinades de compliments,

et en général tout pathos. Donc, ma tùche est rude. Toutefois,

c’estaussi un grand privilĂšge. Je suis chargĂ©e d’expliquer Ă  des gens

du monde entier ce que les duos de cet album signifient dans votre

oeuvre. Oui, j'ai dit oeuvre. Peut-ĂȘtre le mot vous Ă©nerve-t-il, c'est en

effet un grand mot. Mais entre nous, vous auriez un sacré toupet de 5

vous énerver pour un grand mot quand vous en avez tant employés

vous-mĂȘme. Fallait pas commencer, Charles. Vous avez toujours

eu la folie des grandeurs. Votre don pour les langues vient de lĂ ,

j'en suis certaine. Avec vous tout est vaste. Et puis, si on détaille :

« Payer l'amour au prix de sa vie» ? C'est quand mĂȘme pas moi qui

l'ai dit, ça III est d'ailleurs drĂŽle d’écouter ces artistes qui chantent

ici avec vous, votre présence les incite à se grandir encore, alors

mĂȘme que la plupart d’entre eux sont des gĂ©ants. Et c’est jusqu’à un

Placido Domingo qui se met sur la pointe des pieds pour clamer avec

vous le cƓur ouvert : « Ma tristesse aujourd'hui est inimaginable ».

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Were you born to sing in duets? Decidedly. Of course, in my mind I hĂąve

an image of a Charles, alone on a stage, dressed in black, one hand

in his pocket, one shoulder raised, his chin tucked in, independent

and untamed, a distant man who, as you might throw grain to your

chickens, is casting out into the space around him. But I am conscious

that there’s also another Charles, one who’s never alone, always

in a couple - Pierre Roche in the beginning, the fabulous musician

Georges Garvarentz, or a woman, your partner, of course, at your side.

Yes indeed, you are made for anything that is best performed as a pair. For a

long time now, I hùve suspected you of being fiercely compétitive in this

type of performance. I will never forget a certain variety show, broadcast

around twenty years ago or so. I believe it was called Les rendez-vous du

dimanche. A number of singers appeared that evening, interpreting

Aznavour. I remember how one of those artists struggled to each the high

notes in La bohùme. When it came to the line ‘‘l’humble garni ne payait pas

de mine”, he it was who wasn’t up to it. The poor fellow simply screeched.

Charles, I will never forget the joyous air you had at that moment.

So happy that your song should be so difficult to handle. A real beast.

On that day, you even said: “Go on, keep trying!”

Don’t tell me that’s not true. I hñve an excellent memory, even if you don’t.

You confessed it to me.

Êtes-vous fait pour chanter en duo? Oui. Bien sĂ»r, j'ai en tĂȘte l'image

d’un Charles seul sur scĂšne, habillĂ© en noir, une main dans la poche,

une épaule relevée, le menton rentré, indépendant et sauvage,

un homme distant qui, comme on jette du grain aux poules, jette

de la distance autour de lui.

Mais je sais que vous ĂȘtes aussi l'autre Charles, jamais seul au contraire,

toujours en couple, avec Pierre Roche au début, avec le fabuleux

musicien Georges Garvarentz, ou avec une femme - la vĂŽtre -

à ses cÎtés.

Oui, dĂ©cidĂ©ment oui, vous ĂȘtes fait pour tout ce qui se trame Ă  deux.

Longtemps, je vous ai soupçonné d'avoir un vivace sens de

la compétition dans ce genre de prestations. Je n'oublierai jamais

une certaine Ă©mission de variĂ©tĂ© française, il y a peut-ĂȘtre vingt ans

de ça, je crois que ça s'appelait Les rendez-vous du dimanche. Plusieurs

chanteurs interprétaient Aznavour ce soir-là. Et il y en avait un, de ces

artistes, qui eut bien du mal Ă  monter dans les aigus de La bohĂšme.

Au moment de «l'humble garni ne payait pas de mine», c'est lui qui

ne payait pas de mine et chuintait, le pauvre. Charles, je n'oublierai

jamais l'air réjoui que vous avez eu alors. Si heureux, mon Dieu,

que votre chanson soit dure à porter! Un vrai démon. Et vous avez

mĂȘme dit ce jour-lĂ  : « Eh oui, il faut se la faire!».

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In short, it is precisely because you are that beast that I hĂąve the greatest

of respect for the people who are singing with you now. In this life,

it takes ail sorts and, for that very reason, essentially it’s quite simple.

But when it cornes to Charles, it’s quite a more dĂ©licate matter. And the

way in which people relate to and interact with you knocks me out.

For example, l’m touched by Sting, pronouncing words in French just like a kid

learning a foreign language, clumsy, yet full of vénération for the lyrics

in his interprétation. Esconced in the depths of his médiéval chateau,

he was determined to sing in your language. There are some determined

performances here that go straight to the heart.

Performed as a duet with Placido Domingo, Les bateaux sont partis is turned into

perhaps the most uplifting of these laments. A man, naively waiting for

a miracle. And PlĂącido’s voice is like the voice of your soĂ»l.

Mourir d’aimer is the song of yours that I’ve listened to most in my life. At times,

the lyrics hĂąve enabled me to recover my dignity in a relationship.

NanaMouskouri gives the melody such a tender treatment that you’re

obliged to leave aside your resentment.

I love the way that, in La bohĂšme, the voice of Josh Croban sounds a thousand

times more grown-up than yours.

Ne dßtes pas que ce n'est pas vrai. Moi j'ai bonne mémoire et vous pas.

Vous me l'avez avoué.

Bref, c’est parce que vous ĂȘtes ce dĂ©mon que j’ai le plus grand respect pour

les gens qui chantent avec vous aujourd'hui. Il faut de tout pour faire

un monde et, à cause de ça, au fond c'est assez simple. Mais pour faire

un Charles, ah c’est autrement plus dĂ©licat. Et la façon dont ces gens

se mettent peau contre peau avec vous me bouleverse.

Par exemple il me touche, ce Sting, prononçant les mots français comme

un enfant qui apprend une langue Ă©trangĂšre, maladroit, et toute une

vénération pour la beauté de ces paroles passe dans son application.

Du fond de son chùteau médiéval, il a insisté pour chanter dans votre

langue. Il y a des entĂȘtements qui vont droit au cƓur.

Les bateaux sont partis devient peut-ĂȘtre, par ce duo avec Placido Domingo,

le plus espérant des hymnes tristes. Un homme attend candidement

un miracle. Et la voix de Domingo est comme celle de votre Ăąme.

Mourir d'aimer est la chanson de vous que j’ai le plus Ă©coutĂ© dans ma vie.

Que de fois ce qui est dit lĂ -dedans m’a rendu ma dignitĂ© en amour.

Nana Mouskouri plonge la mélodie dans sa douceur, et vous oblige

Ă  quitter votre hargne.

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I love the way that Johnny Hallyday is so in his element in II faut savoir.

Your voices intermingle to the point that there are moments at which

it’s hard to tell who’s who.

As for CĂ©line Dion, she sings, as it were, in italics. That’s something that Glenn

Gould used to say about Barbra Streisand. Her voice takes its eue completely

from yours. And in Ton nom, the devastating, blonde beauty of Carole King

gives you a devilish streak. Her voice feeds completely off your energy.

Liza Minnelli, we can hear that she loves you. And here’s the proof.

Paul Anka, he could be your brother. Like Piaf your sister. Herbert GrĂŽnemeyer

is like your German cousin, who you hĂąve taught how to pronounce

the words by reading the words out loud, without him understanding

athing.

Julio Iglesias... when I think of your two characters put together, I see you as two

out-and-out ragamuffins, daring to sing about “how sad Venice is”.

As for Sinatra, his Ă©locution is every bit as perfect as yours. Even someone who

can’t speak English gets the impression that they understand every

single word Sinatra is saying. Even a person who doesn’t understand

what love is gets the impression of knowing what you’re feeling when

you sing it. You’re a terrifie twosome.

J’adore que dans La bohùme, la voix du jeunejosh Groban semble millefois

plus adulte que la vĂŽtre.

J'adore que Johnny Hallyday soit chez lui dans II faut savoir. Vos voix

se confondent au point qu'Ă  des moments on ne sait plus qui est qui.

CĂ©line Dion, elle, chante en italique. C’est ce que Glenn Gould disait

de Barbara Streisand. Sa voix est toute penchée sur vous.

Et dans Ton nom, la beauté ravageuse et blonde de Carole King vous donne

une niak infernale. Sa voix est toute accrochée à votre énergie.

Liza Minnelli, on entend qu'elle vous aime.

Paul Anka est comme un frĂšre. Piaf est comme une soeur. Herbert

GrĂŽnemeyer est comme le cousin allemand dont vous avez appris

Ă  prononcer la langue en la lisant inlassablement Ă  voix haute,

sans la comprendre.

Julio Iglesias... quand je pense à vos deux humours conjugués, je vous trouve

des vrais galopins intraitables d'oser chanter «que c'est triste, Venise».

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And then there’s Dean Martin. The breaking up that’s ever-present in your voice

cornes to his by accident. The mysteries of life. Especially when one

considers that he was considerably more of a wreck than you.

And then there’s Bryan Ferry. For me, his gently rasping voice on She is the

embodiment of your modesty.

And then there's Elton John. You so discreet, he exubérance personified.

Opposites attract, isn’t that what they say ?

And then there's Laura Pausini, and in Paris au mois d’aoĂ»t she it is who posts

her détermination to succeeding in that time-honoured challenge of

trying to go as high as you. And that’s pretty high.

I once asked you where this prodigious lyricism came from, that constantly

sent you up into the heights, and you responded, prosaically: “I don’t

hñve a due”. I once asked you which language it was most difficult to

sing in, and you answered: “I’d sing in Patagonian if I had to”. I once

asked you why you made the effort to sing in so many languages,

while Sinatra didn’t make that same effort, and your answer was:

“Americans aren’t gifted when it cornes to foreign languages”. I asked

you how things were and you told me: “Moving slowly, but OK”, and you

explained to me that play s on words could extend beyond borders. I asked

you what it meant to you to be so loved, and you told me: “I love the love

Quant Ă  Sinatra, il a la mĂȘme perfection d'Ă©locution que vous.

MĂȘme quelqu'un qui ne connaĂźt pas l’anglais a l’impression

de comprendre tout ce que dit Sinatra. MĂȘme quelqu'un qui

ne comprend pas l'amour a l'impression de connaĂźtre ce sentiment

quand vous le chantez. Vous faites un beau couple.

On arrive Ă  Dean Martin. La brisure qui est partout dans votre voix,

chez lui arrive par accident. Les mystĂšres de la vie. Lui qui Ă©tait

pourtant bien plus brisé que vous.

On arrive à Bryan Ferry. Son chant éraillé et si doux, sur She, est pour moi

l'incarnation de votre pudeur.

On arrive à Elton John. Vous le discret, lui l'exubérant. Ce qui ne se

ressemble pas s'assemble, non ?

On arrive à Laura Pausini, et dans Paris, au mois d'août, c'est elle

qui s'y colle, au fameux exercice de monter aussi haut que vous.

Tout lĂ  haut.

Je vous ai demandĂ© d'oĂč vous venait ce prodigieux lyrisme qui vous faisait

prendre sans cesse de l’altitude et vous m'avez rĂ©pondu, prosaĂŻque :

«Ça, j’en sais rien».

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I get from the public. These days, artists don’t love their public, they enjoy

public success... that’s something very different, and I pity them”. I

asked you if the artists singing with you had been impressed, and you

told me that they had, but that you put them at their ease by kidding

them it “ wasn’t a matter of life or death”. I asked you what kind of artists

exasperated you, and you answered: “Those who hñve lost it, and no

longer know who they are”. I asked you where you found the strength

from to still put so much rage into your songs, and you answered:

“It isn’t rage, it’s vehemence”. I then asked you how you still found

the strength to still be putting that “vehemence” into your songs, and

you answered: “Me, I’m alive. I’m not dead. And I ask myself, how can

I ignore it, what’s the point in that?” I asked you how you hñve achieved

“ail that”, and you answered: “I’ve never asked myself: “How do you

plan to do that?” I ask my questions afterwards, if there are any left to

ask”. I asked you how you had managed to live with so many immense

Ă©motions in a single life. And your response was: “I don’t hĂąve much

time for Ă©motions. I leave that to the audience”.

So, in a way it’s our album, us, your audience.

SOPHIE FONTANEL

WRITER AND jOURNALIST

Je vous ai demandĂ© dans quelle langue c’était le plus difficile de chanter

et vous m’avez rĂ©pondu : «Je chanterais en Patagon, s’il le fallait».

Je vous ai demandé comment ça allait et vous m'avez répondu :

«Ça va Ă  pied, mais ça va», et vous m’avez expliquĂ© que les calembours

passaient les frontiÚres. Je vous ai demandé si les artistes qui

chantaient avec vous Ă©taient impressionnĂ©s, et vous m’avez rĂ©pondu

que oui, mais vous vous les mettiez Ă  l’aise en blaguant que «C'est pas

une question de vie ou de mort». Je vous ai demandĂ© oĂč vous trouviez

la force de mettre encore autant de rage dans vos chansons, et vous

m'avez répondu : «C'est pas de la rage, c'est de la véhémence».

Alors je vous ai demandé comment vous trouviez la force de mettre

encore de la véhémence dans vos chansons, et vous m'avez répondu : 15

«Moi, je vis. Je suis pas né mort. Etje me demande comment je vais

passer de l’autre cĂŽtĂ©, ce que ça va donner». Je vous ai demandĂ©

comment vous aviez fait pour vivre en une seule vie autant d'incomÂŹ

mensurables émotions. Et vous m'avez répondu : « C'est pas moi,

les Ă©motions. Les Ă©motions, c’est le public».

Donc, c’est un peu notre album, à nous votre public.

SOPHIE FONTANEL

ÉCRIVAIN ET JOURNALISTE

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ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY ERICK BENZI L PHIL RAMONE

ARRANGEDBY PAUL MAURIAT

RECORDED IN 2004 AT GUILLAUME TELL

STUDIOS (SURESNES, FRANCE) COURTESY

OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC FRANCE

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDiO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

BASS: YANNICK HARDOUIN

DRUMS: LAURENT COPPOLA

PROGRAMMINGS K KEYBOARDS : ERICK BENZI

GUITARS: NICOLAS MINGOT

JOHNNY HALLYDAY APPEARS COURTESY

OF WARNER MUSIC FRANCE

MOURIR D'AIMBR LA BOHÈME WITH NANA MOUSKOURI WITH JOSH GROBAN

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY ERICK BENZI

RECORDED AT GUILLAUME TELL STUDIOS

(SURESNES, FRANCE)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

STRINGS: PARIS POP ORCHESTRA

STRING ARRANGEMENTS : STANISLAS RENOULT

BASS, DRUMS, KEYBOARDS, GUITARS

«.PROGRAMMINGS: ERICK BENZI

NANA MOUSKOURI APPEARS COURTESY

OF MERCURY, A DIVISION OF UNIVERSAL

MUSIC FRANCE

GACQUES PLANTE / CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY ERIC MOUQUET

RECORDED AT GUILLAUME TELL STUDIOS

(SURESNES. FRANCE)

MIXED BY ERIC MOUQUET

JOSH GROBAN APPEARS COURTESY

OF WARNER BROS RECORDS, INC.

10

Y©H NOM

WITH CAROLE KING

IB N'AI PAS VU LB TEMPS PASSER

WITH PAUL ANKA

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BYRAULANKA

ARRANGED BY JEREMY LUBBOCK

RECORDED BY AL SCHMIDT AT CAPITOL

STUDIOS (LOS ANGELES, USA)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

PAUL AN KA APPEARS COURTESY

OF PAUL ANKA PRODUCTIONS

C'EST UN CARS

WITH ÉDITH PIAF

(PIERRE ROCHE / CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS RAOUL BRETON

RECORDED AT GUIUAUMETELL STUDIOS

(SURESNES, FRANCE)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

12

8

L'AMOUR C'EST COMME UN IOUR

WITH STING

(YVES STÉPHANE/CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY ERICK BENZI «.PHIL RAMONE

RECORDED AT LAKE HOUSE STUDIOS

(SALISBURY WILTSHIRE. UK) t STUDIO

GUILLAUME TELL (SURESNES, FRANCE)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

STRINGS : PARIS POP ORCHESTRA

STRING ARRANGEMENTS : STANISLAS RENOULT

BASS: YANNICK HARDOUIN

DRUMS, KEYBOARDS, GUITARS, PIANO

LPROGRAMMINGS: ERICK BENZI

STING APPEARS COURTESY OF CHERRYTREE/

AÎ.M RECORDS

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DjANIK

PRODUCED BY ERICK BENZI Ăź. PHIL RAMONE

ARRANGED BY CHRISTIAN GAUBERT

RECORDED AT RIGHTTRACK RECORDING

STUDIOS (NEW YORK, USA)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AU STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

BASS: YANNICK HARDOUIN

DRUMS: LAURENT COPPOLA

PIANO, PROGRAMMINGS L KEYBOARDS :

ERICK BENZI

GUITARS: NICOLAS MINGOT

CAROLE KING APPEARS COURTESY

OFROCKINGALE RECORDS

MES EMMERDES

WITH HERBERT GRÔNEMEYER

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY ERICK BENZI

ARRANGEDBY DEL NEWMAN

RECORDED BY ALEX SYLVA AT HANSA

TONSTUDIOS (BERLIN, GERMANY)

«L BY GÉRARD DE HARO S. NICOLAS BAILLARD

AT STUDIO IA BUISSONNE (PERNES-LES-

FONTAINES, FRANCE)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUOIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

HERBERT GRONEMEYER APPEARS COURTESY

OF EMI MUSIC GERMANY GMBH L CO. KG

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QUIET LOVE

WITH LIZA MINNELLI

4

YOUNG AT HEART WITH FRANK SINATRA

1

YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG

WITH ELTON JOHN

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY PATRICK SHARTt STEVE JEFFRIES

ADAPTED BY HERBERT KRETZMER

RECORDED AT GUILLAUME TELL STUDIOS

(SURESNES. FRANCE) ÂŁ SILENT SOUND

STUDIOS (ATLANTA, USA)

MIXED BY PATRICK SHART ÂŁ STEVE JEFFRIES

AT ATLANTIC SEVEN STUDIOS (LONDON, UK)

ELTON JOHN APPEARS COURTESY

OF MERCURY RECORDS LTD.

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BYPHIL RAMONE

ARRANGED BY PHILIPPE SAISSE ÂŁ PAUL MAURIAT

ADAPTED BYFREDEBB

RECORDED AT RIGHTTRACK RECORDING

STUDIOS (NEW YORK, USA)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

KEYBOARDS: ERICK BENZI

PIANO: MICHELAMSELLEM

(CAROLYN LEIGH JOHNNY RICHARDS)

ÉDITIONS CHERIO CORPORATION BMI /

JUNE’STUNESUS

©2008 FRANK SINATRA ENTERPRISES, LLC

ORIGINAL RECORDING PRODUCED

BYSONNYBURKEt ARRANGED

BY NELSON RIDDLEFROM THE ALBUM

'SINATRA'S SINATRA”

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES)

WITH COURTESY OF FSE

3 5

LOVE IS NEW EVERYDAY

WITH STING

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR YVES STÉPHANE /

CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY ERICK BENZI ÂŁ PHIL RAMONE

ADAPTED BY MARCEL STELLMAN

RECORDED AT LAKE HOUSE STUDIOS

(SALISBURYWILTSHIRE, UK) ÂŁ STUDIO

GUILLAUME TELL (SURESNES, FRANCE)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

STRINGS : PARIS POP ORCHESTRA

STRING ARRANGEMENTS : STANISLAS RENOULT

BASS: YANNICK HAROOUIN

DRUMS, KEYBOARDS, GUITARS, PIANO

1PROGRAMMINGS: ERICK BENZI

STING APPEARS COURTESY OF CHERRYTREE /

AÂŁM RECORDS

TO DIE OF LOVE

WITH NANA MOUSKOURI

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY ERICK BENZI

ADAPTED BY HOWARD H. LIEBLING

RECORDED AT GUILLAUME TELL STUDIOS

(SURESNES, FRANCE)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

STRINGS : PARIS POP ORCHESTRA

STRING ARRANGEMENTS : STANISLAS RENOULT

BASS, DRUMS, KEYBOARDS, GUITARS

ÂŁ PROGRAMMINGS: ERICK BENZI

NANA MOUSKOURI APPEARS COURTESY

OF MERCURY, A DIVISION OF UNIVERSAL

MUSIC FRANCE

SHE

WITH BRYAN FERRY

(HERBERT KRETZMER/CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK FOR FRANCE

SACEM TERRITORIES / STANDARD MUSIC

FORTHERESTOFTHEWORLD

PRODUCED BY ERICK BENZI ET PHIL RAMONE

ARRANGED BY ANDRÉ MANOUKIAN

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES)

STRINGS : PARIS POP ORCHESTRA

STRING ARRANGEMENTS : STANISLAS RENOULT

BASS: YANNICK HARDOUIN

DRUMS: LAURENT COPPOLA

PROGRAMMINGS ÂŁ KEYBOARDS : ERICK BENZI

GUITARS: NICOLAS MINGOT

BRYAN FERRY APPEARS COURTESY

OFEMI RECORDS LIMITED.

7

I DIDN'T SEE THE TIME GO BY

WITH PAUL ANKA

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY PAUL ANKA

ARRANGED BY JEREMY LUBBOCK

ADAPTED BY HERBERT KRETZMER

RECORDED BYAL SCHMIDT AT CAPITOL

STUDIOS (LOS ANGELES, USA)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

PAUL ANKA APPEARS COURTESY OF PAUL

ANKA PRODUCTIONS

YOU AND ME

WITH CÉLINE DION

10 14 12

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR/JACQUES REVAUX

JEAN-PIERRE BOURTAYRE)

ADAPTED BYDEE SH IPMAN

ÉDITIONS ART MUSIC FRANCE / ÉDITIONS

MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY ERICK BENZI ÂŁ PHIL RAMONE

RECORDED AT SHIRE STUDIOS (NEW

YORK, USA)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES. FRANCE)

STRINGS: PARIS POP ORCHESTRA

STRING ARRANGEMENTS : STANISLAS RENOULT

BASS: YANNICK HARDOUIN

DRUMS: LAURENT COPPOLA

GUITARS: NICOLAS MINGOT

UILLEANN PIPES £ FLUTE : LOÏCTAILLEBREST

KEYBOARDS ÂŁ PROGRAMMINGS : ERICK BENZI

CÉLINE DION APPEARS COURTESY OF SONY

BMG MUSIC (CANADA), INC.

9

LA BOHÈME (ENGLISH VERSION) WITH JOSH GROBAN

(JACQUES PLANTE / CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY ERIC MOUQUET

ADAPTED BY HERBERT KRETZMER

RECORDED AT GUILLAUME TELL STUDIO

(SURESNES)

MIXED BY ERIC MOUQUET

JOSH GROBAN APPEARS COURTESY

OF WARNER BROS RECORDS, INC.

EL BARCO YA SE FUE

WITH PLÂCIDO DOMINGO

YOU1 VE GOT TO LEARN

WITH JOHNNY HALLYDAY

(BERNARD DIMEY/CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY ERICK BENZI

ARRANGED BY ROGER LOUBET

ADAPTED BY PASCAL NOÉL

RECORDED ATPALAU DE LES ARTS

REINA VALENCIA* (SPAIN)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

ADDITIONAL DRUMS : ERICK BENZI

11

THE SOUND OF YOUR NAME

WITH CAROLE KING

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY ERICK BENZI t PHIL RAMONE

ARRANGED BY PAUL MAURIAT

ADAPTED BY MARCEL STELLMAN

RECORDED IN 2004 AT GUILLAUME TELL

STUDIOS (SURESNES, FRANCE) COURTESY

OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC FRANCE

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

BASS: YANNICK HARDOUIN

DRUMS: LAURENT COPPOLA

PROGRAMMINGS ÂŁ KEYBOARDS : ERICK BENZI

GUITARS: NICOLAS MINGOT

JOHNNY HALLYDAY APPEARS COURTESY

OF WARNER MUSIC FRANCE

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY ERICK BENZI ÂŁ PHIL RAMONE

ARRANGED BY CHRISTIAN GAUBERT

ADAPTED BY HERBERT KRETZMER

RECORDED AT RIGHTTRACK RECORDING

STUDIOS (NEW YORK, USA)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AU STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

BASS: YANNICK HARDOUIN

DRUMS: LAURENT COPPOLA

PIANO, PROGRAMMINGS ÂŁ KEYBOARDS :

ERICK BENZI

GUITARS: NICOLAS MINGOT

CAROLE KING APPEARS COURTESY

OF ROCKINGALE RECORDS

13

PARIGI IN AGOSTO WITH LAURA PAUSINI

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR / CHARLES AZNAVOUR

GEORGES GARVARENTZ)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY R4TRICK SHART ÂŁ STEVE JEFFRIES

ADAPTED BY BRUNO PALLESI

RECORDED AT GUILLAUME TELL STUDIOS

(SURESNES, FRANCE) ÂŁ OLIVETA RECORDING

STUDIOS (CASTELBOLOGNESE, ITALY)

(MYSPACE.COM/ORSRECORDINGSTUDIOS)

MIXED BY PATRICK SHART ÂŁ STEVE JEFFRIES

AT ATLANTIC SEVEN STUDIOS (LONDON, UK)

LAURA PAUSINI APPEARS COURTESY

OF WARNER MUSIC ITALY

ALS ES MIR BESCHISSEN GING

WITH HERBERT GRÜNEMEYER

(CHARLES AZNAVOUR)

ÉDITIONS MUSICALES DJANIK

PRODUCED BY ERICK BENZI

ARRANGED BY DEL NEWMAN

ADAPTED BY MICHAEL KUNZE

RECORDED BYALEX SYLVA AT HANSA

TONSTUDIOS (BERLIN, GERMANY)

£ BY GÉRARD DE HARO £ NICOLAS BAILLARD

AT STUDIO LA BUISSONNE (PERNES-LES-

FONTAINES, FRANCE)

MIXED BY ERICK BENZI AT STUDIO LE CHALET

(BOIS-COLOMBES, FRANCE)

HERBERT GRÜNEMEYER APPEARS COURTESY

OFEMI M USIC GERMANY GMBH ÂŁ CO. KG

15

EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY SOMETIME

WITH DEAN MARTIN

(KENLANE IRVINGTAYLOR)

ÉDITIONS SANDS MUSIC CORP.

@2007 CAPITOL RECORDS INC

ORIGINALARRANGEMENT BY KEN LANE

ÂŁ JIMMY BOWEN

ADAPTED BYTOM RANIER

ADDITIONAL ENGINEER: ROLAND GUILLOTEL

ARTISTIC ADVISER : LÉVON SAYAN

CHARLES AZNAVOUR'S VOCALS RECORDED

AT STUDIO GUILLAUMETELL (SURESNES,

FRANCE)

DEAN MARTIN APPEARS COURTESY

OF CAPITOL RECORDS

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