Lavilliers and major orchestras have regularly collaborated. We recall his tribute to Léo Ferré at the Théâtre du Chatelet in 2006 with the Pasdeloup symphony orchestra…
Just one year ago, he gave a unique concert at Maison de la Radio with the Radio France orchestra. This experience made the singer want to pick up the thread of that evening by recording part of his repertoire with a large classical orchestra. After "Sous un soleil énorme," conceived during the pandemic and remotely from his musicians, the singer wanted to reconnect with the spirit of "old-fashioned" recordings, finding himself right in the middle of his musicians for the recording of an entire album. This was done without nostalgia, but rather with the spirit of a cultural bridge-builder that characterizes him, as if he were also telling us a bit about the history of recorded music through this act.
Accompanied by composer and arranger Cyrille Aufort, a symphony orchestra of more than fifty musicians, and four long-time collaborators (Xavier Tribolet on keyboards and arranger of 3 songs, Antoine Reininger on bass, Michaël Lapie on drums, and Vincent Faucher on guitar), Bernard Lavilliers invites us to witness the metamorphosis of 13 of his great songs and unveils one new track…
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