PAINTERS IN PARIS: Lé Cafe Concert

Companion CD to The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, Painters in Paris: 1895-1950. Travel back in time to the period when Paris was the creative Mecca of modern art, and its cafés were overflowing with vibrant and infectious music. Featuring a selection of spirited café concert performances by Edith Piaf, Maurice Chevalier, Josephine Baker, Django Reinhardt and others, and concluding with George Gershwin's incomparable, An American In Paris. A must-have CD for Francophiles and fine art enthusiasts.

1. Maurice Chevalier - Toi et Moi (2:52) 2. Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli - Le Quintette du Hot Club de France - Dinah (2:34) 3. Ray Ventura - Tiens, Tiens, Tiens (from Tourbillon de Paris) (2:38) 4. Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose (3:06) 5. Michèle Arnaud - De Place en Place (3:04) 6. Aimé Doniat - Fermons Nos Rideaux (1:57) 7. Joséphine Baker with Wal-Berg and his Orchestra - C'est si Facile de Vous Aimer (Easy To Love) (3:02) 8. Aimé Doniat - Reviens (3:23) 9. Joséphine Baker with The Comedy Harmonists - Sous Le Ciel D'Afrique (from Princess Tam Tam) (4:11) 10. Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli - Le Quintette du Hot Club de France - I'm Confessin' That I Love You (2:54) 11. Micheline Dax - Le Voyage à Robinson (2:21) 12. Joséphine Baker with Wal-Berg and his Orchestra - De Temps En Temps (3:19) 13. Eric Amado - La Valse Brune (2:49) 14. Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli - Le Quintette du Hot Club de France - Nuages (The Bluest Kind of Blues) (3:14) 15. Philadelphia Orchestra - Eugene Ormandy, Conductor - An American in Paris (18:14)