Various Artists - Intégrale Charles Trenet - "Kangourou", 1960-1962 (2025)

“A song must give you the impression it was born on its own. A song has to be intelligent without you noticing it, without it having to shout, ‘I am an intelligent song’… For me, Charles Trenet is the ideal songwriter. He brings the song down into the street without it falling flat on its face after throwing itself off the third floor.”
Jean COCTEAU

According to a quote attributed to Jean Cocteau, the ideal song must sound spontaneous and effortless, giving the impression that it was "born on its own." Its intelligence should be subtle, without explicitly declaring this quality. Cocteau considers Charles Trenet to be the ideal songwriter, capable of making a song accessible to the general public ("bringing it down into the street") without losing its artistic value or "falling flat on its face." The complete works of Charles Trenet published by Frémeaux & Associés, directed by Daniel Nevers, followed by Vincent Lisita and Pascal Halbeher, aims for historiographical comprehensiveness. It collects all available original recordings and their alternate versions. Furthermore, the collection includes radio documents and sung advertisements to illustrate the diversity of Trenet's output and explain his significance to collective memory.

Tracklist:
1-1 Charles Trenet - Présentation des spectacles de Charles Trenet et d'Edith Piaf à Paris [0:43]
1-2 Charles Trenet - Pot pourri : qu'est devenue la Madelon ? - Rien ne peut changer ma joie [2:08]
1-3 Charles Trenet - Dis-moi, quel est ton nom ? 1 [2:58]
1-4 Charles Trenet - Bonsoir jolie madame [3:47]
1-5 Charles Trenet - Le piano de la plage 1 [3:10]
1-6 Charles Trenet - La folle complainte [4:34]
1-7 Charles Trenet - Dans les pharmacies [2:09]
1-8 Charles Trenet - Boum [2:00]
1-9 Charles Trenet - Rien ne peut changer ma joie [2:19]
1-10 Charles Trenet - Orphée [2:52]
1-11 Charles Trenet - La java du diable [3:15]
1-12 Charles Trenet - Les voix du ciel [2:58]
1-13 Charles Trenet - Le jardin extraordinaire [4:07]
1-14 Charles Trenet - Qu'est devenue la Madelon ? [4:06]
1-15 Charles Trenet - La mer [4:07]
1-16 Charles Trenet - Y a d'la joie ! [2:17]
1-17 Claude Chevalier - Les trois roses [2:40]
1-18 Charles Trenet - Nuit d'hiver [3:11]
1-19 Charles Trenet - Les petits regrets [1:05]
1-20 Charles Trenet - Les soldats [2:53]
1-21 Danielle Darrieux - Les voix du ciel [2:23]
1-22 Charles Trenet - Kangourou 1 [3:03]
1-23 Charles Trenet - La p'tit' didi [3:08]
1-24 Charles Trenet - Au fil du temps perdu 1 [2:59]
1-25 Charles Trenet - Le pauvre Antoine [2:14]
1-26 Charles Trenet - Tu reverras l'île Maurice [1:19]
1-27 Charles Trenet - Toi qui passais [2:17]
1-28 René Glaneau - La mer [4:15]
2-29 Charles Trenet - La chanson est un art mineur [1:54]
2-30 Charles Trenet - Ma philosophie [1:52]
2-31 Charles Trenet - Kangourou 2 [3:20]
2-32 Charles Trenet - Au clair de la lune [2:53]
2-33 Dean Martin - Wish you love [2:24]
2-34 Lucienne Delyle - La valse à tout le monde [1:39]
2-35 Charles Trenet - L'horrible tango [2:22]
2-36 Charles Trenet - Jardin du mois de mai [2:22]
2-37 Charles Trenet - Si loin de ton amour [4:10]
2-38 Charles Trenet - Lundi au lit (les bruits de Paris) [1:53]
2-39 Duke Ellington - I wish you love [3:52]
2-40 Janine Wolf - L'horrible tango [2:30]
2-41 Charles Trenet - Au fil du temps perdu 2 [2:43]
2-42 Charles Trenet - Retour à Paris (hello Paris) [2:38]
2-43 Charles Trenet - Que reste-t-il de nos amours ? (How much remains of all our loves ?) [3:51]
2-44 Charles Trenet - Le piano de la plage 2 [2:42]
2-45 Charles Trenet - En ce temps-là [2:39]
2-46 Charles Trenet - Dis-moi, quel est ton nom ? 2 [2:07]
2-47 Charles Trenet - En Seine-et-Oise [1:42]
2-48 Caterina Valente - Vous oubliez votre cheval [3:17]
2-49 Caterina Valente - Why do you pass me by ? [3:09]
2-50 Charles Trenet - Le grand partage 1 [2:55]
2-51 Charles Trenet - Jeunesse plumée 1 [2:26]
2-52 Charles Trenet - Adieu mes beaux rivages [2:16]
2-53 Charles Trenet - Annie-Anna [3:03]
2-54 Colette Renard - Le grand partage [2:13]
2-55 Charles Trenet - Simple et légère [1:07]
2-56 Charles Trenet - Marie, Marie [3:30]
2-57 Charles Trenet - L'inquiet [1:19]
2-58 Charles Trenet - Jeunesse plumée 2 [1:47]
2-59 Charles Trenet - Le grand partage 2 [1:28]
2-60 Charles Trenet - Je twiste [1:08]