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Mireille's brilliant come-back : one of her very best albums

pcresus | 11/10/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album heralds Mireille's brilliant come-back on stages all over France (not least at the Paris Olympia Concert Hall, Nov. 19-24, 2002 ), Belgium and Switzerland.
Her previous release was a compilation coinciding with her Olympia concerts in December 1998, whereas this is a brand-new album in French, something which Mireille had not done in France since November 1995.
All (eleven) songs on this album are worthwhile listening to. Mireille's voice is still powerful, richly timbral, but her
singing sounds even better than before, more controlled and more mature. The arrangements are out of this world, and conductor Jean Musy is to be thanked for that, as well as Mick Lanaro, the producer of this unique album.
Dramatic, at times symphonic, songs such as "La solitude", "Personne" or "La même histoire" (with extraordinary string accompaniment) alternate with more rhythmic and lighter ones such as "Si tu m'aimes assez" or "Embarqué pour un voyage".
The overall impression is one of modern classicism, in excellent
taste: new names among Mireille's lyricists and composers (Caroline Cabat, Patrick Guirao, etc.)vie with popular songwriters (Gérard Presgurvic) and more mature talents (Jean Musy, or the world-famous Francis Lai who composed two beautiful pieces for this album, "Chansons des rues", and "La vie n'est plus la vie sans nous", arguably Mireille's most potent song on this -- her
37th French studio recording, incidentally).
"De tes mains" is not chock-a-block with potential smash hits, but it will keep haunting every listener in need of vocal refinement, and emotion-packed, dramatic singing.
A must buy : Mireille Mathieu at her very best!"

A TOTALLY MATURE VOICE

jaimebeau | Columbia, SC USA | 12/07/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have been following Mireille's career since as a very young girl, she appeared on Ed Sullivan's and Merv Griffin's shows. I was entranced by her voice, then youthful, and what I would now describe as slightly explosive. Over the years I forced myself to learn the French language so that her albums, which were at the time very hard to find on the Southern United States, would mean more to me. I have virtually her entire discography, and the growth in her presentation over the past 30 years has been remarkable. Having gone so many years since her most recent studio album (1995), I was naturally elated when I discovered that a new album was on the way .... "De Tes Mains" is a wonderful collaboration of memorable songs and singer. They may or may not be the best material Mireille has ever recorded but they are certainly strong lyrics for her voice, which now displays a total maturity which I am certain Mireille's girlhood idol, Edith Piaf, would find very pleasing. I can only hope we will continue to receive Mme. Mathieu's efforts for many years to come. Her voice is obviously ready for her own "La Vie En Rose"."

The Magic Of Mathieu

Unbekannt | US Desert | 12/27/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

""De Tes Mains" appears to be a radical departure for Mireille Mathieu from her well-known style of earlier albums. To me, this is a wonderfully new Mireille, and the passion and power she has always brought to every song in her long carreer is even more evident here. I have listened to this CD through a set of studio quality headphones, enjoying the full effect of the closeness of her voice, and the fabulous sounds of the orchestra. And every time, again and again, I get carried away into another space of being. This is the magic of Mirelle Mathieu!"