Since April 5, 2019, the French Army Choir and the Republican Guard Orchestra album “Paris je t’aime” is available at all record stores and on download platforms.

“Is there any better way to celebrate Paris than with songs? Paris, the city of lights that makes the world dream, has given birth to the most beautiful melodies of French songs. Famous singers, such as Aznavour, Brel, Dassin, Dutronc, Gainsbourg, Trenet and many others, they all sang their love for Paris, evoking its popular neighborhoods, its trendy neighborhoods, the Paris of lovers, that of tourists , Paris by day, by night, in spring…

Today, it is the French Army Choir , an exceptional ensemble of 40 magnificent men voices who enchant us by revisiting Les Champs Élysées, Il est 5 heures Paris s’éveille, Le Poinçonneur des Lilas, Valses de Paris, Les feuilles mortes…

Accompanied by the Republican Guard Orchestra, these warm, thrilling, agile, and sometimes funny, but always moving voices are masterfully directed by their conductor Aurore Tillac.

“Paris, je t’aime !”

Listen to their version of Joe Dassin’s “Champs Élysées”, one of the song in the album, following the link below :

You can now see and listen to the full concert that the Orchestra gave in 2018, in honor of the 200th anniversary of the French bank, Caisse d’épargne.

This four parts concert is a travel through 200 years of music, from Schubert to John Williams, by way of Ravel and Gershwin.

At the end of June, while the heatwave was striking Paris, the singers of the Choir had to wear a cassock to participate in Karlheinz Stockhausen’s “Samstag aus Licht”.

This production, directed by Maxime Pascal of the ensemble Le Balcon, and the remarkable participation of the Choir, were widely praised by critics.

You can read the dedicated articles (in French) from Télérama, Franceinfo, and Olyrix.

Télérama : “The Farewell to Lucifer is the chosen domain of the French Army Choir (superb male voices).”