Top Berthe Sylva Albums
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La voix de l'amour
[2024]
[2024]
Les génies de la chanson : Berthe Sylva
[2017]
[2017]
Enfant de la misère (1920-1937)
[2015]
[2015]
Coeur d'or (21 succès)
[2011]
[2011]
Les Introuvables de Berthe Sylva
[2011]
[2011]
Classics : Berthe Sylva
[2011]
[2011]
Berthe Sylva : My Best Songs
[2011]
[2011]
All My Success
[2010]
[2010]
Young Forever : Berthe Sylva, Vol. 1
[2010]
[2010]
The French Song Berthe Sylva Recordings 1927 - 1935
[2010]
[2010]
Les roses blanches
[2009]
[2009]
Tous les tubes : Berthe Sylva
[2009]
[2009]
Berthe Sylva : Succès et raretés (1928-1937)
[2009]
[2009]
La chanson... Berthe Sylva
[2002]
[2002]
Les roses blanches (18 chansons françaises)
[2000]
[2000]
cœur d'or, vol. 2 (20 succès)
[1994]
[1994]
Ciné-Stars : Berthe Sylva
[1993]
[1993]
Traditional French Stars: Berthe Sylva - Les roses blanches
[1992]
[1992]
cœur d'or (21 succès)
[1991]
[1991]
Frou-Frou et 29 succès de Berthe Sylva (Chanson française)
[1959]
[1959]
Chante
[1929]
[1929]
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Related Information for Berthe Sylva
Billed as the greatest of the Depression-era chanteuses, Sylva certainly had a strong, authoritative air about her – not strident or overstated, simply very clear and very perfect. She sounds rather reserved in comparison to Edith Piaf, but these 1930s Odeon recordings are still very moving and will captivate your attention. The arrangements are also quite striking – compact, tightly crafted, and the apex, perhaps, of monophonic recording. Nothing is lost, cramped or muddled, and the light orchestrations by bandleaders Andre Valsien and Andre Cadou are, well, simply perfect for every tune. Sylva apparently lived a fast life, and died penniless and young in 1941. A pity, but these pre-war performances are quite a legacy.... read more
