Songs of love

Catalogue Number: 820 995-2 (Decca CD)

Release: 1987

Label: Decca (UK)/ Delphine / Various

Country: World Wide

Status: Deleted

'Songs Of Love' was a popular studio album featuring music from the world of stage, film and television.

The album benefits from the inclusion of four tracks from the album 'Eléana' (1987), which was released in many countries throughout Europe.

Album highlights include:
'Always There / Anyone Can Fall In Love', 'Do You Know', 'Eléana',
'You Are My World' and 'I Dreamed A Dream'.

Decca CD Cover, United Kingdom

Love has always been, and still is, the main musical inspirational theme for composers of all form of music; classical or popular. When I decided to record modern love songs, I was delighted with the wide choice available to me; knowing what to leave off the album was therefore the most difficult of my decisions.

Looking first to the stage, I was fortunate enough to be able to draw upon three truly great current musicals, Lloyd Webber's 'Phantom of the opera', Rice, Ulvaeus and Andersson's 'Chess' and my fellow countryman Claude-Michele Schonberg's 'Les Miserables'. Elton John, Chris de burgh, the Communards and other recent chart successes allowed me to add rhythm and colour. Eric Carmen's 'All by myself' - inspired by the third movement from Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto - allowed a flavour from the concert platform. BBC Television's 'Howard's Way' and Central TV's 'The Bretts' provided two of the most beautiful themes, and 'EastEnders' for my other TV theme!

Finally my mentors, Olivier Toussaint and Paul de Senneville provided new compositions, and I thank them and all the other composers for making this album possible.

Richard Clayderman, Paris 1987

1.		Always there / Anyone can fall in love (Simon May / Leslie Osbourne / Don Black)
2.		Nikita (John / Taupin)
3.		Do you know where you're going to (Goffin / Masser)
4.		Lady in red / Take my breath away (de Burgh) / (Moroder / Whitlock)
5.		You are my world (Somerville / Coles)
6.		*We are the world (Jackson / Richie)
7.		Theme from 'The Bretts' (Cullen / Mackay)
8.		I know him so well (Andersson / Ulvaeous)
9.		Eléana (Paul de Senneville)
10.		Colin Maillard (Paul de Senneville / Jean Baudlot)
11.		*Eroica (Paul de Senneville / Jean Baudlot)
12.		*La Sorellina (Paul de Senneville)
13.		All by myself (Berlin)
14.		I dreamed a dream (Schönberg)
15.		All I ask of you (Lloyd Webber)

*Tracks featured on CD version only
'Always There / Anyone Can Fall In Love' and 'Do You Know Where You're Going To' feature Nicolas de Angelis on guitar.

Arranged by:
Gérald Salesses (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 13, 14 and 15)
Règis du Prè (Track 5)
Hervé Roy (Tracks 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12)

Produced by Paul de Senneville, Olivier Toussaint and Jean Baudlot