Claude Ciari - La Playa (2CD)

One of the best french guitar virtuosos, Claude Ciari has recorded more than 100 LPs and CDs from 1961 till today. He was the creator of the style "smooth guitar & orchestra" followed later by many other artists like Francis Goya and Nicolas De Angelis. This double CD includes 30 of the best tunes recorded by Claude Ciari and it is named after his first big international hit, "La Playa", recorded at 1964.

Claude Ciari was born in Nice, French Riviera, in 1944.He started to play guitar when he was eleven years old. When he turned sixteen he joined a rock group « Les Champions » as the solo guitarist. The group became the best instrumental band in France but Claude decided to leave in 1964 and recorded an album including a rumba “La Playa” which became a hit in 45 countries. He was 20 years old and sold a few million records. It was the beginning of an incredible carrier. Claude stayed in France until 1974 and then moved to Tahiti. One of the countries where he played quite often was Japan and what had to happen happened. He met his Japanese wife who was a fashion model, married, had two kids and finally took the Japanese citizenship. Quite unusual for a French man but it was his decision and became Japanese in 1985.Since then he lives in Japan. Claude recorded more that 50 records and performs in many countries, writes music for TV drama, soundtrack and appears in TV and Radio shows as well.

TRACKLIST

CD1
01. La Playa
02. Solenzara
03. Recuerdos de l' Alhambra
04. Maria Elena
05. Jeux Interdits
06. Stardust
07. Le vert gallant
08. Sans toi ma mie
09. Nathalie
10. Manuel Benites el Cordoba
11. The Third Man Theme
12. L' amour c' est pour rien
13. Estrellita
14. Einsamer Hirte
15. On ne vit pas sans se dire adieu

CD2
01. Concierto de Aranjuez
02. Greenleaves
03. Johnny Guitar
04. El Condor Pasa
05. Everybody is Talking (Midnight Cowboy)
06. The Breeze and I
07. The Sounds of Silence
08. The Music Played
09. La chanson d' Orphee
10. The Girl from Ipanema
11. One Note Samba
12. Adelita
13. Malaguena
14. Asturias
15. Corcovado