Michel Magne - CD Les Misérables 1982

In the fall of 1982, Robert Hossein returned to the cinema with Les Misérables, a cathedral film with brilliant distribution (Ventura, Carmet, Bouquet). “This is the project of my life”, he confesses, those “Misérables”, I treated them like a chronicle, that of a man in search of his soul”. For the soundtrack, he reconnects with childhood friend, composer Michel Magne, who has so often set it to music, from Warrior’s Rest to Angélique. For Magne, the subject of Les Misérables imposes a solemnity, a depth of field, a feeling of elevation. He signs a vast score for orchestra and chorus, which culminates with a grandiose Requiem des Barricades. For the first time, here is the full version of Les Misérables according to Magne, a sort of testament from the composer, two years before his death. “The passion that Michel put into his collaboration pierced my soul,” concludes Robert Hossein. The requiem of Les Misérables is first Magne’s one.”