C'Est Ça la Vie, C'Est Ça l'Amour

1	Toi c'est moi, operetta:
2	L' Amour masqué, operetta
3	Yes, musical: Yes
4	Les Aventures du Roi Paus
5	O mon bel inconnu, musica
6	Fortunio, operetta: Je ne
7	Coups de roulis, operetta
8	Brummel, operetta in 3 ac
9	Passionément, operetta: L
10	Les P'tites Michu, operet
11	Mozart, operetta in 3 act
12	La Petite Fonctionnaire,
13	Les Dragons de L'Impératr
14	L' Amour masqué, operetta
15	O mon bel inconnu, musica
16	Ciboulette, operetta in 3
17	Toi c'est moi, operetta:
C'Est Ça la Vie, C'Est Ça l'Amour
1.	Toi c'est moi, operetta: C'est ça la vie (That's life) 3:50
	Composed by Moisés Simóns
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
2.	L' Amour masqué, operetta: J'ai deux amants (I've two lovers) 2:32
	Composed by André Messager
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
3.	Yes, musical: Yes 3:08
	Composed by Maurice Yvain
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
4.	Les aventures du Roi Pausole, operetta, H 76: Si vous saviez (If you knew) 4:33
	Composed by Honegger
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
5.	O Mon Bel Inconnu!, operetta: Ô mon bel inconnu 4:00
	Composed by Reynaldo Hahn
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
6.	Fortunio, operetta: Je ne vois rein...Lorsque je n'étais qu'une enfant 5:33
	Composed by André Messager
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
7.	Coups de roulis, operetta: Les hommes sont biens tous les mêmes (Men are all 1:58
	Composed by André Messager
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
8.	Brummel, operetta: Air de la Lettre (Letter aria) 4:00
	Composed by Reynaldo Hahn
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
9.	Passionément, operetta: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Love is a rebelliou 2:52
	Composed by André Messager
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
10.	Les P'tites Michu, operetta: Vois-tu, je m'en veux (You see, I blame myself) 2:33
	Composed by André Messager
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
11.	Mozart, operetta: Être adoré (To be adored) 4:30
	Composed by Reynaldo Hahn
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
12.	La Petite fonctionnaire, operetta: Je regrette mon Pressigny (I miss my Pressigny) 2:30
	Composed by André Messager
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
13.	Les Dragons de L'Impératrice, operetta: Amour, amour, quel est donc ton pouvoir (Love, lov 3:16
	Composed by André Messager
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
14.	L' Amour masqué, operetta: Mon rêve (My dream) 4:01
	Composed by André Messager
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
15.	O mon bel inconnu, musical comedy in 3 acts: C'est très vilain d'être infidèle (It is very naug 3:43
	Composed by Reynaldo Hahn
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
16.	Ciboulette, operetta in 3 acts: C'est pas Paris, c'est sa banlieue (It's not Paris 2:54
	Composed by Reynaldo Hahn
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel
17.	Toi c'est moi, operetta: Vagabond (Roaming) 3:08
	Composed by Moisés Simóns
	Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Susan Graham
	Conducted by Yves Abel

Barnes & Noble

Every once in a while, a record comes along in which singer and song seem perfectly suited to one another. Susan Graham is marvelous in French music, and this program of 20th-century French operetta arias is tailor-made to her gifts. It is also a revelation, presenting a slice of the repertoire that has all but disappeared. Many of these arias are just plain fun, as in the opening selection, "C'est ça la vie" from Moïses Simons' Toi c'est moi (1934), with its Latin rhythms, or the lovely, lilting "O mon bel inconnu" from Reynaldo Hahn's 1933 operetta of the same name. But others offer surprisingly sensuous entertainment, like the almost unbearably sultry "Si vous saviez" from Arthur Honneger's Les Aventures du roi Pausole (1930). There's not a dud in the lot, either, and Graham sings them all with style and ample vocal richness. Conductor Yves Abel brings out the music's sweetness without being cloying, and the City of Birmingham Orchestra affects quite a decent French accent. C'est magnifique! Andrew Farach-Colton

New York Times

Throughout, Ms. Graham entertains herself and the listener royally with light gems that are by turns wistful, coquettish, coltish, glamorous and moody. Matthew Gurewitsch

Gramophone

This is the musical equivalent of an expensive box of scrummy chocolates and I intend to gorge myself on them for the rest of the year. Hugh Canning