Toni Arden - Collection 1944-61 Release:Collection 1944-61 Acrobat thanks to music libraries such

thanks to music libraries such as Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) or Bibliothèque de l'Opéra de Paris

and over the next few years he had a further dozen hits

" as the composer himself named them- capture the world-weariness of George Byron's 'Manfred: A Dramatic Poem' in music

It offers a substantial and enjoyable showcase for his notable skills as a distinctive piano stylist

Some pieces of the trio de la chambre and trios pour le coucher du Roi of his son Jean-Baptiste Lully round the recording perfectly

Toni Arden - Collection 1944-61 Release:Collection 1944-61 Acrobat thanks to music libraries suchToni Arden was one of the girl singers who learnt their trade singing with big bands during the mid 1940s before embarking on a solo career as the market changed, and star vocalists became popular with the advent of TV. The daughter of a singer at the Metropolitan Opera, she started performing in her teens during the war years, and made her first records with the Al Trace Orchestra for the National label in 1944. A year or two later, appearances on