Stacey Kent: Raconte-Moi | CD review

(Blue Note)Though she's popular all over the globe, Stacey Kent has become a big deal in France in recent years. This album, sung in French, is an acknowledgement of that audience – though it might dislodge some of those who've discovered Kent through her recent work with lyricists such as the novelist Kazuo Ishiguro. Enraptured club punters who cry "you're beautiful" are likely to go even weaker at the knees now the fragrances of French on songs such as Mon Amour are added to Kent's trademark...

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