Franskjudiska Barbara’s kanske vackraste sång. En ljuvlighet i sorgeflor, skulle jag säga.
Vill man så kan man höra den smågripande historien om henne, de fransk-tyska politiska relationerna och Göttingen i radioklippet nedan. Rätt intressant ju..
⬤ The Love song That Marked A Shift In French-German Relations
“Soft, silky and confidential, her voice never rages like Piaf’s nor goes Gitane-blue like Jacques Brel’s, her patron. Her songs stroke the brow and disturb the unconscious. Like Mahler and Freud, she quotes a hint of nursery rhyme to evoke innocence and its corruption. Yet she is never harsh or cruel. Her greatest love – “ma plus belle histoire d’amour,” she would assure adoring audiences – “c’est vous,” her voice breaking on the last monosyllable. For Barbara, music was the element that bonds the lonely to the whole.”
Norman Leberecht, brittisk kritiker
