Encore un Soir

by Celine Dion

Overview

Celine Dion began work on Encore un Soir in the summer of 2015 when her husband Rene Angelil was quite ill. He passed away in January 2016, around the midpoint of the sessions, so it could stand to reason the album was a way for Dion to work through her grief, but this French-language record isn't quite as simple as that. For one, Dion's art isn't strictly autobiographical; she may pour herself into her performances but a correlation between her personal life and her recordings isn't easy to draw. Secondly, Encore un Soir is evenly divided between pop tunes and ballads, not too dissimilar from her usual albums. That said, there's a certain sense of restraint and deliberateness to Encore un Soir that does give it an emotional pull. It's too pat to call it a response to her husband's death -- after all, the album was underway prior to his passing -- but at the very least the measured performances here suggest that Dion is starting to feel settled in her middle age, no longer wanting to push at the boundaries of her range but deciding to let her interpretations breathe. As such, this album is one of the subtlest and most moving collections in her catalog. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	02/12/2021
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	0194398449418
Rank:	60533

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Celine Dion   Primary Artist,Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Simon Hale   Piano,Fender Rhodes
Earl Harvin   Drums
Francis Cabrel   Guitar
Dean Parks   Dobro,Guitar (Acoustic)
Nathan East   Basse
Vincent Martinez   Guitar
Michael Thompson   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Giorgio Tuinfort   Piano
Tim Pierce   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Michael Joussein   Trombone
Vinnie Colaiuta   Drums
Humberto Gatica   Choir/Chorus
Paul Richard   Percussion
Scott Price   Piano,Clavier
Yannick Soccal   Sax (Tenor)
Jacques Veneruso   Guitar
Thierry Blanchard   Piano
Patrick Hampartzoumian   Drums,Percussion
Franck van der Heijden   Percussion
Christine Giguere   Cello
Eric Giausserand   Trumpet
Therese Ryan   Cello
Yann Mace   Drums,Clavier,Percussion
Guy Belanger   Harmonica
Rebecca Ramsey   Violin
John Arnold   Violin
Elisabeth Dube   Cello
Pierre-Luc Rioux   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Luc Leroy   Piano,Clavier
Eddy Pradelles   Guitar (Acoustic)
Flavien Compagnon   Piano
Martin Nessi   Percussion,Choir/Chorus
Silvio Lisbonne   Basse,Drums,Piano,Clavier,Percussion,Fender Rhodes,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Jennifer Eriksson   Violin
Hinse Mutter   Cello
Marije De Jong   Cello
Jascha Bordon   Cello
Kaven Girouard   Guitar (Acoustic)
Annemarie Hensens   Viola
Bram Faber   Viola
Ludovic Carquet   Bass,Clavier
Yanna Pelser   Viola
Therry Marie-Louise   Bass,Clavier
Phillippe Dunnigan   Violin
Yves Labonte   Basse

Technical Credits

Everton Nelson   Leader
Eddy Marnay   Realization
Jean-Jacques Goldman   Arranger,Realization
Humberto Gatica   Mixing,Engineer,Recording,Realization
Scott Price   Arranger,Realization
Denis Savage   Engineer,Recording
Vlado Meller   Mastering
Jacques Veneruso   Realization
Thierry Blanchard   Realization,Instrumentation
Patrick Hampartzoumian   Realization
Franck van der Heijden   Arranger
Guy Matteoni   Arranger
Rob Katz   Assistant
Yann Mace   Mixing
Jason Patterson   Assistant
Peppe "Squared" Folliero   Mixing
Marc Bercovitz   Direction
Alix Malka   Photography
Valerie Michelin   Production Executive
Martin Nessi   Mixing,Engineer,Assistant,Recording
Silvio Lisbonne   Realization,Executive Producer,Keyboard Programming,Production Executive
Mark Everton Gray   Assistant
Patrice Pruneau   Assistant
Ludovic Carquet   Realization
Ars Magna   Design
Therry Marie-Louise   Realization