10 December 2012

Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois

Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois (the Little Singers of the Wooden Cross, also known as the Little Singers of Paris) were formed in 1907 by Paul Berthier. They were led for nearly 40 years by Mgr. Fernand Maillet, who directs the proceedings on this record of Christmas songs from France and other lands.


Mgr. Maillet
The cover photo above is a still from a film called Moineaux de Paris, in which the choir appeared. There is a clip from the movie on YouTube, in which the choir sings for a minute and a half and Mgr. Maillet speaks for four. I can't believe this was considered fascinating film making, even in 1952, but the good curé apparently liked to talk: he introduces all the songs on this record. I have banded his intros separately.

Even though the cover still is from 1952, this LP didn't come out until 1960. It was recorded in November of that year, possibly in the suitably resonant Salle Wagram, where the choir made other records.

25 comments:

Ernie said...

Looks good, never seen such a record.

Buster said...

Link (Apple lossless):

http://www.mediafire.com/?d45tbtos1o86qvc

Buster said...

Ernie - Your comment beat me to the punch - I hadn't even published the link!

Ernie said...

I was checking up on your site after finishing my posts for the night. If I don't check in often, I'm afraid MediaFire will delete the link. :(

Buster said...

Knock on wood - MF leaves me alone.

teledyn said...

alas no, it seems 1952 is not quite old enough -- the link is already gone :(

but thank you anyway -- it is the thought that counts ;)

Ананасий Непитин said...

alas! MF identified this recording as copyright protected and banned its sharing.
the same song was heard about the Finale of Bruckner's 6th under the baton of Horenstein once uploaded to MF, though all other movements were downloaded with ease...
maybe it's the time to say good bye to the ungrateful Mediafire?

Ernie said...

Sorry, Buster, I think I jinxed you. :(

Buster said...

Weird - seems to be working OK today. Try it again.

Ананасий Непитин said...

MF sentencing decision:

This file has been identified as a copyright protected work and cannot be distributed using MediaFire.

Still have questions or do you think we've made an mistake? Check our knowledge base for more information or contact us about it.

Trumark said...

Any chance someone could provide an alternate download link? Thanks.

Ананасий Непитин said...

only primary uploader can help, alas.
i don't know whether this rip is available for downnload for our Rt. Hon. Buster himself, but for anybody else - no, no doubts.

MF has started its struggle against the copyright infringement, and maybe soon we should face to copyright infringement in deciphered Edison cylinders or Cros prehistorical recordings... now every absurd decision could become truth one day.

Buster said...

I'll reup it later today.

Geordie said...

Thanks for all the great music.

Might I suggest putting up torrents in addition to MF links? It works very well for Ernie (Not Bert).

Buster said...

New link (Rapidshare):

http://tinyurl.com/aazzhmu

Trumark said...

Thank you, Merci, Spasibo for the new link!

Ананасий Непитин said...

thanks a lot for both making this rip and finding more convenient hosting conditions for it!
regards,
AN

coppinsuk said...

Thanks Buster for the alternative download facility.

Always interesting material.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,

Douglas (UK)

David F. said...

Many thanks for all of your efforts, both with this and the other amazing material you so generously share.

Best Wishes
David

Geordie said...

Thanks a million for this. I'm really enjoying all the music I've downloaded from your blog. Wish I had discovered it years ago.

thkbeercan said...

Thanks for assembling all this great Christmas music! I stumbled upon this blog yesterday while visiting Ernie's blog and have been fascinated by the collection you have here.
Merry Christmas, Buster!

rjl said...

Many thanks Buster, for your incredible and magnificent website.
I do not know if you could resubmit this album, because it is extraordinary.
Best regards.

rjl said...

Would you please reupload this?

Buster said...

R WTRN - The Mediafire link above seems to be working now:

http://www.mediafire.com/?d45tbtos1o86qvc

rjl said...

Very grateful Búster.
I follow your blog for a long time and the music offered is extraordinary.
It was a wonder the music of Jean Sablon.