Richard Clayderman - Ballad for Adeline / Ring Audio CD 1992

UPC 5998133148322

RCD 2033

"Ballade pour Adeline" (French for "Ballad for Adeline") is a 1977 instrumental by Richard Clayderman, composed by Paul de Senneville. Paul de Senneville composed the piece as a tribute to his newborn daughter, Adeline. World-wide sales of the recording now have reached 22 million copies in 38 countries. It remains Clayderman's signature hit.

The French trumpeter Jean-Claude Borelly recorded his version in the early 1980s, which used the same instrumental backing track as the original recording.

Richard Clayderman performed a duet of the track with guitarist Francis Goya in 1999, and it was released on their studio album, Together. This recording also used the same backing track.

A new version of this piece was released on the Richard Clayderman studio album A Thousand Winds in 2007 to celebrate 30 years since the original release of "Ballade Pour Adeline". Clayderman was accompanied by a new string arrangement by Olivier Toussaint.

Tracklist:

1. Ballad for Adeline

2. Dolannes melodie

3. Yesterday

4. Szerelmialmok

5. Orémoda

6. Fiir Elise

7. Exodus

8. Romeo és Julia

9. Erzsébet szerenad

10. Barcarola

11. Love story

12. Moon River

13. Holdfényszonata

14. La mer

15. Don’t cry for me Argentina

16. Bridge over troubled water

 Richard Clayderman (French pronunciation: ​[ʁiʃaʁ klɛidɛʁman]; born Philippe Pagès French pronunciation: ​[filip paʒɛs], 28 December 1953 in Paris) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of popular works of classical music.