Comments from Julio Portella
A commonplace in the conversations with our friends, fans of the unparalleled
style of
Paul Mauriat, is the timeless of
his presence in our lives. Because it seems that we have heard and enjoy his
music all of our life, in the different moments of the personal story of each
one: at school, at college, with the family and - of course - in the several
moments devoted only to the music.
Regarding that point, another
commonplace is that most time the musical meeting point with Paul's art is "Love
is Blue", theme with which he goes beyond Europe and reaches our lands. That
moment has been - without a doubt - one of the turning point in our lives, given
the importance we give to the music as the main motif to take part of this
initiative, that tries, above all, to contribute to transcend the legacy of Paul
Mauriat among his Spanish-speaking admirers, that amounts for many generations,
because they are also of the enjoyment of several young people that didn't born
when that melody flooded of blue the music.
Although since a child I have
listened immensely of Percy Faith, Andre Kostelanetz and other great conductors,
I always remember the visit to our home of the salesman from the local record
store (yes, the early delivery system, which later will became popular with food
chains), showing to my father the "Album No. 5" from Paul Mauriat, that had as a
main song "L'amour est Bleu". With only one listen, it became our favorite until
today, 43 years later...
Lima, Peru
