Jacques Brel - Olympia: `61 And `64

Artist:

Brel, Jacques

UPC:

021471848724

See Also:

Beatles (The)

Description:

Personnel: Jacques Brel (vocals).
If these two concerts--recorded at Paris`s Olympia in 1961 and 1964, respectively--are any indication, Jacques Brel was as extraordinary alive performer as he was a singer and songwriter. Dramatic, witty, moving, and bursting with exuberance--at times ironic and at times quite earnest--Brel works his way through many of his best-known songs (and many that should be better known) with the accompaniment of a pianist, a full orchestra, and a rapturous audience. "Ne Me Quitte Pas," for example, is given such a stirring reading it is alone worth the price of the set.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Les Prenoms de Paris
2. Les Bourgeois
3. Les Paumes du Petit Matin
4. Les Flamandes
5. La Statue
6. Zangra
7. Marieke
8. Les Biches
9. Madeleine
10. Les Singes
11. L`Ivrogne
12. La Valse a Mille Temps
13. Ne Me Quitte Pas
14. Le Moribond
15. Quand on N`a que L`Amour

DISC 2:

1. Amsterdam
2. Les Timides
3. Le Dernier Repas
4. Les Jardins du Casino
5. Les Vieux
6. Les Toros
7. Tango Funebre
8. Le Plat Pays
9. Les Bonbons
10. Mathilde
11. Les Bigottes
12. Les Bourgeois
13. Jef
14. Au Suivant
15. Madeleine

Album Information

Release Date:

11/08/2005

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Pop Vocal

Subgenre:

Cabaret

Label:

Koch Records (USA)

Catalog Number:

8487

Original Release Year:

2005

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Live

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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