Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961
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Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961 is Jacques Brel
's first live album. Also known as A L'Olympia (Philips
6416 403), the album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961 as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons
by Barclay
(980 816-8).
Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
's first live album. Also known as A L'Olympia (Philips
Philips Records
Philips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics company Philips. It was started by "Philips Phonographische Industrie" in 1950. Recordings were made with popular artists of various nationalities and also with classical artists from Germany, France and Holland. Philips also...
6416 403), the album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961 as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons
Boîte à Bonbons
Boîte à Bonbons is a 16-CD box set compilation of the recorded songs of Jacques Brel. Also known as Coffret intégral 2003 "Boîte à bonbons", this limited edition box set was released to mark the 25th anniversary of Jacques Brel's death. The box set includes 15 albums remastered from the original...
by Barclay
Barclay Records
Barclay Records is a French record label founded in the mid-1950s by Eddie Barclay under the alias, Edouard Ruault. Eddie Barclay also founded the Riviera label in the early-1950s....
(980 816-8).
Track listing
- "Les prénoms de Paris"
- "Les bourgeois"
- "Les paumés du petit matin"
- "Les Flamandes"
- "La statue"
- "Zangra"
- "MariekeMarieke (song)Marieke is a 1962 song by the Belgian singer Jacques Brel.-The song:In Marieke, Brel sings about a Flemish girl, Marieke, whom he once loved and lived "between the towers of Bruges and Gent"...
" - "Les biches"
- "Madeleine"
- "Les singes"
- "L’Ivrogne"
- "La valse à mille temps"
- "Ne me quitte pasNe me quitte pas"Ne me quitte pas" is a song written and sung in French and in Dutch by the Belgian chansonnier Jacques Brel in 1959. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages...
" - "Le Moribond"
- "Quand on n'a que l'amour"
Credits
- Jacques Brel – composer (tracks 4, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- Jacques Brel and Gérard Jouannest – composers (tracks 1, 7, 8)
- Jacques Brel and Jean Corti – composers (track 2)
- Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest, and Jean Corti – composers (track 9)
- Jacques Brel and François Rauber – composers (tracks 3, 5)
- Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest, and François Rauber – composers (track 11)
- Gérard Jouannest – pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- François Rauber – piano
- Jean Corti – accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
- Daniel Janin – orchestraOrchestraAn orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
conductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...