La Valse à Mille Temps
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La Valse à Mille Temps is Jacques Brel
's fourth album. Also known as Jacques Brel 4 and American Début, the album was released in 1959 by Philips
. The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title La Valse à Mille Temps as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons
by Barclay
(980 816-6).
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 fourth album. Also known as Jacques Brel 4 and American Début, the album was released in 1959 by 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...
. The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title La Valse à Mille Temps 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....
(980 816-6).
Track listing
| Track | Title | Translation | Composer | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "La valse à mille temps" | The waltz a thousand times as fast | Jacques Brel | 1959-09-14 |
| 2 | "Seul" | Alone | Jacques Brel | 1959-09-15 |
| 3 | "La dame patronnesse" | The patronness | Jacques Brel | 1959-09-11 |
| 4 | "Je t'aime" | I love you | Jacques Brel, François Rauber | 1959-09-17 |
| 5 | "Ne me quitte pas Ne 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... " |
Don't leave me | Jacques Brel | 1959-09-11 |
| 6 | "Les Flamandes" | Flemish women | Jacques Brel | 1959-09-14 |
| 7 | "Isabelle" | Isabelle | Jacques Brel, François Rauber | 1959-09-15 |
| 8 | "La mort" | Death | Jacques Brel | 1959-09-14 |
| 9 | "La tendresse" | Tenderness | Jacques Brel | 1959-09-11 |
| 10 | "La colombe" | The dove | Jacques Brel | 1959-09-15 |
Credits
- Jacques BrelJacques BrelJacques 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...
– composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, vocals - François RauberFrançois RauberFrançois Rauber was a French pianist, composer, arranger and conductor known for his works with chansonnier Jacques Brel...
– orchestra 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... - Jean-Marie Guérin – masteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
- J. Aubert – photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
- M. Apelbaum – photography