Brel Vol 1 Master Serie Music Cd

Jacques Brel - Brel Vol 1 Master Serie

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Brel Vol. 1 (Master Serie)      Artist : Jacques Brel      List Price : $18.98 USD        Your Price : $14.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1999-07-15      Studio : Polygram Records      Label : Polygram Records      Avg. Customer Rating : (9 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Brel Vol 1 Master Serie      The enfant terrible of the New Wave French Song!      Rating:      Brel was the most legitimate Ambassador of the irreverence made song. His moods, inspiration and heartfelt expression far beyond his dissipate existence are solid arguments to think to acquire this selection. One more thing: Will you able to forget once you listen: Ne me quite pas, for the rest of your life?     Customer Reviews for Brel Vol 1 Master Serie Cd      4 All-Time Great Brel Songs      Rating:      Here's the song list for this CD: 1. Jaures 2. Ne Me Quitte Pas 3. Les Vieux 4. La Quete 5. On N'oublie Rien 6. Le Plat Pays 7. Mathilde 8. Les Remparts De Varsovie 9. Amsterdam 10. J'arrive 11. Ces Gens-La 12. Jef 13. Vesoul 14. Au Suivant 15. Madeleine 16. Les Bourgeois "Ne Me Quitte Pas" is his famous torch song "Don't Leave Me", in which Brel uses exquisite imagery to press his suit with a girl who has already left him, descending in the end into abject desperation as he struggles to maintain a link, any link at all, with the object of his love. Frank Sinatra was moved to sing an English version of this song ("If you go away"), which unfortunately doesn't do justice to the gorgeous poetry of the French original. This is my favorite song of the entire Jacques Brel repertoire because of the power and the haunting beauty of the lyrics, Brel's impassioned voice and the evocative music! "Les Vieux" evokes a ticking clock as a metaphor for the passage of time. It paints a grim portrait of life in the twilight years, set to the beat of a grandfather clock, a triangle and a small orchestra. "La Quete" is better known as "The Impossible Dream". This is Brel's version of the song also crooned by Elvis Presley, Andy Williams and The Supremes, and originally created by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion. I don't find Brel's version as satisfying as the original in English, however, at least for native English speakers. "The Plat Pays" (The Flat Country) is Brel's nostalgic homage to his home country of Belgium, sung with great affection. Although he grew up in Belgium, he spent almost his entire musical career in Paris, France. "Amsterdam" is one of his most famous songs about the sailors who disembark in this Dutch port and how they deal with the vicissitudes of their lonely lives and the dreams that haunt them once they reach the shore. Highly recommended Brel CDs you can find on Amazon.com include: Title (ASIN#) No. of Songs Quand On N'a Que L'amour (B00000IYC9) 49 songs with 32 pages of photos and essay on Brel's life and songs (3-CD set) Infiniment (B0002PUHGU) 40 songs with wonderful English translations (2-CD set) Olympia '61 and '64 (B000BJ7D96) 30 songs with great English translations (2-CD set) Ne Me Quitte Pas (B0000AKOLJ) 11 songs Volume 1 - Grand Jacques (B00000DXQY) 15 songs including "Sur La Place" Les Flamandes (B000006UOA) 21 songs Les Bonbons (B0000AKOLD) 14 songs Ballades Et Mots D'amour (B00003Q56T) 30 songs Master Series: Jacques Brel (B0000046O5) 16 songs (same songs as on Vol. 1-Special Edition) Grand Jacques Integrale 172 Titres (B000025BD8) 172 songs (10-CD set) What's even more fabulous than the CDs, however, is the 3 volume DVD set released in 2003: Jacques Brel: Comme quand on etait beau. (ASIN: B0000AQJPR). The set includes 7.5 hours of live and staged performances as well as interviews and home video footage. Everything that the heart of a Jacques Brel fan desires to capture the essence of this very theatrical artist in a way that an audio-only recording can not. Also of great interest: the VHS video "Jacques Brel" (ASIN: B0001P1XG4), a video biography on the life and music of Jacques Brel. Full length documentary features extensive live footage and interviews with Brel himself as well as his daughter and associates. It is also available on DVD, but only from Films Media Group.com (Item# KEH1348).