La Valse à Mille Temps
La Valse à Mille Temps (English: The Waltz With A Thousand Beats) 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).[1][2]
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | 11–17 September 1959 | |||
| Genre | Chanson | |||
| Length | 30:43 | |||
| Label | Philips (original album) Barclay/Universal | |||
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Track listing
| Track | Title | Translation | Composer | Recorded |
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| 1 | "La valse à mille temps" | The thousand beats waltz | Jacques Brel | 1959-09-14 |
| 2 | "Seul" | Alone | Jacques Brel | 1959-09-15 |
| 3 | "La dame patronnesse" | The patroness | Jacques Brel | 1959-09-11 |
| 4 | "Je t'aime" | I love you | Jacques Brel, François Rauber | 1959-09-17 |
| 5 | "Ne me quitte pas" | 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[3] |
Credits
- Jacques Brel – composer, vocals
- François Rauber – orchestra conductor
- Jean-Marie Guérin – mastering
- J. Aubert – photography
- M. Apelbaum – photography
The melody of "La Mort" is partly based, uncredited, on the traditional Gregorian chant Dies irae, which has been quoted in a large number of other works over the centuries.
References
- Discogs "La Valse À Mille Temps" Check
|url=value (help). Retrieved 3 September 2011. - "Discography". Archived from Editions Jacques Brel the original Check
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