Auckland's Silo Theatre opens its production of 'BREL - The Words and Music of Jacques Brel' at the Auckland Concert Chamber on Thursday 1 November. William looks at the Belgian's songs ... interpretations by the original cast of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Sam Cooke, Amanda McBroom, Juliette Gréco, The King's Singers, Gisela May, Mort Shuman, Nina Simone, Rod McKuen, Shirley Bassey, Barbra Streisand, Yuri Buenaventura, Scott Walker, Momus and, of course, Jacques Brel himself.
Playlist
Artist – Album Title [Label]
Composer: Song
Original Cast – Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris [Columbia]
Brel/Blau/Shuman: Marathon (Les Flamandes)
Brel/Blau/Shuman: Next (Au suivant)
Sam Cooke – Mr Soul [Midnight]
Brel/Sigman: I belong to your heart
Jacques Brel – C’est comme ça [Not Now Music]
Brel: Quand on n’a que l’amour
Brel: L’air de la bêtise
Amanda McBroom – Chanson [Gecko]
Brel: Le Diable (Ça va)
Juliette Gréco – Beware of Paris
Brel: Le Diable (Ça va)
The King’s Singers – Chanson d’amour [RCA Victor]
Brel: La Valse a mille temps
Gisela May – Lieder von Jacques Brel
Brel/May: Karusell
Mort Shuman – My Death [Reprise]
Brel/Blau/Shuman: Song for Old Lovers
Juliette Gréco – Odéon 1999
Brel: La chanson des vieux amants
Nina Simone – Nina Simone and Piano [RCA]
Brel: The Desperate Ones
Rod McKuen – The French Connection [Laserlight]
Brel/McKuen: If you go away
Shirley Bassey – The Remix Album…Diamonds are Forever [Liberty]
Brel: If you go away
Barbra Streisand – Love is the Answer [Sony]
Brel/McKuen: If you go away
Yuri Buenaventura - Herencia Africana [Mercury]
Brel: Ne me quitte pas
Jacques Brel – A l'Olympia 1962 [Barclay]
Brel: Ne me quitte pas
Scott Walker – Sings Jacques Brel [Fontana]
Brel: Jackie
Momus – Circus Maximus [EI]
Brel/Momus: Nicky
Jacques Brel - Les Marquises [Universal]
Brel: Voir un ami pleurer