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