William Dart pays tribute to Leonard Cohen by looking at his genius with word and melody and the way he could build a simple idea to transcendence.
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Playlist
'Song title' (Composer) – Performers
Album title
(Label)
'I enjoy the laughter' (Glass/Cohen) – Tim Fain (violin), Leonard Cohen (voice)
Book of Longing
(Orange Mountain)
'Suzanne' (Cohen) – Leonard Cohen
Songs of Leonard Cohen
(Columbia)
'Trains and Boats and Planes' (Bacharach/David) – Dionne Warwick
Here Where There is Love
(Sceptre)
'Hallelujah' (Cohen) – Leonard Cohen
Various Positions
(Columbia)
'Dance Me to the End of Love' (Cohen) – Klezmer Conservatory Band
Dance Me to the End of Love
(Rounder)
'The Lost Canadian' (Trad) – Leonard Cohen
Recent Songs
(Columbia)
'Dress Rehearsal Rag' (Cohen) – Leonard Cohen
Songs of Love and Hate
(Columbia)
'If It Be Your Will' (Cohen) – Leonard Cohen
Live in London
(Columbia)
'Choices' (Cohen) – Leonard Cohen
Can’t Forget
(Columbia)