Verlaine et Rimbaud (English: "Verlaine and Rimbaud") is an album by Léo Ferré, released in 1964 by Barclay Records. It is his third LP dedicated to a poet, after Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal ("Flowers of Evil") in 1957 and Les Chansons d'Aragon ("Songs of Aragon") in 1961. It is also the first studio double album in popular music history.
History
Track listing
All songs composed by Léo Ferré.
- Original LP
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"Écoutez la chanson bien douce" (Hear the sweetest song pass) | Paul Verlaine |
2:44 |
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"Chanson de la plus haute tour" (Song of the highest Tower) | Arthur Rimbaud |
2:12 |
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"Il patinait merveilleusement" (He ice-skated beautifully) | Paul Verlaine |
1:48 |
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"Mon rêve familier" (My Familiar Dream) | Paul Verlaine |
2:01 |
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"Soleils couchants" (Sunsets) | Paul Verlaine |
1:47 |
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"Les Assis" (Those who Sit) | Arthur Rimbaud |
3:10 |
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"L'espoir luit comme un brin de paille dans l'étable" (Hope shines as in a stable a wisp of straw) | Paul Verlaine |
2:12 |
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"Art poétique" (Ars Poetica) | Paul Verlaine |
3:26 |
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"Pensionnaires" (Boarder Girls) | Paul Verlaine |
2:25 |
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"Âme, te souvient-il ?" (Do you remember, my soul?) | Paul Verlaine |
2:39 |
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"Le Buffet" (The Cupboard) | Arthur Rimbaud |
2:01 |
| 12. |
"Les Poètes de sept ans" (The Seven-year-old Poets) | Arthur Rimbaud |
5:08 |
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"Chanson d'automne" (Autumn Song) | Paul Verlaine |
2:30 |
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"Les Corbeaux" (The Rooks) | Arthur Rimbaud |
2:15 |
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"Green" | Paul Verlaine |
2:44 |
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"Mes Petites Amoureuses" (My Little Mistresses) | Arthur Rimbaud |
2:24 |
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"Je vous vois encor" (Birds in the Night (extract)) | Paul Verlaine |
2:03 |
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"L'étoile a pleuré rose" (The Star has wept rose-colour) | Arthur Rimbaud |
1:28 |
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"Ô triste, triste était mon âme" (So sad my heart, so sad it was...) | Paul Verlaine |
2:44 |
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"Rêvé pour l'hiver" (A Dream for Winter) | Arthur Rimbaud |
2:00 |
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"Clair de lune" (Moonlight) | Paul Verlaine |
2:12 |
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"Les Chercheuses de poux" (The Seekers of Lice) | Arthur Rimbaud |
3:00 |
| 11. |
"Sérénade" (Serenade) | Paul Verlaine |
2:44 |
Personnel
- Janine de Waleyne – backing vocals
- Lionel Gali – violin solo
- Barthélémy Rosso – guitar solo
- The orchestra consists of session musicians hired for the recording
Credits
- Jean-Michel Defaye – arranger & orchestra conductor
- Gerhard Lehner – director of engineering
- Jean Fernandez – executive producer
- Maurice Frot – artwork
- Léo Ferré - original liner notes
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| | Live albums |
- Récital Léo Ferré à l'Olympia
- Léo Ferré à Bobino
- Récital à l'Alhambra
- Récital en public à Bobino 1969
- Seul en scène
- Léo Ferré au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
- Léo Ferré au Théâtre libertaire de Paris (1986, 1988, 1990)
- Sur la scène...
- Un chien à Montreux
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| | Tribute albums |
- Philippe Léotard chante Léo Ferré (1993, Philippe Léotard)
- On a marché sur l'amour (1994, Renée Claude)
- Avec Léo (2003, collective album with 13 artists)
- Ferré, l'amore e la rivolta (2003, Têtes de bois)
- Hurletout... Léo Ferré (2003, Bell Œil)
- Charles et Léo (2007, Jean-Louis Murat)
- Poète, vos papiers ! (2007, Yves Rousseau, Jeanne Added et Claudia Solal)
- F. à Léo (2007, Roberto Cipelli & Paolo Fresu)
- Léo Ferré, l'âge d'or (2010, Annick Cisaruk)
- Love and Anarchy: the songs of Léo Ferré (2013, Peter Hawkins)
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| | Writings |
- Poète... vos papiers ! (1956)
- La Nuit (1956)
- Benoît Misère (1970)
- Testament phonographe (1980)
- Les Chants de la fureur (2013)
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