Released December 1964 Artist Léo Ferré Label Barclay | Length 60:19 Release date December 1964 Genre Chanson | |
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Recorded May 1964
Barclay Studio, Paris (France) Verlaine et Rimbaud
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Verlaine et Rimbaud (English: "Verlaine and Rimbaud") is an album by Léo Ferré. It was released in 1964 by Barclay Records. This album is one of the first studio double albums in popular music history (before Bob Dylan's or Frank Zappa's).
Contents
Background
Verlaine et Rimbaud is Ferré's third LP entirely 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. Here, Ferré sets into music 10 poems from Arthur Rimbaud and 14 from Paul Verlaine. He considers their two different kind of poetry as a whole and mixes them in the track listing, to underline their mythical love affair. The way classical music 'soundscape' tastefully fits into tuneful and straightforward songs is something of an achievement here.
Track listing
All songs composed by Léo Ferré.
Personnel
Credits
Songs
1Ecoutez la Chanson Bien Douce - Verlaine2:49
2Chanson de la Plus Haute Tour - Rimbaud2:15
3Il Patinait Merveilleusement - Verlaine1:51