Verlaine et Rimbaud
Verlaine et Rimbaud is an album by Léo Ferré. It was released in December 1964 by Barclay Records. This album is one of the first studio double albums in popular music history.
Background
Verlaine et Rimbaud is Ferré's third LP entirely dedicated to a poet, after Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal in 1957 and Les Chansons d'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.;'''Original LP'''
Personnel
- – backing vocals
- Lionel Gali – violin solo
- Barthélémy Rosso – guitar
- 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
- Hubert Grooteclaes – photography
- Léo Ferré - original liner notes