"...but the off-Broadway revival of which it's a recording was fantastic. Like unbelievably fantastic. I was raised on Brel (a younger brother was named after him), and this is simply the finest I've ever heard. Buy it, but it, buy it.
Everyone involved should be very, very proud. Kudos!"
Superb
Joan B. Hillo | 12/01/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I may be slightly biased because i've seen this show with this cast seven times so far, but it is utterly magnificent. the cast album is beautiful and the vocal ranges are spectacular. Each song is a complete story, some dealing with love, despair, anguish, war, ageing, joy and just about all aspects of human emotion.
If you saw the show in the sixties or have the CD from that show, you will totally disregard it after you have heard this cast. These performers are so talented that they are thrilling. You owe it to yourself to experience the joy of this cast album.
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JACQUES BREL AND GAY MARSHALL
T. G. Harpster | LAS VEGAS | 02/14/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I had heard of Jacques Brel, and I knew two songs from the show. But what made me buy the CD was the performer Gay Marshall who I had seen in Las Vegas when she performed the role of DIANA in A CHORUS LINE in the 1980's.
Surprise surprise! She was terrific, of course, and I fell in love with the rest of the show, which I will recommend to community theatres to produce here. I am also buying the DVD---break a leg, Gay! Teri"
Not so impressed as others.
1057lj | 08/04/2010
(2 out of 5 stars)
"We just had the privilege of attending the production of "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. It was an amazing performance which made me excited about finding a really good quality CD. Amazon recommended this recording and I ordered it. After listening to it last night I must sadly report that I was disappointed. The quality of the performances by the New York production was very inferior to those of the Stratford Festival. If you can make it to Stratford before the end of the season, you will LOVE this show.