BREL
Brel may refer to: *Andrew Brel (born Andreas Broulidakis 28 September 1960), UK music producer *Jacques Brel (1929-1978), French-speaking Belgian singer *Daniel Brel (b. 1950), French accordionist *British Rail Engineering Limited British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) was the railway systems engineering subsidiary of British Rail. Established in 1970, the maintenance arm was split as British Rail Maintenance Limited in 1987, and the design and building of trains was pr ...

Andrew Brel
Andrew Brel is a UK author whose work includes ''The Emergency Bouzouki Player'' and ''One Day in Paris'' and a professional musician for over forty years. He has released 12 albums of meditation music since 2001. Early life Brel was born to Greek parents in the South African suburb of Bryanston, one of Johannesburg's affluent whites-only areas in 1960. His father was Manoussos Broulidakis, originally from Sfakia, a Cretan village on the South of the Island notable for its resistance during the Ottoman occupation. With a reputation for resistance against oppression going back 1,000 years, Sfakia was the extraction point for the Allied troops caught up in the surprise invasion of Crete by the Nazis in 1941. After emigrating to South Africa in 1934, Manos volunteered for the South African army in 1939, serving as an infantry captain with the British Commonwealth forces, active in North Africa and Italy. He was a multiple medal winner although he gave his medals away, believing m ...
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Jacques Brel
Jacques Romain Georges Brel (, ; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, later throughout the world. He is considered a master of the modern chanson. Although he recorded most of his songs in French and occasionally in Dutch, he became an influence on English-speaking songwriters and performers, such as Scott Walker, David Bowie, Alex Harvey, Marc Almond, Neil Hannon, and Rod McKuen. English translations of his songs were recorded by many performers, including Bowie, Walker, Ray Charles, Judy Collins, John Denver, The Kingston Trio, Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, James Dean Bradfield, Frank Sinatra, and Andy Williams. Brel was a successful actor, appearing in 10 films. He directed two films, one of which, ''Le Far West'', was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1973. Having sold over 2 ...
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Daniel Brel
Daniel Brel (born 1950 in Égleny) is a French composer, accordionist and bandoneón player. In 1979 at Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques he formed the Contratiempo quartet. He performs on the accordion in recital with singer Arnaud Marzorati. Recordings * 1997 ''Bando Solo'' - bandonéon * 2000 ''Autour du tango'' Quartet Contratiempo. Patrick Le Junter (piano) * 2002 ''Bello Cando'' with François-Xavier Bigorgne (cello) live * 2004 Daniel Brel - ''Quatre chemins de mélancolie'' Alpha (record label) Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ἄλφα, ', or ell, άλφα, álfa) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph , which is the ... (2004)Goldberg: early music magazine: Issues 26-29 2004 "... where Vincent Dumestre's Le Poeme Harmonique meets composer and bandoneon player Daniel Brel. Brel composed these pieces specially, and he has achieved a surprisingly natural fusio ...
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