''Léo Ferré chante Baudelaire'' (English: "''Léo Ferré sings Baudelaire''") is an album by Léo Ferré, released in 1967 by

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. It is his fourth LP dedicated to a poet, after a first Baudelaire effort in 1957 (''

Les Fleurs du mal ''Les Fleurs du mal'' (; en, The Flowers of Evil, italic=yes) is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire. ''Les Fleurs du mal'' includes nearly all Baudelaire's poetry, written from 1840 until his death in August 1867. First publish ...

''), ''

Les Chansons d'Aragon ''Les Chansons d'Aragon'' (English: "''Songs of Aragon''") is an album by Léo Ferré, released in 1961 by Barclay Records. It is his second album dedicated to a poet, after Baudelaire's '' Les Fleurs du mal'' in 1957. Here, Ferré focuses on fo ...

'' in 1961, and '' Verlaine et Rimbaud'' in 1964. It is also his second studio double album.

Track listing

Texts by

Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticism inherited ...

. Music composed by Léo Ferré. ;Original LP

Personnel

* The orchestra consists of session musicians hired for the recording

Credits

* Arranger & orchestra conductor: Jean-Michel Defaye * Director of engineering:

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* Executive producer: Jean Fernandez * Artwork: Vanni Tealdi (first edition), Charles Szymkowicz (second edition)

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(French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Leo Ferre chante Baudelaire Léo Ferré albums Les Fleurs du mal in popular culture French-language albums Barclay (record label) albums 1967 albums Musical settings of poems by Charles Baudelaire