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Saltimbanco Live in Amsterdam
Limited Employee Edition
Composer /// René Dupéré 2 Disc Set
Released: December 1997
Label: Cirque du Soleil In-House
Run Time: 44:12 (Disc 1) | 49:06 (Disc 2)
 
[ Track List • Liner Notes ]

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Disc 1:                                 Disc 2:

01: "Cloche et Présentation".. (0:58)   01: "Tap Dance"............. (1:56)
02: "Rideau".................. (2:47)   02: "Barock"................ (7:21)
03: "Kumbalawé"............... (3:27)   03: "Cantus/Mélopeé"........ (8:39
04: "Adagio".................. (5:42)   04: "Amazonia".............. (9:05)
05: "Saltimbanco"............. (5:26)   05: "Démontage Trapèze"..... (0:34)
06: "Clown"................... (0:13)   06: "La Mort"............... (1:44)
07: "Kazè/Norweg"............. (9:16)   07: "Urgence"............... (8:25)
08: "Rêve".................... (1:09)   08: "Il Sogno Di Volaire"... (7:48)
09: "Arlequin"................ (7:26)   09: "Transfert"............. (1:44)
10: "Rave Out"................ (7:51)   10: "Horéré Ukundé"......... (1:53)

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Lyrics and Music -- rene dupere, except:
Il sogno di volare, lyrics by -- franco dragone
Transfert & Sax solo in Norweg, music -- brigitte larochelle
Rave out, co-writer -- brigitte larochelle
La mort, co-writer -- marco giannetti

Arrangements -- rene dupere

Additional arrangements and musical adaptation -- brigitte larochelle, marco giannetti as well as all the musicians who performed Rene's music: joscelyn drainville, guy kaye, jean-francois lemieux, alain bergé, marc sohier, yvon cloutier, gilles st-amand jr., david bellemare, marc delorme.

Consultants for vocals -- marco giannetti, luc gilbert, francine poitras, laur fugère, rené bazinet, brigitte larochelle.

MUSICIANS
Conducting, bass, sequencer, vocals, percussion -- marc sohier
Guitars, keyboard, vocals -- yvon cloutier
Drums, percussion, taiko -- gilles st-amand jr.
Saxophone, Ewi, percussion, keyboard -- david bellemare
Keyboards, vocals -- marc delorme

VOCALS
laur fugère -- lead on A: 2,3,4,7 + B-3 ; back A-10 + B-4.
nicola dawn -- lead on A-10 + B-4,6,10 ; back on A-3,7 + B-3
chantal hamel -- lead on B-8 ; back on B-10
frédéric volovitch -- lead on A-2 + B-1,9
julien cottereau -- lead on B-6

Choir in Kumbalawe -- linda bélanger, david bellemare, pawel biegaj, witek biegaj, martin boisvert, jean-paul boun, shana carroll, isabelle chassé, andrea conway, marc delorme, marek haczkiewicz, mathiew laplante, laurence racine, mathieu roy, gilles st-amand jr., karyne steben, sarah steben, ursula trpin, guennadi tchijov

Taiko -- gilles st-amand jr, karyne steben

Bell -- found by jacques paquin, rigged by francois laurion, rung by ben bowles & guennadi tchijov.

Recorded between May 17 and 19, 1996 under the big top in Amsterdam.

The lead vocals for Il sogno di volare and Horéré ukundé and the choir in Kumbalawé were recorded, mixed and edited in Stuttgart at Marc Sohier's mobile studio.

Recorded by -- rogier van rossum, hans van wagen, marc sohier, yvon cloutier / Mixed by -- yvon cloutier, marc sohier, Studio M.S. / Editing -- marc sohier / Mastering -- marco giannetti, stéphane fijiel, Studio M.G. / Photos -- vincent cotnoir (back cover), jan swinkels / Graphic Design -- marc sohier, linda bélanger, alain prud'homme

Produced by -- marc sohier & cirque du soleil

A big thank you to the whole Saltimbanco crew for their collaboration during the recording. Special thanks to Hans R. Schweizer, from the store Sound of Music, for the equipment. And finally, a thousand thanks to the 19 artists who huddled together in the "bedroom studio" at 1:30am to sing Kumbalawé and create and unforgettably magical moment.


      
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