On this album, the track entitled "La Noyée" is actually a piece by Serge Gainsbourg featured on the original soundtrack of the 1970 film Le Roman d'un voleur de chevaux, a 1970 film directed by Abraham Polonsky and Fedor Hanzekovic starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg among many others.
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It was recorded during three concerts performed on 15, 16, and 17 February 2002, at the Cité de la Musique in Paris, France.
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The album is noteworthy because of the many collaborators appearing in the performances such as the 35-member orchestral group Synaxis, conducted by Guillaume Bourgogne, Claire Pichet, Christine Ott, Christian Quermalet, Marc Sens, Nicholas Stevens, Jean-François Assy, Renaud Lhoest, Oliver Tilkin, Ronan le bars, Les Têtes Raides, Dominique A and Lisa Germano.
ICI | Sibérie m'était contéee | Ici Paris | Ici, d'ailleurs... | Comme si de rien n'était | Ce n'était qu'un rêve | The narrator declares that Marcas is "semblable à Pitt, qui s'était donné l'Angleterre pour femme" ("like William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham | Si c'était à refaire | C'était un rendez-vous |