Au moment d'être à vous is francophone Canadian pop singer Isabelle Boulay's second live album, released in September 2002. It achieved a great success in Belgium (Wallonia), France and Switzerland, where it reached the top ten. It also stayed for 57 weeks on the French Albums Chart and was certified Platinum by the SNEP.

This album is composed of Boulay's songs from her previous studio albums, plus cover versions of songs by various French artists. It is a live album recorded March 30–31, 2002 at the Palais des Congrès, Paris and April 4–5, 2002 at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts, Montreal, where she was accompanied by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.Boulay - Biographie, Radio France Internationale. Accessed on line November 20, 2013.

There are two substantially different releases of this album; one, the French version, has 17 tracks, and was released in 2002; the second, Canadian, version has 13 tracks, and was released in 2003.

Track listing (French version) "Au moment d'être à vous" (Didier Golemanas, Daniel Seff) – 4:37 "Avec le temps" (Léo Ferré) – 5:17 "Monopolis" (Michel Berger, Luc Plamondon) – 4:30 "Ma Fille" (Raymond Bernard, Eddy Marnay) – 4:36 "Mieux qu'ici-bas" (Golemanas, Seff) – 4:13 "Perce les nuages" (Paul Daraiche) - 4:13 "Répondez-Moi" (Francis Cabrel) "C'était l'hiver" (Francis Cabrel) – 4:02 "Je t'oublierai, je t'oublierai" (Riccardo Cocciante, Luc Plamondon) - 3:45 "Parle-moi" (J. Kapler) - 3:51 "Quelques Pleurs" (J. Kapler) - 3:52 "Un Jour ou l'autre" "Non, je ne regrette rien" (Charles Dumont, Michel Vaucaire) – 3:25 "La Mamma" (Charles Aznavour, Robert Gall) – 5:37 "Et maintenant" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë) – 4:24 "Amsterdam" (a capella) "Sans toi" (bonus track)

Track listing (Canadian version) "Au moment d'être à vous" – 4:37 "Le retour de Don Quichotte" – 5:48 "Avec le temps" – 5:17 "Pour un ami condamné" – 4:23 "Monopolis" – 4:30 "Brésil/Amor, Amor/Symphonie" – 4:37 "Ma fille" – 4:36 "Mieux qu'ici bas" – 4:13 "C'était l'hiver" – 4:02 "Non, je ne regrette rien" – 3:25 "La Mamma" – 5:37 "Et maintenant" – 4:24 "Nos rivières" – 5:55

Personnel

Eric Arbour – engineer Karen Baskin – cello Theodore Baskin – oboe Jocelyne Bastien – alto sax Jacques Beaudoin – contrabass Pierre Beaudry – trombone Marc Béliveau – violone Denis Bluteau – flute Chantale Boivin – alto sax Jean Sébastien Boucher – recording assistant James Box – trombone Li Ke Chang – cello Eric Chappell – contrabass Marieandre Chevrette – violone Carolyn Christie – flute Janet Creaser – keyboard Jonathan Crow – violone Robert Crowley – clarinet Denys Derome – assistant, horn Alain Desgagné – clarinet Serge Desgagnés – percussion Russell Devuyst – trumpet Bruce Dixon – bass Pierre Djokic – cello Marie Doré – violone Marianne Dugal – violone Sophie Dugas – violone Victor Eichenwald – violone Nicolò Eugelmi – alto sax Scott Feltheim – contrabass Jean-Pierre Fortin – alto sax Xiao Hong Fu – violone Mary Ann Fujino – violone Jean Luc Ganon – trumpet Claude Gassian – photography Jean Gaudreault – horn Luis Grinhauz – violone Neal Gripp – alto sax Olga Gross – clavier Mathieu Harel – bassoon Joan Herschorn – contrabass Timothy Hutchins – flute Sylvie Lambert – cello Jason Lang – acoustic guitar Reynald LArchevêque – violone Jacques Lavallée – percussion, timbales Daniel Lavoie – production assistant Simon Leclerc – arranger, orchestration, musical direction Vivian Lee – trombone Isabelle Lessard – violone Steve Levesque – bassoon Caroline Lizotte – harp Andrei Malashenko – timbales David Marlowe – horn John Milner – horn Andre Moisan – clarinet, saxophone Katherine Palyga – violone Peter Parthun – cello Myriam Pellerin – violone Christian Péloquin – acoustic guitar Monique Poitras – violone Véronique Potvin – alto sax David Quinn – sax Natalie Racine – sax François Rainville – engineer Brian Robinson – contrabass Andre Roy – alto sax Michael Roy – percussion Gary Russell – cello Denis Savage – engineer, mixing Claire Segal – violone Rosemary Shaw – sax Virginia Spicer – piccolo Ben Stolow – sax Eva Svensson – violone Pierre Tessier – cello Steven VanGulik – trumpet Edouard Wingell – contrabass Daniel Yakymyshyn – violone Alexa Zirbel – oboe John Zirbel – horn

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales FranceIsabelle Boulay's certifications in France Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved May 23, 2008)Platinum2002300,000290,000 in 20022002 best-selling albums in France Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved May 22, 2008) + 139,000 in 20032003 best-selling albums in France Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved May 22, 2008)

Charts

Chart (2000–2002)PeakpositionBelgian (Wallonia) Albums ChartAu moment d'être à vous, in Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 22, 2008)5French Albums ChartAu moment d'être à vous, in French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved May 22, 2008)4Swiss Albums ChartAu moment d'être à vous, in Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved May 22, 2008)8

End of the year chart (2002)PositionBelgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 22, 2008)37French Albums Chart2002 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved May 22, 2008)29End of the year chart (2003)PositionFrench Albums Chart2003 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved May 22, 2008)74

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