Serene
Flux
Two multi-part Ina-GRM commissions by Benjamin Thigpen made in Visby, Stockholm and Paris: still (2007-09), built from untransformed recordings of common objects, and pulse (2010-15), made entirely on a Buchla 200 modular synthesizer.
Le Dernier Présent
Six acousmatic works by Georges Forget from 2007 to 2014, each prefaced by a text: a city falling asleep, a war piece after Ernst Jünger and Terrence Malick, and a long sea piece under Melville where a little girl sings to the ocean.
Dômes
Five works by Robert Normandeau from 2005 to 2014, several conceived for loudspeaker domes, from Karlsruhe trams and church bells in Kuppel to Baobabs, a Little Prince piece for four voices and the percussion group Sixtrum that won at Musica Nova 2013.
Désordres
Nearly two hours of music by Roxanne Turcotte from 2003 to 2008, from the sound-and-light installation pieces Attractions and Musée sonore to Espace vital for two pianos and tape and the 16-channel Delirium, written for her father. DVD-Audio.
Études pour Kafka
Three self-standing studies by Francis Dhomont from 2005-06 for Le cri du Choucas, his long work on Franz Kafka, including Brief an den Vater with actor Martin Engler and the transformed voice of Hans Tutschku. Disque de l’année at the Prix Opus 2009-10.
Miroirs Obscurs
Andrew Lewis’s four sound portraits of the coast of Anglesey, from the lighthouse bell and plainchant of Penmon Point to the jets over Llanddwyn, plus Danses acousmatiques, a nine-movement suite on space and movement made in 2007. DVD-Audio.
Horizons du Silence
Québec composer Martin Leclerc’s Horizons du Silence: six works from 2000 to 2005, every one a Hugh Le Caine Award winner, drawing on Enki Bilal, Thoreau and Neruda, with a piece for amplified trumpet played by Pascal Leprohon. DVD-Audio.