Various Artists
The French Avant-Garde in the 20th Century
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Following on from our popular primer A Young Person's Guide to the Avant-Garde, LTM now offer a more comprehensive overview of French avant-garde music in the 20th century.
Commencing with pioneers Claude Debussy and Erik Satie, this chronological double disc set moves forward to absurdist and dreamlike Dada and Surrealist compositions (Duchamp, Picabia, Desnos, Ribemont-Dessaignes), as well as the more conventional work of Jean Cocteau's celebrated 'Group des Six', and onwards to postwar electronics and musique concrète by Schaeffer, Henry and Varèse.
Works by a number of modern composers (Messiaen, Boulez, Greif, Catoire, Hersant) are also featured, several of these being world premiere recordings by noted French pianist Nicolas Horvath. With a generous playing time of 140 minutes, this double CD package contains an illustrated booklet with detailed historical notes.
Release notes
Dates of composition appended to the track titles: 1-1: 1909; 1-2: 1903; 1-3, 1-4: 1913; 1-5, 1-7, 1-11 to 1-16: 1920; 1-6: 1931; 1-8: 1923; 1-9: 1929; 1-10: 1938; 1-17 to 1-20: 1927; 1-21: 1971; 2-1: 1949; 2-2 to 2-6: 1948; 2-7: 1953; 2-8: 1958; 2-9: 1946; 2-10: 1969; 2-11: 2001 1-1 This 2014 performance is by Nicolas Horvath. 1-3 This recording of 'Le Pont Mirabeau' was made in 1913. 1-4 This 2014 performance [...] is based on a random draw of 88 notes. 1-6 This phonic reading of…
| 1-1 | Prélude: Canope | 3:05 | |
| 1-2 | Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire | 14:58 | |
| 1-3 | Le Pont Mirabeau | 1:18 | |
| 1-4 | Musical Erratum | 1:14 | |
| 1-5 | Le Nombril Interlope | 6:11 | |
| 1-6 | Strassburgkonfiguration | 3:36 | |
| 1-7 | La Nourrice Américaine | 3:08 | |
| 1-8 | Pacific 231 | 6:03 | |
| 1-9 | Les Voleurs D'Enfants | 3:47 | |
| 1-10 | Relation D'un Rêve | 3:20 | |
| L'Album Des Six | |||
| 1-11 | Prélude | 1:21 | |
| 1-12 | Romance Sans Paroles Op 21 | 3:28 | |
| 1-13 | Sarabande | 1:40 | |
| 1-14 | Mazurka | 1:19 | |
| 1-15 | Valse | 1:37 | |
| 1-16 | Pastorale | 1:33 | |
| Tetragram #3 (Rebirth) | |||
| 1-17 | Appassionato Rubato | 2:15 | |
| 1-18 | With Deep Tenderness | 3:00 | |
| 1-19 | Sharp And Challenging | 1:40 | |
| 1-20 | Solemn And Serene | 4:01 | |
| 1-21 | Second Hommage À Raymond Roussel | 1:49 | |
| 2-1 | Cantéyodjayâ | 12:07 | |
| Cinq Études De Bruits | |||
| 2-2 | Étude Aux Chemins De Fer - Trains At Batignolles Station | 2:53 | |
| 2-3 | Étude Aux Tourniquets - Spinning Tops And Percussion Instruments | 1:56 | |
| 2-4 | Étude Violette | 3:20 | |
| 2-5 | Étude Noire | 3:56 | |
| 2-6 | Étude Pathétique - Saucepans, Canal Boats, Song, Speech, Harmonica And Piano | 4:04 | |
| 2-7 | La Voile D'Orphée | 15:38 | |
| 2-8 | Poème Électronique | 8:07 | |
| 2-9 | Sonatine, Pour Flûte Et Piano | 11:45 | |
| 2-10 | Opus 145 | 4:31 | |
| 2-11 | La Lande | 6:29 | |
- James Nice
- Compiled By
- Carl Glover
- Design [Design And Packaging]
