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Alain Bancquart - Le Livre du Labyrinthe (2003)
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Alain Bancquart - Le Livre du Labyrinthe (2003)
Classical | EAC: FLAC+Cue+Log | 2 Cd, Covers | 536 Mb
Label: mode - Date: 2003
| “ | French composer Alain Bancquart (b.1934) is one of the leading composers of microtonal music in Europe. Labyrinthe du Minotaur explores the myth of the Minotaur and the labyrinthe. This large scale piece constantly delves into microtonal and harmonic relationships together with a lyrical polyphony. It is based on texts by his wife, author Marie-Claire Bancquart. The unusual instrumental ensemble incorporates (in addition to the above musicians): pianos in quarter- and sixteenth-tones, electric guitar, 2 viola d'amore, harp, 2 percussionists, 5 cellos, and magnetic tape. The ensemble is comprised of leading European performers including Pierre-Yves Artaud (flute), Pascal Gallois (bassoon), Carol Robinson (clarinet), vocal ensemble Voxnova, Martine Joste (piano), Gerard Pape (sound projection), Nicholas Isherwood (bass), and Roland Auzet (cymbalum), among others. The recording is of the world première of the complete version, at Radio-France, May 27th 2000. Liner notes are by the composer and full texts in English and French are included. Reviews: Alain Bancquart Le Livre du Labyrinthe (1995-2000) Mode 120/121 A trusted friend hands you a strangely colored gemstone. It seems to glow from within - a thing from another solar system. This is what mode's release of Alain Bancquart's Le Livre du Labyrinthe is like. There are musicians on this two-disc set I would follow anywhere: Pierre-Yves Artaud (flute), Carol Robinson (clarinet), Pascal Gallois (bassoon), Nicholas Isherwood (voice), Martine Joste (piano), and Gerard Pape (electronics). Bancquart's gigantic six-part opus resonates with alien textures and aching lines. Suffused with intricately hewn microtonal music, each movement, scored differently, can stand alone as a unique work. This recording captures the integral premiere. Taken sequentially, each tableau seems the most remote outpost, the next unveiling something stranger still. Occasional passages throb with B-movie queasiness, yet the peculiar scales and tones make perfect sense. Bancquart isn't some kid discovering how funky it is to play between the keys: He's a master, effortlessly devising unbelievable sonorities. An instrumental Prologue sets the stage. Over an uneasy murk of two violas d'amore and one cello, clarinet and bassoon croon beseechingly like stranded whales. Arranged symmetrically in Le Livre du Labyrinthe's grand scheme, two movements set Marie-Claire Bancquart's poems: Icare for bass and five writhing cellos and Muertre, for vocal quartet and tape. Muertre clocks in at 34:11 as an ever-changing view. Constructed like a reluctant concerto, Labyrinthe / Miroir requires a solo piano tuned in quarter tones. Used sparingly, cymbalom and electric guitar circle in narrow tessituras. The subsequent Solitude du Minotaure demands two quarter-tone pianos and a third tuned in 16th tones. The pianos suggest bones rattling in catacombs. Muertre's tape part offers eerily processed speech. A few spoken words spill into the clarinet and cello Epilogue, and finally we return to the light. But changed. You'll be entranced and will return. --- Grant Chu Covell, www.lafolia.com (online review) | ” |
Tracks:
Alain Bancquart (*1934)
Le Livre du Labyrinthe
Text: Marie-Claire Bancquart
CD 1
01Prologue (21:24)
clarinet, bassoon, 2 violas d'amore, cello
02.Icare (20:02)
bass voice, 5 celli
03.Labyrinthe / miroir (15:21)
flute, electric guitar, cello, harp, clarinet, cymbalum, 2 percussion, solo piano (in quarter tones)
CD 2
01.Solitude du Minotaure (22:03)
piano in sixteenth tones, 2 pianos in quarter tones, 2 violas d'amore
02.Meurtre (34:11)
soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, tape
03.Epilogue (9:01)
clarinet, cello
Voices: Nicholas Isherwood, bass. Ensemble Voxnova
Flute: Pierre-Yves Artaud
Clarinets: Carol Robinson, Jérome Voisin
Bassoon: Pascal Gallois
Electric guitar: Claude Pavy
Cymbalum: Roland Auzet
Percussion: Emmanuel Curt, Thierry Briard
Harp: Virginie Tarète
Pianos: Martine Joste, Sylvaine Billier, Brice Pauset
Celli: Pierre Morlet (solo), Frédéric Baldassaré, Romain Garioud, Florian Lauridon, Michel Poulet
Sound projection: Gerard Pape
Direction: Alain Bancquart
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Posted By:
ami-momo
Date:
13 Dec 2011 20:59:03
Thank you very much for your wonderful posts.
Posted By:
d'Avignon
Date:
13 Dec 2011 21:26:52
That list of instruments used makes curious. Thank you
Posted By:
đorđe
Date:
13 Dec 2011 21:29:15
Thank you, review is very nice, too.
Posted By:
ooliver
Date:
14 Dec 2011 07:45:44
Fascinating and very french: many thanks
Posted By:
giorotondo
Date:
14 Dec 2011 10:12:24
grazie! really a rarity.
Posted By:
goethemusic
Date:
14 Dec 2011 13:17:42
Thank you very much tactus have more discs?
Posted By:
basa005
Date:
15 Dec 2011 08:42:37
eccellente, come solito, grazie shofar!
Posted By:
loomer
Date:
18 Dec 2011 07:42:56
Many thanks for sharing this rip!
Posted By:
giorgioo
Date:
18 Dec 2011 09:34:41
New to me. Looks very interesting, thanks for the chance to check it out.
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