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Musiques Nouvelles: 50 years, 25 composers | Cypres CYP4650

Musiques Nouvelles: 50 years, 25 composers

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Label: Cypres

Cat No: CYP4650

Barcode: 5412217046507

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 6

Release Date: 11th February 2013

Contents

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Here are 25 composers who exemplify, each in singular manner, 50 years of Musiques Nouvelles. They were born between 1929 (the birth year of their leader Henri Pousseur) and 1971. They are based in the Wallonie-Brussels Federation of Belgium as witnesses to its great diversity and astonishing musical riches.

An entire CD pays homage to the first among them, the late Henri Pousseur, without whom Musiques Nouvelles would not exist. He, with Pierre Bartholomée, founded the ensemble and it was thanks to him that musical life in Belgium enjoyed an exceptional flowering.

The box-set presents, over 6 CDs, one work of each of the other 24 composers. Each work is a milestone in the history of Musiques Nouvelles. Each was commissioned by Musiques Nouvelles, and each was first performed and recorded by the musicians of the ensemble.

Contents:

CD 1
01. Pierre Bartholomée (1937): Le Rêve de Diotime
02. Philippe Boesmans (1936): Chambres d’à côté
03. Denis Bosse (1960): Obstinatissimo
04. Stéphane Collin (1962): L’Âme et la Danse

CD 2

01. Jean-Pierre Deleuze (1954): ... Et les sonances montent du temple qui fut
02. Baudouin de Jaer (1962): Eclerectic Attracta
03. Renaud De Putter (1967): Addio a Te (2006)
04. Jean-Paul Dessy (1963): Le Retour du Refoulé
05. Jean-Luc Fafchamps (1960): En 2011, toutes les 4 secondes…

CD 3
01. Bernard Foccroulle (1953): Gestes
02. Jacqueline Fontyn (1930): Méandres
03. Michel Fourgon (1968): Micro-concerto
04. Gilles Gobert (1971): Pièce pour piano, quatuor à cordes et percussions
05. Victor Kissine (1953): Partita

CD 4
01. Claude Ledoux (1960): Torrent
02. Jacques Leduc (1932): Échanges
03. Philippe Libois (1954): Étude n°4 : Sur le modulateur en anneau, filtre, freeze et leslie
04. Anne Martin (1969): Hepta
05. Benoît Mernier (1964): Les Niais de Sologne

CD 5
01. Paul-Baudouin Michel (1930): Terza Rima
02. Denis Pousseur (1958): Mouvement 1 & Mouvement 2
03. Jean-Marie Rens (1955): Zap
04. Todor Todoroff (1963): Réminiscences
05. Hao-Fu Zhang (1952): Extraits de Luo Gu Jing

CD 6
Henri Pousseur (1929-2009): Live concert @ Flagey, 13.03.2009
01. La Seconde Apothéose de Rameau
02. Madrigal III
03. Quintette à la mémoire d’Anton Webern
04. Stèle à la mémoire de Pierre Froidebise

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