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Pierre Henry: Carnet de Venise

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Catalogue number905324DI
Release date2020-04-03
Discs1

Pierre Henry's Carnet de Venise in his own fashion recreates the soundscape of the City of Doges, juxtaposed with the shifting harmonies of Monteverdi madrigals. His use of source material, like the sound of splashing fountains, children's voices, the ringing of bells, the rubbing of mooring cables, that he collected on site (from Torcello to the Old Ghetto, with stops in San Marco or Giudecca), then manipulated and edited together, demonstrates the bold poetic language of this pioneer of musique concrète. A work that remained unpublished for 17 years has its first release ever to mark the reconstruction of the composer's recording studio, which is now housed at Paris' Musée de la musique.

Ce Carnet de Venise restitue à sa manière le paysage sonore caractéristique de la cité des Doges, mêlé aux inflexions choisies des madrigaux de Monteverdi. Jeux d'eaux, voix d'enfants, sons de cloches, frottement des câbles d'amarrage… de Torcello au Ghetto, en passant par San Marco ou la Giudecca, ces sons collectés, montés et transformés dévoilent la pensée puissante et poétique d'un des maîtres historiques de la musique concrète. Pouvait-on mieux accompagner la reconstitution du studio de Pierre Henry au Musée de la musique que par cette première mondiale d'une œuvre restée inédite au disque pendant 17 ans ?
 
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PerformerBernadette Mangin
Pierre Henry
ComposerPierre Henry

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