Nguyen-Thien Dao
Ba Me Viêtnam / Phu Dong / Gio Dongi (LP)
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Nguyễn Thiện Đạo (1940-2015) left Vietnam for Paris, studied with Olivier Messiaen and built a language that held European modernism and Vietnamese tradition together without folklore. The three works here all date from 1973, at the height of the war: Phù Đổng, for brass quintet and percussion with Sylvio Gualda, named after the boy hero of Vietnamese legend; Gió Đông for solo voice; and Bà Mẹ Việt Nam ("Mother Vietnam") for double bass and orchestra.
The soloist in the last piece is Yves Chabert, with Ensemble Ars Nova, and the double bass becomes a voice of lament surrounded by trembling textures. Recorded live in November 1977 at the Maison des Arts in Créteil and issued by Erato. A rare French document of a composer still too little known outside specialist circles.
Release notes
Phù Ðông (1973) for brass quintett & percussion performed by Sylvio Gualda. Gió Ðông (1973) for solo voice. Bà Me Viêtnam (1973) for double bass and orchestra performed by Yves Chabert & Ensemble Ars Nova. Recorded live Nov. 1977 at Maison des arts et de la culture de Créteil, Paris, France. From the sleeve notes: "The three works he has brought together on the present record represent three different facets of his genius, though they all reveal his oriental sensibility and culture,…
| A1 | Phù Ðông | ||
| A2 | Gió Ðông | ||
| B | Bà Me Viêtnam |
- Nguyen-Thien Dao
- Composed By ( Nguyễn-Thiên Đạo)
