Charles Koechlin, Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen
Les Bandar-log Op. 176 / Le Soleil Des Eaux / Chronochromie (LP)
LabelLa Voix De Son MaîtreGenreComposition
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Three French scores with a common taste for colour. Charles Koechlin wrote Les Bandar-log in 1939 and 1940 as part of his Jungle Book cycle: Kipling's monkeys chatter in parodies of whole-tone, neoclassical and twelve-tone writing, a satire on fashions in composition. Olivier Messiaen's Chronochromie (1960) alternates strophes and antistrophes built from birdsong of many countries, ending in the famous section for eighteen solo strings.
Both are conducted by Antal Dorati with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Between them, Pierre Boulez conducts his own Le Soleil des eaux on poems by René Char, with Josephine Nendick, Barry McDaniel, Louis Devos and the BBC Symphony Chorus. French pressing on La Voix de son Maître, with a twelve-page booklet.
Release notes
Matte cover with flaps at back "VERSINDEX" Breveté S.G.D.G. Gravure Universelle Liner notes in French only, unknown translator Enregistré sous les auspices de la Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian [Rear cover] [Label] Made in France With 12 page booklet in French (with CVA 878 reference)
| A1 | "Les Bandar-log" Op. 176 Poème Symphonique | ||
| Le Soleil Des Eaux | |||
| A2a | Complainte Du Lézard Amoureux | ||
| A2b | La Sorgue | ||
| Chronochromie Pour Orchestre | |||
| B1 | Introduction | ||
| B2 | Strophe I | ||
| B3 | Antistrophe I | ||
| B4 | Strophe II | ||
| B5 | Antistrophe II | ||
| B6 | Epode | ||
| B7 | Coda | ||
- Louis Devos
- Bass Vocals (A2a, A2b)
- BBC Symphony Chorus
- Chorus (A2a, A2b)
- Antal Dorati
- Conductor (A1, B1 to B7)
- Pierre Boulez
- Conductor (A2a, A2b)
- Wilfred Mellers
- Liner Notes [On Back Cover, Translated From]
- David Drew
- Liner Notes [On Booklet]
- Olivier Messiaen
- Liner Notes [On Booklet]
- Susan Bradshaw
- Liner Notes [On Booklet]
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Orchestra
- Heidi Meister
- Photography By
- Josephine Nendick
- Soprano Vocals (A2a, A2b)
- Barry McDaniel
- Tenor Vocals (A2a, A2b)
