Antena - Toujours Du Soleil - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2010 , the third album from the chic French new wave pioneers whose groundbreaking mix of Kraftwerk, Suicide and breezy Gilberto Tropicalia sounds as fresh in 2010 as in 1982, when John Foxx produced their classic debut single. For this final volume in the Antena trilogy, Isabelle and Penelope decided to rummage through their attic and dust off some classic Roland equipment The TR-808 drum machine, Bass Line sequencer and SH09 monophonic Synth, all of which were used on the classic debut Antena album Camino Del Sol in 1983. Adding to this retro theme, old school-friend Jean Christophe Clair was invited to contribute lyrics and ideas in remembrance of times past. LTM. Album Tracks 1. Une Francaise Sur Mars 2. For No Reason 3. Happy in My Garden 4. Le Grenier D'isabelle 5. Straight to the Point 6. Leave Las Vegas 7. Amour Cosmique 8. A Night of Infinity 9. Under Your Closed Eyelids 10. Hollywood Is Dead 11. Cine-Club 12. Little Boxes

Album Tracks 1. Theme Andante 2. 1st Variation Poco Piu Moto 3. 2nd Variation Allegro Scherzando 4. 3rd Variation Alla Marcia E Con Energico 5. 4th Variation Allegretto 6. 5th Variation Vivace 7. 6th Variation Non Troppo Lento E Rubato 8. Finale 9. 1. Windmills 10. 2. Elegy 11. 3. Burlesque 12. 1. the Lake Island 13. 2. Autumn Woods 14. 3. at the Horse Fair 15. 1. Adagio 16. 2. Andante Con Moto - Scherzo & Trio 17. 3. Adagio - Andante Con Alcuna Licenza 18. 4. Allegro Con Brio

The light and airy chamber-scaled divertimenti on this recording were composed in London in the early 1720s. They must have been among the first works with which Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747) sought to make an impression on the discerning audiences and business-minded entrepreneurs who, at the time, were instrumental to a music-rich environment that made the city one of the main centers of European culture. It is perhaps to the detriment of his posthumous reputation that Bononcini became known as Handel's direct rival for the favor of London's musical public the rivalry between the two men was even immortalized in a piece of satirical doggerel which popularized the English expression 'Tweedledum and Tweedledee'. In fact these divertimenti scored a popular success as soon as they were published; so much so that these harpsichord transcriptions were quickly produced - and then republished two decades later, when they appeared as Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin, placing them in direct competition with the collection of works under the same name by Handel. The divertimenti are three- and four-movement works designed not to place any great strain upon the listener's attention the longest movement here lasts barely three minutes. Even the slow movements are simple arias, originally conceived with a high melody instrument in mind - violin or transverse flute - and conforming to a serene and courtly character. By and large, however, they are filled with lively, dance-like quick movements, cheerful in temperament even when the tonality is minor, as it is in half the divertimenti. This is the debut album on Brilliant Classics for the harpsichordist Giovanni Paganelli. Album Tracks 1. Divertimenti Da Camera 2. Divertimento I in C 3. Divertimento II in a Minor 4. Divertimento III in E minor 5. Divertimento IV in D minor 6. Divertimento V in G 7. Divertiment