Francette Bartholom e - Danses for Chromatic Harp & Strings - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

For this portrait album, which inaugurates their collaboration with Cypres, the Fractales ensemble has chosen to bring together four key pieces from their repertoire, four quintets in which the alchemy between the ensemble's sound and the work of the composers is revealed, the fruit of numerous exchanges between musicians and creators. Saturated textures, erased melodies, extra-western inspirations and games of temporality are among other things on the program of this adventure. Fractales symbolically evokes the vision that the ensemble has of today's musical composition a scene that is infinitely fragmented, irregular and plural, but in which each creation illustrates a common and shared search for the individualization of musical languages. Their artistic work aims to highlight this diversity, while bringing together these writings in a spirit of sound exploration.

Album Tracks 1. Ravel Introduction Et Allegro 2. Satie Gymnopedie No. 1 for Solo Harp 3. Debussy Reverie for Harp and Violin 4. Ibert Scherzetto for Solo Harp 5. Ravel Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte for Harp and Cello 6. Debussy Arabesque No. 1 for Solo Harp 7. Debussy La Plus Que Lente for Harp and Violin 8. Pierne Impromptu-Caprice for Harp, Op. 9 9. Debussy La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin for Solo Harp 10. Debussy Danses for Harp and String Quintet Danse Sacree 11. Debussy Danses for Harp and String Quintet Danse Profane

Album Tracks 1. Leda and the Swan 2. Conception 3. Incubation 4. Chorus of Delivery from the Egg 5. Leda and the Swan (Insemination) 6. Conception 7. Incubation 8. Chorus of Delivery from the Egg 9. First Phase 10. Second Phase 11. Third Phase 12. Fourth Phase 13. A Decent and Honorable Mistake 14. Rhythm of the Womb, Melody of the Grave 15. Happy Birthday to You! 16. Nor These Lips Upon Your Eyes 17. Hunger, Thirst, Shout, Dance! 18. Land of Darkness and of Whirlwinds 19. Had I Not Once a Lovely Youth? 20. Let Us Contemplate Undazed the Endless Reaches of My Innocence 21. Partch's 1953 Introduction to the Live Broadcast of the Premiere on Kpfa-Fm