Francois Tusques Plays Cortazar - Octaedre - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Les Lunes du Cousin Jacques - Recorder Sonatas [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/05/2009

This group is compact, the sonority is full and the members remain open to the energy that flows. Corneloup is the principal vehicle, with his round and rich sonority, in constantly tumultuous phrasing, which is both lyrical and strangely serene. His strength stems from this integrity.

François de Roubaix was a French multi-instrumentalist/composer and conductor of mainly (French) soundtracks for film scores, documentaries and TV series such as InchLes SurvivantsInch (1965) and InchTarif de NuitInch (1968). François de Roubaix composed nearly one-hundred soundtracks. In 1976 he posthumously won a César (similar to the American Oscars) for best soundtrack to the movie InchLe Vieux FusilInch (InchThe Old GunInch) directed by Robert Enrico, and starring Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider and Jean Bouise. Notable in his style is his use of folk elements, as well as electronic musical instruments such as synthesizers and early drum machines. François de Roubaix is thus seen as a precursor of the French electronic music.