Mauillon,Marc / Coppola,Guillaume - Poulenc: Miroirs Brulants - Integrale De Melodies - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The cycle Systema naturæ includes four pieces. It's main feature is the use of acoustic instruments together with computer-controlled physical objects placed in a specific spatial organization. Two references are at the base of the whole cycle. The first is the Medieval tradition of bestiaria, herbaria and lapidaria intended as multi-faceted catalogues of miscellaneous beings, among which different relations can be defined. The variety and heterogeneity of these collections is strikingly evident in early literary examples, that are bizarre lists of fantastic creatures, existing animals, stones and plants. A second reference for the work is taxonomy, that is, the systematic description of living organisms that dates back to Linnaeus' Systema Naturæ (hence the name of the whole cycle) as the rationalistic possibility of ordering the polymorphous (and many times teratomorphic) appearance of nature. One of the foundational aspects of taxonomy in the so-called Inchbinomial nomenclatureInch, that provides for each organism a name specifying it's place in relation to other organisms by means of the couple genus et species. Each piece is organized following the model of the catalog, as a collection of short pieces each one receiving an invented Latin name.

REAGAN (O.S.T.) - REAGAN (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) DESCRIPTION Experience the captivating sounds of the Reagan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) from the acclaimed film. This soundtrack features a collection of evocative compositions that enhance the cinematic experience.

We know Satie as a loner, but it is less well known that Satie had also been in love. He had a brief and stormy affair with the painter Suzanne Valadon. The portrait she made of him is on the cover of this album, as pianist Guillaume Coppola has conceived it as an intimate portrait of the composer, Inchone masked by a veil of modesty or provocation and which lies between antique and oriental inspiration, mystical phases, humour and cabaretInch. The miniature Bonjour Biqui and the motif of the Vexations possess rare allusions to Valadon and become commas between these chapters, as does Desespoir agreable, whose title alone seems to sum up Satie's life and work. This tribute is released to mark the centenary of Satie's death; whilst the famous Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes feature on the programme, the album also presents rare and infrequently recorded discoveries that testify to the richness of the works that the whimsical Satie had created.