HUGUES DUFOURT+PETER EOTVOS ONDES MARTENOT LP SAPPHO

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HUGUES DUFOURT

 SATURNE LP

Sappho

Very rare original french micro-pressing on the Sappho label with Hugues Dufourt's Sappho with the Ensemble d'Instruments Electroniques de l'Itineraire.

Some info on the release:  Very rare original issue, released in France sometime in the late 70's on the very small french Sappho label. Features Dufourt's opus magnum Saturne, a highly complex composition for the Ensemble d'Instruments Electroniques de l'Itineraire (EIEI), consisting of Ondes Martenot, electric organs, synthesizers, electric guitars and more. The ensemble of electronic instruments is assisted by the Ensemble de l'Itineraire, conducted by Peter Eotvos. A really dark and obscure work creating a unique atmosphere.

The French composer and philosopher Hugues Dufourt was born in Lyon on 28 September 1943. He received his musical training at the Geneva Conservatory of Music, where he studied piano with Louis Hiltbrand (1961–68) and composition and electroacoustics with Jacques Guyonnet (1965–70). After earning his teaching certificate (Agrégation) in 1967, he served as an instructor at the University of Lyon, and in 1973 he went to work for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He was a member of the ensemble L’Itinéraire, which he also co-led from 1976 to 1981. In 1977, he founded the Collectif de Recherche Instrumentale et de Synthèse Sonore. From 1982 to 1998, he headed the music information and documentation centre Recherche musicale at the CNRS, which was to become a mixed research unit of the CNRS, the École Normale Supérieure and IRCAM.  In addition to numerous commissions from renowned French and Italian orchestras and from the most highly regarded contemporary music ensembles, Dufourt was a recipient of the Great Chamber Music Award (SACEM) in 1975, the Grand Prix du Disque of the Académie Charles Cros in 1980, the award of the Koussevitzky Foundation in 1985, the Jury Award of the Festival Musique en cinéma in 1987, the Prix des Compositeurs of SACEM in 1994, and the Prix du Président de la République of the Académie Charles-Cros for his life’s work in 2000. The Présences Festival programmed Lucifer with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in 2001, and the cycle Les Hivers (1992–2001) was performed at the Festival d’Automne by Ensemble Modern conducted by Dominique My. 2004 saw the world première of Cyprès blanc for viola and orchestra, as well as of L’origine du monde for piano and ensemble. Au plus haut fait de l’instant received its première in 2006, played by Francesco Pomàrico (oboe) and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra of Turin under Emilio Pomàrico. Dufourt’s most important writings so far are compiled in the volumes Musique, Pouvoir, Ecriture (1991) and Mathesis et subjectivité (2007).

Peter Eötvös studied composition in Budapest and Cologne. From 1962, he composed for film in Hungary. Eötvös played regularly with the Karlheinz Stockhausen Ensemble between 1968 and 1976. From 1979 to 1991, he was Musical Director and conductor of the Ensemble InterContemporain (EIC). From 1985 to 1988, he was principal guest conductor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He is principal guest conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra since 2003.The recording of Luciano Berio’s Sinfonia with Peter Eötvös and London Voices (DG) received the BBC Music Magazine’s Award for “Technical excellence in recording” in 2006. Eötvös's music shows the influence of a variety of composers. As director of Ensemble InterContemporain, he was exposed to many exotic and respected samples of concert music, as is evidenced in the variety of timbres and sound-worlds within his music. Extended techniques such as over-pressure bowings coexist with lyrical folk songs, and synthesized sounds. Eötvös also is technologically competent, and provides detailed instructions on how to mic instruments for electronic manipulation or amplification. His first larger scale compositions were for film. This often reflects on his later pieces in moments of atmospheric airiness. Two of his compositions for orchestra and voice, Atlantis and Ima, were inspired by Sándor Weöres' poem Néma zene, which provides the libretto of these pieces..

Condition: Vinyl lies in mint- condition, looks super clean and plays perfectly, while cover lies in very good+ condition with split on the bottom and dedication (writing) on back cover.

Tracklist

Credits

• Basset Horn [Cor De Basset], Clarinet [Contrabass] - Jean-Noël Crocq
• Bassoon, Contrabassoon - Jean-Pierre Seguin
• Clarinet [Small], Clarinet [Si B], Basset Horn [Cor De Basset] - Jean-Max Dussert
• Composed By, Liner Notes - Hugues Dufourt
• Conductor - Peter Eötvös
• Cor Anglais - André Cazalet, Patrice Petitdidier
• Electric Guitar, Synthesizer - Claude Pavy, François Bousch
• Ensemble - Ensemble D'Instruments Électroniques De L'Itinéraire
• Flute [Bass] - Anick Bonaventure, Patrice Bocquillon
• Oboe [Hautbois Baryton], Cor Anglais - Reynald Parrot
• Oboe [Hautbois, Hautbois D'amour], Cor Anglais - Daniel Sapin
• Ondes Martenot, Organ [Electric], Synthesizer - Françoise Pellie, Tristan Murail
• Orchestra - Ensemble De L'Itinéraire
• Percussion - Bernard Balet, Françoise Gagneux, Hélène Ringuet, Jean-Guillaume Cattin, Nicolas Piguet, Patrice Lefebvre
• Trombone, Trumpet [Bass] - Jérôme Naulais
• Trumpet - Louis Roquin
• Tuba, Trombone [Contrebasse] - Gérard Bucquet

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