Parmegiani* - De Natura Sonorum

As the title says, these twelve pieces by Parmegiani are studies of the nature of sounds and their relations to each other. For example, the first piece confronts short and fast percussive events with longer sounds of various resonant bodies; the sixth piece mixes electronically treated sounds of woodwind instruments; the seventh piece explores the resonant capabilities of metallic objects. Although this work is more austere than later works like La création du monde, it might be a good introduction to Parmegiani's so varied and fascinating oeuvre.