Denis Levaillant – Paysages De Conte (Fairytale Landscapes)

Label:	DLM Éditions – DLM 2512
Format:	2 x CD, Album
Country:	France
Released:	Nov 15, 2012
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Contemporary

Tracklist

1-1	Echo De Narcisse Mouvement 1	10:45
1-2	Echo De Narcisse Mouvement 2	11:26
1-3	Echo De Narcisse Mouvement 3	7:36
1-4	Paysages De Conte 1 L'Enchantement	2:40
1-5	Paysages De Conte 2 La Bestiaire Enchanté	3:24
1-6	Paysages De Conte 3 Le Réveil Da La Nature	2:07
1-7	Paysages De Conte 4 Le Cortège Du Roi Bleu	3:22
1-8	Paysages De Conte 5 Le Tourbillon Du Bal	3:11
1-9	La Petite Danseuse Suite N°1 1/La Vitrine	4:31
1-10	La Petite Danseuse Suite N°1 2/L'Agitation De La Ville	1:35
1-11	La Petite Danseuse Suite N°1 3/La Statue	3:34
1-12	La Petite Danseuse Suite N°1 4/La Chute	1:45
1-13	La Petite Danseuse Suite N°1 5/La Prison	4:52
1-14	La Petite Danseuse Suite N°1 6/La Fin Du Bal	1:44
2-1	Les Couleurs De La Parole 1	1:39
2-2	Les Couleurs De La Parole 2	1:17
2-3	Les Couleurs De La Parole 3	2:02
2-4	Les Couleurs De La Parole 4	2:52
2-5	Les Couleurs De La Parole 5	1:27
2-6	Les Couleurs De La Parole 6	1:53
2-7	Les Couleurs De La Parole 7	2:22
2-8	Les Couleurs De La Parole 8	2:35
2-9	Les Couleurs De La Parole 9	2:46
2-10	Drama Symphony 1 La Découverte Du Mystère	5:14
2-11	Drama Symphony 2 Menace D'Une Folie	3:59
2-12	Drama Symphony 3 Carnaval Nocturne	5:10
2-13	Drama Symphony 4 Etendue Intérieure	4:11
2-14	Drama Symphony 5 Danse Solennelle	4:51
2-15	Drama Symphony 6 Final Tragique	4:56
2-16	La Femme Sur La Lune 1 La Lune	2:34
2-17	La Femme Sur La Lune 2 La Science	2:50
2-18	La Femme Sur La Lune 3 Le Rêve D'Une Vie	1:10
2-19	La Femme Sur La Lune 4 La Fusée	1:32
2-20	La Femme Sur La Lune 5 Le Danger	1:58
2-21	La Femme Sur La Lune 6 Le Voyager Dans L'Espace	5:39

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Maison De La Culture D'Amiens
Recorded At – Opéra National De Paris, Palais Garnier
Recorded At – Maison de Radio France
Recorded At – Auditorium Du Louvre

Credits

Bassoon – Paul Riveaux (tracks: 2-16 to 2-21)
Clarinet [Clarinets] – Jean-Marc Foltz (tracks: 2-16 to 2-21)
Composed By – Denis Levaillant
Conductor – David Davies (4) (tracks: 2-1 to 2-15), Denis Levaillant (tracks: 2-16 to 2-21), Frédéric Chaslin (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3), Koen Kessels (tracks: 1-9 to 1-14), Pascal Rophé (tracks: 1-4 to 1-8)
Contrabass – Frédéric Stohl* (tracks: 2-16 to 2-21)
Ensemble – Ensemble Intercontemporain (tracks: 2-16 to 2-21)
French Horn – Jens Mac Namana* (tracks: 2-16 to 2-21)
Oboe, English Horn – László Hadady* (tracks: 2-16 to 2-21)
Orchestra – Orchestre De Picardie (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3), Orchestre National De L'Opéra De Paris (tracks: 1-9 to 1-14), Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio-France* (tracks: 1-4 to 1-8, 2-1 to 2-15)
Piano – Denis Levaillant (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3)
Trombone – Benny Sluchin (tracks: 2-16 to 2-21)
Viola – Christophe Desjardins (tracks: 2-16 to 2-21)
Violoncello – Jean-Guilhem Queyras* (tracks: 2-16 to 2-21)

Notes

1-1 to 1-3:
Echo de Narcisse ('Echo of Narcisse', 1995-96)
Concerto for piano and orchestra
Recorded during the world premiere on 11 April 1998 in the large hall of the Maison de la Culture in Amiens

1-4 to 1-8:
Paysages de conte ('Fairytale Landscapes', 1997-98)
Concerto for orchestra, 14'30
Studio recording, 15 June 1998

1-9 to 1-14:
La Petite Danseuse ('The Little Dancer', 2002)
Suite n°1 for orchestra, 17'50 (2009)
Recorded 11 July 2010 at the Opéra Garnier

2-1 to 2-9:
Les Couleurs de la parole ('Colours of Speech', 1991)
Cinematic symphony for orchestra, 18'20
Recorded at the first performance, 9 January 1993

2-10 to 2-15:
Drama Symphony (1994-95)
Cinematic symphony for processed orchestra sounds, 28'
Recording of the first performance, 19 June 1995, at Radio-France

2-16 to 2-21:
La Femme sur la Lune ('The Woman in the Moon', 1995)
Suite for ensemble (octet) and treatments in real time, 15:37
Recorded at the world premiere on 25 March 1995 at the Auditorium du Louvre (Paris)