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kmmcdonald
Joined: Oct 08, 2005 Posts: 22 Location: USA
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:23 am Post subject:
Ondes Martenot Sextet |
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Your electronic music education is not complete until you have heard an Ondes Martenot sextet.
Many years ago, I acquired the LP "Music for Ondes Martenot" from the Musical Heritage Society (MHS-821) in the USA. The setpiece of this LP was "Fete des Belles Eaux," a composition for six Ondes Martenot, by Olivier Messiaen. For the past few decades, this LP has been a prized possession, and was virtually irreplaceable. I have digitized it, and cleaned up the clicks and pops, and converted it to CD.
For this composition, there is no classical instrument accompaniment to bind the composition to any point in time.
Now, there is a more contemporary performance available on ATMA Classique (ACD2 2621), from Canada. While I prefer the performance of the older performance somewhat, the production in which each of the six instruments are more individually defined, and the metallic screeches
more forward, the newer performance benefits from improved fidelity, and the different performance is refreshing.
If you have not heard Fete des Belles Eaux before, I am certain that you have not heard anything like it. Check it out. _________________ Keith M in AZ |
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v-un-v
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Joined: May 16, 2005 Posts: 8933 Location: Birmingham, England, UK
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:38 am Post subject:
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Keith, thanks very very much for doing this! I too have been after this recording for a while. I've even been outbid on eBay twice now for the LP (mainly because the auction ended at 4am or so in the morning!).
Can you point me to where I can get hold of this?
Tom _________________ ACHTUNG!
ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.
IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN. |
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kmmcdonald
Joined: Oct 08, 2005 Posts: 22 Location: USA
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Cogluotobusisletmesi
Joined: Nov 01, 2011 Posts: 2 Location: United States
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:32 pm Post subject:
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Thanks for the download, listening now! I'm a fan of Messiaen, never heard this piece though. |
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blue hell
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Joined: Apr 03, 2004 Posts: 24079 Location: The Netherlands, Enschede
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Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 4:15 pm Post subject:
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kmmcdonald wrote: | P.S. Attached is the Fete Des Belles Finale from my old MHS LP. |
Just heard this on the radio here, very nice! _________________ Jan
also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
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Hans Kockelmans
Joined: Apr 01, 2015 Posts: 32 Location: Gronsveld
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 3:34 am Post subject:
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Blue Hell wrote: | kmmcdonald wrote: | P.S. Attached is the Fete Des Belles Finale from my old MHS LP. |
Just heard this on the radio here, very nice! |
+1 |
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