Tracklisting: Violostries (16:37) 1-1 Pulsion-miroir (4:34) 1-2 Jeu De Cellules (3:04) 1-3 Végétal (8:59) 1-4 Jazzex (16:51) 1-5 L'instant Mobile (10:41) 1-6 Capture Éphémère (11:57) 2-1 Bidule En Ré (9:18) 2-2 Pop'eclectic (10:59) 2-3 Du Pop À L'âne (10:09) 2-4 Ponomatopées (6:17) 2-5 Musico-Picassa (6:53) 2-6 Et Après... (11:35) 3-1 L'oeil Écoute (19:11) Pour En Finir Avec Le Pouvoir D'Orphée (23:25) 3-2 Faire (6:51) 3-3 Défaire (2:11) 3-4 Kaléidoscope 1 (2:53) 3-5 Kaléidoscope 2 (4:22) 3-6 L'oscillée (3:28) 3-7 Unisson Des Voix (3:39) 3-8 La Roue Ferris (10:40) Enfer (61:20) 4-1 La Découverte De L'ombre (3:53) Les Portes - Ou Première Contrainte (9:59) 4-2 La Bête (1:51) 4-3 Le Chemin Difficile (1:25) 4-4 Les Portes De L'enfer (2:22) 4-5 L'étendard Humain (2:27) 4-6 Passage De L'Achéron (1:51) L'impouvoir - Ou Deuxième Contrainte (7:08) 4-7 Béatrice (2:08) 4-8 Désir Sans Espérance (1:55) 4-9 Les Châteaux (0:33) 4-10 L'ouragan Infernal (2:32) Mal-mort - Ou Troisième Contrainte (5:13) 4-11 Mal-mort (4:10) 4-12 Le Messager Céleste (1:03) Les Monstres - Ou Quatrième Contrainte (7:26) 4-13 Femmes De Griffe (1:58) 4-14 Hommes De Ronce (2:15) 4-15 Métamorphoses (2:06) 4-16 Cerbères (1:07) Les Abysses - Ou Cinquième Contrainte (10:33) 4-17 Les Abysses (3:56) 4-18 Le Styx (3:48) 4-19 Le Rêve Du Rêve (2:49) Fond De Bleu - Ou Sixième Contrainte (3:06) 4-20 Le Phénix (0:41) 4-21 Fond De Bleu (2:25) Le Nœud Ardent - Ou Septième Contrainte (10:03) 4-22 Bataille Des Dragons (3:23) 4-23 Le Noeud Ardent (6:40) 4-24 Le Crépuscule De L'aube (3:50) De Natura Sonorum (53:01) Première Série (28:03) 5-1 Incidences / Résonances (4:00) 5-2 Accidents / Harmoniques (4:46) 5-3 Géologie Sonore (4:34) 5-4 Dynamique De La Résonance (2:53) 5-5 Étude Élastique (6:42) 5-6 Conjugaison Du Timbre (5:05) Deuxième Série (24:48) 5-7 Incidences / Battements (1:43) 5-8 Natures Éphémères (4:08) 5-9 Matières Induites (3:44) 5-10 Ondes Croisées (2:01) 5-11 Pleins Et Déliés (4:39) 5-12 Points Contre Champs (8:31) Dedans-dehors (22:24) 6-1 En Phase / Hors Phase (2:29) 6-2 Jeux (5:10) 6-3 Retour De La Forêt (3:22) 6-4 Métamorphoses (6:19) 6-5 Lointain-proche (5:01) 6-6 La Table Des Matières (19:02) 6-7 Des Mots Et Des Sons (19:17) La Création Du Monde (72:44) Lumière Noire (17:35) 7-1 Moins L'infini (5:26) 7-2 Instant 0 (4:43) 7-3 Premières Forces - Premières Formes (7:26) Métamorphoses Du Vide (23:05) 7-4 Lumière (11:32) 7-5 Jeux De Configurations (5:54) 7-6 Échos / Mélopée (5:39) Signe De Vie (32:00) 7-7 Cellules (6:23) 7-8 Aquatisme (7:53) 7-9 Polyphonie (6:14) 7-10 Expression 1 (3:18) 7-11 Expression 2 (7:13) 7-12 Réalité (0:59) Exercismes (68:39) 8-1 Exercisme 1 (17:22) 8-2 Exercisme 2 (27:03) 8-3 Exercisme 3 (24:13) 9-1 Litaniques (21:23) Rouge Mort: Thanatos (16:48) 9-2 Premiers Signes (2:44) 9-3 Derniers Jeux (5:12) 9-4 Séduction Froide (4:00) 9-5 Ultime Danse (4:52) 9-6 E Pericoloso Sporgersi (25:37) Trilogie Plain Temps (70:34) 10-1 Le Présent Composé (23:45) 10-2 Entre-temps (22:22) 10-3 Plain Temps (24:23) Sonare (21:11) 11-1 Premier Mouvement (7:29) 11-2 Deuxième Mouvement (3:04) 11-3 Troisième Mouvement (4:31) 11-4 Quatrième Mouvement (6:20) 11-5 Sons - Jeux (21:09) 11-6 La Mémoire Des Sons (24:40) 12-1 Immer / Sounds (11:24) 12-2 Espèces D'espaces (21:47) 12-3 Au Gré Du Souffle, Le Son S'envole (20:03) 12-4 Rêveries (13:46) CD 1 contains Violostries (released on the INA-GRM Violostries album from 2003), Jazzex (released on the 1999 Plate Lunch Pop'eclectic album, which was also released on Fractal in 2004), L'instant mobile (previously unreleased on CD as far as I can tell, but on the vinyl release Chronos), and Capture Éphémère (released on the INA-GRM La Mémoire des sons album from 2002). Violostries (1964). Premiered during Festival de Royan, April 1965 (Royan, France). Jazzex (1966). Premiered during Festival de Royan, April 4, 1966 (Royan, France). L'instant mobile (1966). Premiered at Studio 105, Maison de la Radio, May 25, 1966 (Paris, France). Capture éphémère (1967). Premiered at Studio 105, Maison de la Radio, May 30, 1967 (Paris, France). CD 2 contains Parmegiani's collage pieces, most of which were released on the Plate Lunch Pop'eclectic album. Bidule en ré is previously unreleased on CD, but was on the vinyl Philips Silver release with Violostries. It's very much in the collage spirit, sourced from old records and some prepared piano. From the Plate Lunch album we have Pop'eclectic, Du Pop à l'âne (Parmegiani's most amazing collage piece, juxtaposing Stockhausen and Zappa, with the Doors and Stravinsky and who knows what all else) and Et après.... It also contains Ponomatopées, a film soundtrack using heavily modified voices previously unreleased on CD, but available on the vinyl Philips Silver Electronic Panorama collection; and Musico picassa, a 1978 tribute to Picasso, previously unreleased as far as I can tell. Musico picassa is very much a collage piece, including several fragments of spoken French. Bidule en ré (1969). Premiered at Studio 105, Maison de la Radio, March 28, 1969 (Paris, France). Pop'éclectic (1969). Premiered at Southampton University, March 11, 1969 (Southampton,United-Kingdom). Du pop à l'âne (1969). Premiered at Studio 105, Maison de la Radio, February 27, 1969 (Paris, France). Ponomatopées (1970). Premiered at Musée Guimet, May 17, 1972 (Paris, France). Musico-Picassa (1978). Commissioned by France-Culture. First broadcast April 5, 1978. Et après... (1973). Premiered at International Forum of Light Music, May 1973 (München, Germany). CD 3 contains L'oeil écoute and La Roue Ferris (both on the 2004 INA-GRM album L'oeil écoute); and Pour en finir avec la pouvoir d'Orphée (on Violostries). Interestingly, when L'oeil écoute was originally released on vinyl, it was nearly five minutes longer. It was originally composed for a video soundtrack, which may account for the time difference. The longer version was released on the Agon label as a mini-CD, but the shorter version is the only one that has been released by the INA. I haven't heard the Agon version, but the track listing matches the sections given in the notes in the box, suggesting that the sections were shortened for a concert release. L'oeil écoute (1970). Premiered during Festival Gubelkian, May 9, 1970 (Lisboa, Portugal). Pour en finir avec le pouvoir d'Orphée (1972). Premiered at Cloître des Célestins during Fesival d'Avignon, August 3, 1972 (Avignon, France). La roue Ferris (1971). Premiered during Festival des chantiers navals, August 26, 1971 (Menton, France). CD 4 contains Enfer, which was originally released as part of the joint effort by Parmegiani and François Bayle Divine Comédie. This was most recently released in 1995 as part of Bayle's complete works but has been out of print for many years. Enfer (1971-72). Premiered at Théâtre Récamier, February 5, 1973 (Paris, France). CD 5 contains De Natura Sonorum, identical with the INA-GRM release of the same name. De natura sonorum (1975). Premiered at Salle Wagram, June 3, 1975 (Paris, France). CD 6 contains Dedans-Dehors (released on Violostries); La Table des matières (1979) and Des Mots et des sons (1977), both previously unreleased as far as I can tell. While La Table des matières is a purely electronic work, the "electroacoustic satire" Des Mots et des sons alternates spoken text with 1970s-style electroacoustic sounds and may be tough going if the listener doesn't understand French. Dedans-dehors (1977). Premiered at Palais des Arts, February 28, 1977 (Paris, France). La table des matières (1979). Premiered at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, April 28, 1979 (Paris, France). Des mots et des sons (1977). Premiered at 1979 Acousmatic Cycle at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, January 29, 1979 (Paris, France). CD 7 contains La Création du monde, identical with the 1996 INA-GRM release. La création du monde (1984). Lumière noire premiered during the 1983 Acousmatic Cycle at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, January 31, 1983. The complete composition premiered during the 1984 Acousmatic Cycle at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, May 14, 1984 (Paris, France). CD 8 contains three Exercismes. As far as I can tell, only Exercisme 3 has been previously released, most recently on the Violostries album but also on various anthologies. Parmegiani's catalog lists a fourth Exercisme which was composed on Xenakis' UPIC system, but that is not included here (or anywhere else as far as I know). The first two Exercismes date from 1985. Exercisme 1 is for a trio of live electronics performers with tape, an unusual example in Parmegiani's output. This group, the Trio Instrumental Électroacoustique, released a double LP in 1984. They were one of the electroacoustic ensembles that sprouted up in the mid 1980s along with Italy's Gruppe Nuova Consonanza, Musica Elettronica Viva (founded in Rome but mostly with American musicians), and England's Gentle Fire. The LP is long overdue for reissue, and includes two different Parmegiani pieces from the one included in this set. Exercismes (1985-1986). Exercisme 1 and 2 premiered during the 1985 Acousmatic Cycle at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, February 25, 1985 (Paris, France). Exercisme 3 premiered during the 1986 Acousmatic Cycle at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, February 24, 1986. CD 9 contains Litaniques (a major electronic work from 1987, somehow previously unreleased), Rouge-Mort: Thanatos (on Violostries), and E Pericoloso sporgersi (a radiophonic work from 1991, previously unreleased). E Pericoloso sporgersi is based on a text written by Parmegiani, and consists of a reading accompanied by electroacoustic sounds. I cannot imagine the work being very interesting if the listener doesn't understand French. The text was published in Portraits Polychromes. Litaniques (1987). Premiered during the 1987 Acousmatic Cycle at Studio 105, Maison de la Radio, May 26, 1987 (Paris, France). Rouge-mort: Thanatos (1987). Premiered during the 1989 Acousmatic Cycle at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, February 27, 1989 (Paris, France). E pericoloso sporgersi (1991). Commissioned by France-Culture. CD 10 contains the Plain-Temps trilogy, most recently released on the 2006 INA-GRM release, but the first part, Le Présent composé is also on Violostries. With Le Présent composé, all of the pieces from Violostries are included in the box. Trilogie Plain-temps (1991-1993). Le présent composé premiered during the 1991 Acousmatic Cycle, April 19, 1991, Entre-temps premiered during the 1992 Acousmatic Cycle, March 16, 1992 and Plain-temps premiered during the 1993 Acousmatic Cycle, June 14, 1993, all at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio (Paris, France). Entre-temps was awarded the Golden Nica Award at Ars Electronica in 1993. CD 11 contains four movements from Sonare (the 2002 INA-GRM release had five movements, the last of which is not included in the box); Sons -Jeux and La Mémoire des sons, both of which are on the 2002 INA-GRM release La Mémoire des sons. With Capture ephémère, the La Mémoire des sons release is completely included in the box. Sonare (1996). Premiered at Festival Manca (Mouans-Sartroux, France). Sons/Jeu (1998, revised 2000). Premiered during the 1998 Acousmatic Cycle at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, June 18, 1998. A new version was premiered at the same place on June 19, 2000 (Paris, France). La mémoire des sons (2000-2001). Premiered during Multiphonies at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, March 10, 2001 (Paris, France). CD 12 contains Immer/sounds (1999, unreleased on CD, released on vinyl as a split with Philip Samartzis as Immersion in 2006); Espèces d'espace (on the L'oeil écoute release, which is now completely incorporated in the box); Au gré du souffle, le son s'envole (2006) and Rêveries (2007), both previously unreleased. Immer/Sounds (1999). Commissioned by Philip Samartzis for the 1999 Immersion Festival 1999 (Melbourne, Australia). Espèces d'espaces (2002). Premiered during Multiphonies at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, October 14, 2002 (Paris, France). Au gré du souffle, le son s'envole (2006). Premiered during Multiphonies at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, March 9, 2006 (Paris, France). Rêveries (2007). Premiered at Théâtre Marni for L'espace du son festival - curated by Musiques et recherches for the 80th birthday of the composer - October 20, 2007 (Bruxelles, Belgium). ------------------------------------------------- Credits: Artwork By - LP Active Composed By - Bernard Parmegiani Directed By - Daniel Teruggi Executive Producer [Coordination] - Christian Zanési Mastered By - Diego Losa Other [English Translation] - Greg Williams, Valérie Vivancos Other [Foreword] - Christian Zanési, Daniel Terruggi, Emmanuel Hoog Other [Texts] - Régis Renouard Larivière, Évelyne Gayou Photography - Guy Vivien, Laszlo Ruszka, M-H.Z., Michel Lioret, Parmegiani Violin, Composed By [Violin Part] - Devy Erlih (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3) Voice [Based On] - Michel Hermon (tracks: 4-1 to 4-24) ------------------------------------------------- The release date is given as April 1, 2008 by INA-GRM but this release was first sold during the festival Présences Électroniques 2008 (Paris, France) in March 2008. Comes in a carboard box with a 92-page illustrated booklet in French & English. Each disc housed in a cardboard slipcase. Musique française d'aujourd'hui collection. Issued for the 50th anniversary of Groupe de recherches musicales (GRM). Total duration: 12 hours 35 minutes. (P)(C) 2008 ina-grm 3597494711828