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Jean-Claude Eloy and the recordings

By Avaera

I - The LP period

 

The first public record of a work by Jean-Claude Eloy was the recording of "Equivalences" (for 18 instrumentalists), made by Pierre Boulez and the "Domaine Musical" ensemble, with the first team (and founders) of the "Groupe Instrumental à Percussions de Strasbourg". It was made in 1964 for the French company ADES, and was reproduced in 1967 by the American label "Everest" in Los Angeles. This record won the "Grand Prix du Disque" 1967 from the Academie du disque français, given to Pierre Boulez and his outstanding performers.

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"Equivalences"
For 18 instrumentalists
Groupe instrumental à percussion de Strasbourg
Soloists from the "Domaine Musical"
Conductor : Pierre Boulez
ADES 15.005
Collection "Domaine Musical"


Same recording :
EVEREST 3170


Other releases :
ADES 16.001
ADES 14.022

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After this, came the recording of "Faisceaux-Diffractions" (for 28 instrumentalists), made in Paris at the begining of the 70's by the "Ars Nova" ensemble (from which the Director, at this time, was the French composer Marius Constant) conducted by Boris de Vinogradow. It was published in the "Inedits ORTF" collection, distributed by Barclay. This record won the "Prix de l’Academie Charles Cros" for Jean-Claude Eloy in the category "Musique Contemporaine", in 1974.

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"Faisceaux-Diffractions"
Ensemble "Ars Nova"
Conductor : Boris de Vinogradow
Collection "Inédits ORTF"
Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française
Distribution : Barclay 995 038
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Then came the album for his first large composition in the electro-acoustic field :"Shânti", which was released in 1975 as a double album - under a specially adapted version – by the French company "Erato", as an original production of the Elektronische Musik Studio from the WDR in Cologne.

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"Shânti"
Production :
Elektronische Musik Studio
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Cologne
ERATO STU 71.205 / 6 (double album)
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"Gaku-no-Michi" (an electro-acoustic work of epic proportion, realised at the Electronic Music Studio - "Denshi Ongaku Studio" - of NHK-Tokyo) was released in 1979 as a double album (again under a specially adapted and abridged version made with the help of Eloy, taking into account the specific length of LPs) by the company ADES, in Paris, under the label : "Musique Française d’Aujourd’hui" (MFA) - a label created by the Ministry of Culture from France. This record, most particularly, received warm and numerous reviews. Among them was a very rare event for contemporary music : "front page" coverage given by the French newspaper "Le Monde" and its critic, Jacques Lonchampt.

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"Gaku-no-Michi"
Production :
Jean-Claude Eloy / Denshi Ongaku Studio
Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), Tokyo
ADES 21.005 (double album) POL 391
Collection " Le verbe et la musique "
Label MFA ("Musique Française d’Aujourd’hui")


A second printing was released later under the number :
ADES 21.005 (double album) ADE 391

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In the 80's, a double album of Eloy’s work : "A l’Approche du Feu Méditant" (for a Gagaku orchestra and two choruses of Buddhist Monks singers), was released by "Harmonia Mundi". Again, this album was published under the label : "Musique Française d’Aujourd’hui". The performance was the one realized in Tokyo, and the performers were members of the Gagaku orchestra "Tokyo-Gakuso", some soloists were from the Imperial Court orchestra (Togi Kanehiro), with Buddhist Monks choruses from the Tendai and Shingon sects.

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"A l’Approche du Feu Méditant"
Ensemble du Tokyo-Gakuso
Gagaku Orchestra from the Imperial Court
Moines Bouddhistes sectes Shingon et Tendai
Voix solo I / Shingon : Kojima Yûshô
Voix solo II / Shingon : Arai Kôjun
Voix solo I / Tendai : Ebihara Kôshin
Vois solo II / Tendai : Kyôdo Jikô
Ryûteki solo : Shiba Sukeyasu
O-Hichiriki solo : Tôgi Kanehiro
Shô solo : Miyata Mayumi
National Theater of Japan (Kokuritsu Gekijo)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 5.155.56 (HM 59x2)
Collection "Evènement"
Label : MFA ("Musique Française d’Aujourd’hui")
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