Requiem

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Release Date: 1993

Label: Empreintes DIGITALes

"Requiem" - On texts taken from the Funeral Mass, in two parts and ten movements. The Requeim was produced at the studios of the Groupe de recherches musicales (GRM) in Paris (France) and was premiered on March 19, 1973 at the Théâtre Récamier in Paris, in a concert given by the GRM. The work was commissioned by the GRM. Recorded in 1973 on the INA•GRM label (AM68905), the Requiem was awarded the Grand prix du disque of the Académie du disque français in 1978.

"Variations" was produced at the studios of GRM in Paris (France) and premiered in concert on March 7, 1990 in Caen (France). Variations was commissioned by the INA•GRM and the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs.

"Nuit Noire" was produced at the studios of the GRM and of the GMEM. The work was premiered in concert on March 24, 1986, as part of the INA•GRM's "Cycle acousmatique", at the auditorium of the Maison de Radio-France in Paris (France). It is dedicated to the memory of American writer Philip K Dick (1928-82).

Includes a 24-page booklet in French and English.

Made in Canada.

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