Eliane Radigue Triptych (1978) FULL ALBUM

Important Records IMPREC260 (US, 2009) Purchase: 00:00 1. Part 1 17:48 2. Part 2 42:13 3. Part 3 Composed, performed and recorded on a ARP 2500 Synthesizer in the composer s studio in Paris. Commissionned for a choreography piece (only the first part was staged at the premiere at the Dancehall, Theatre of Nancy on February 27, 1978) by Douglas Dunn (on the suggestion of Robert Ashley). Triptych proffers yet another piece of the (archival) puzzle that informs the deft Ms. Radigue s vital body of work. A drone crone long before such terminology ran rampant in the journalistic marketplace, Radigue s music is a marvel of economic means, utterly unflinching in its unsaid maxim that less can truly be more. The pieces herein were originally commissioned for live dance (though one s imagination can grapple with how anyone could in any way gyrate to the gentle hum, curdle and swoosh o