Les Ondes Martenot - 50e Anniversaire de leur invention - Olivier Messiaen: Fete Des Belles Eaux (1937 for 6 Ondes Martenot) / Andre Jolivet: 3 poems pour Ondes Martenot et piano (1935) / Darius Milhaud: Suite (1932 for Martenot and piano) / Roger Tessier: Hexade (1978 for 6 Ondes Martenot).

2LP Ades musique francaise d'aujourd'hui 21.007

Mega-rare 1980 French gatefold 2lp set celebrating the anniversary of Maurice Martenot's invention of the Ondes Martenot, an early electronic keyboard instrument based partly on the Theremin but with additional sound-shaping controls giving it a unique sonority and reverberation. The whole album is superb, featuring Sextuor Jeanne Loriod, an ensemble of multiple Martenots, joined by pianist Yvonne Loriod on 2 tracks. But the highlight is one of the first all-electronic compositions, Messiaen's stunning and beautiful Fete Des Belles Eaux (Festival of Beautiful Waters), which takes up all of disc 1. Predating musique concrete, it was written for live performance on 6 Ondes Martenot accompanied by an abstract light and water show (a 'water ballet'); the piece is for the most part tonal, and masterfully exploits the sound qualities of the instrument. The recording of the Milhaud piece was realized with Madeleine Milhaud, and the Tessier was done with the composer. All in all, a highly recommended set.

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