Trilogie d’ondes
Gilles Gobeil, Suzanne Binet-Audet
… the ondes Martenot uplifts this record from being a “great”
Gobeil record to being a “special”Gobeil record… — Avant Music News
… original musical gesture, managing to orchestrate complex sound in a coherent whole. — Modisti, Spain
Prix Opus 2004-05: Disque de l’année
- Composer(s): Gilles Gobeil
- Performer(s): Suzanne Binet-Audet
- Author(s): Suzanne Binet-Audet
- Cover image: Luc Beauchemin
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DVD-Audio (IMED 0576, 2005)
- 1Voix blanche (1988, 89), 13:02ondes Martenot and fixed mediumSuzanne Binet-Audet, ondes Martenot
- 2Là où vont les nuages… (1990-91), 11:18ondes Martenot, interactive system and fixed mediumSuzanne Binet-Audet, ondes Martenot
- 3La perle et l’oubli (1999-2002), 21:17ondes Martenot and fixed mediumSuzanne Binet-Audet, ondes Martenot
- Label: empreintes DIGITALes
- IMED 0576
- 2005
- UCC 771028057696
- Total duration: 45:43
- OGplus
- 142 mm × 125 mm × 10 mm
- 55 g
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- 1Voix blanche (1988, 89), 13:02ondes Martenot and fixed mediumSuzanne Binet-Audet, ondes Martenot
- 2Là où vont les nuages… (1990-91), 11:18ondes Martenot, interactive system and fixed mediumSuzanne Binet-Audet, ondes Martenot
- 3La perle et l’oubli (1999-2002), 21:17ondes Martenot and fixed mediumSuzanne Binet-Audet, ondes Martenot
- Label: empreintes DIGITALes
- IMED 0576_NUM
- 2005
- UCC 771028057689
- Total duration: 45:43
Liner notes
About this Trilogy
The ondes Martenot’s electronic timbre and acoustic resonance are perfectly suited to the musical fabric of the electroacoustic tape part, turning it into a rich and complex mixed work. In places the instrument melds almost perfectly with the tape, while in others the ondes stand out from the sonic material, due either to the expressive quality of some melodic interventions or the contrast between the ethereal quality of the timbre and the colorful complexity of the tape sounds. In this case,
Among the various contributions from the ondes, two themes stand out and underpin the entire structure
The wrench theme, with its slow dramatic build-up, appears at the very beginning of this movement. Halfway through, the soul theme emerges, very legato. Following its long unfolding, it will be reintroduced in a form that is more spelled-out than linear, a form which will become definitive in the other two parts of the trilogy. Inhabited by a subtle form of poetry, this is the most lyrical movement of the cycle.
This movement features a different technique. The ondes are almost always used as a trigger for prerecorded sound elements that are juxtaposed with the ondist’s playing. Through the ondes’ various interventions, the aforementioned themes are transformed into something more closely related to a sense of traveling. This movement is full of vitality and playfulness
Inspired by an apocryphal initiatory text from the second century, this piece consists of twelve sequences, six of which are variations on the “soul theme” cell played by the ondes. In this movement, the ondes play the part of the soul in its journey of incarnation. The final coda brings back the wrench and soul themes. The latter, modified one last time, closes the work in the bass register
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About the ondes Martenot
Following the example of several other scientists at the time, including
Until his death in 1980,
More electronic instruments have been invented since and are now omnipresent in our musical universe. Because of its sensory approach closely linked to the performer’s nervous system and its flexibility that allows it to respond to the performer’s slightest musical intention, the Martenot remains unlike any other. It is often considered a forerunner of today’s electronic instruments, but it is actually somewhat of a slightly eccentric colleague
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Ondes Martenot, 1976 (7th generation since 1928 ; 1st generation with transistors); Suzanne Binet-Audet’s instrument. 38/38 [Photo: Luc Beauchemin, Boucherville (Québec), April 2005] -
Ondes Martenot, 1976 (7th generation since 1928 ; 1st generation with transistors); Suzanne Binet-Audet’s instrument. 37/38 [Photo: Luc Beauchemin, Boucherville (Québec), April 2005] -
Ondes Martenot, 1976 (7th generation since 1928 ; 1st generation with transistors); Suzanne Binet-Audet’s instrument. 36/38 [Photo: Luc Beauchemin, Boucherville (Québec), April 2005] -
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In the press
AMN Review
On
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“More electronic instruments have been invented since and are now omnipresent in our musical universe. Because of its sensory approach closely linked to the performer’s nervous system and its flexibility that allows it to respond to the performer’s slightest musical intention, the ondes Martenot remains unlike any other. It is often considered a forerunner of today’s electronic instruments, but it is actually somewhat of a slightly eccentric colleague
Like all the great acousmatic composers,
The music on
For the most part,
Avlyssnat
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Apparently starting off from a work for instrument-and-tape format, these pieces broaden the concept in several directions
Translated from Spanish.
Original text
Partiendo de lo que parece ser un formato de obra para instrumento y cinta, las obras amplían dicho concepto en varias direcciones
Gilles Gobeil : la force tranquille
Calme et posé, volubile et articulé,
Autodidacte
Jeune, il a d’abord appris la flûte traversière qu’il amplifiait dans une veine pop et jazz expérimental aux côtés du guitariste et improvisateur
Un prix Opus
Pour le néophyte, qu’est-ce qui fait une bonne pièce électroacoustique
Toutefois depuis août 2005,
Review
empreintes DIGITALes here presents the DVD-Audio format debut of two Canadian composers whose electroacoustic works have won awards the world over. Always looking forward, their music is as challenging as it is rewarding.
Kritik
Wie oft hat man schon über Aufnahmen gelesen, die das Liveerlebnis praktisch 1:1 transportieren sollen und sowohl akustisch als auch rezeptionsästhetisch mit einem Liveerlebnis vergleichbar seien. Meist steckt dahinter nicht viel mehr als eine billige Marketingschreibe, die mediokre Aufnahme mit Authentizität und akustischer Fülle anreichern möchte.
Recensione
Kritik
Lancements
Quatrième disque de
Le CD de la semaine
Ce [DVD-Audio], également DVD-ROM et [DVD-Vidéo], regroupe trois œuvres d’une grande unité du canadien
Avant d’entrer dans le vif du sujet, permettons-nous un bref rappel historique
Mais revenons à
Caleidoscoop
De Canadees
Paul Dolden vs Gilles Gobeil
Tape-Aufnahmen als Basis und das Tonstudio als unverzichtbares kreatives Element bilden die gemeinsamen Ausgangspunkte für die beiden zeitgenössischen Komponisten aus Kanada, deren musikalische Manifestationen in Form zweier Alben auf empreintes DIGITALes unterschiedlicher nicht ausfallen konnten
Ganz anders geht es mir mit
Review
Two years after the release of
Critique
Échelonnée entre 1988 et aujourd’hui, l’écriture de cette
Voilà donc nos trois pièces écrites dans des contextes fort différents les uns des autres, écrites en des lieux distincts (Montréal, l’Europe), créées lors d’événements eux aussi forts distincts (des festivals de musique électroacoustique européens et canadiens) et initialement publiés sur des disques eux aussi distincts. Les sources d’inspiration elles aussi varient du tout au tout, puisque
Malgré cette diversité de contextes, les gestes d’écriture mis en jeu dans les trois volets se rejoignent et forment un tout. Le principal, qui préside à tout le cycle, est le dialogue de deux thèmes (dixit le compositeur et son interprète) qui sont également les cellules récurrentes de l’œuvre
Le plus important reste que ces trois pièces tirent un large parti des possibilités des ondes Martenot, tour à tour violentes et mystérieuses, douces et inquiétantes, dans un parcours opératique qui semble figurer l’aventure mystique d’une âme ou d’une conscience. Quand enfin a lieu la dernière apparition du thème de l’âme, destiné à clore la trilogie, la tonalité s’enfonce vers des octaves plus graves et la pièce omet la dernière des quatre notes
Muzikale Delicatessen: Kritiek
In dit programma hoort u regelmatig muziek van jonge veelal niet muzikaal getrainde componisten
Het Canadese label empreintes DIGITALes is sinds haar oprichting in 1990 uitgegroeid tot een toonaangevend label op het gebied van moderne elektro-akoestische muziek. Sinds begin 2005 worden de nieuwe releases uitgebracht op DVD-Audio
Onlangs verscheen op dat empreintes DIGITALes-label de CD
Vanaf 1928 tot zijn dood in 1980 heeft hij het instrument verder uitgebouwd. De laatste versie is dan ook een transistormodel. Het monofone instrument wordt deels met de toetsen bespeeld, maar ook met metalen ring die het klankkarakter kan beïnvloeden.
We laten van die
Kritik
Auf seiner zweiten DVD-Audio präsentiert das kanadische Elektroakustik-Label Kompositionen für Tapes und die Ondes Martenot, einem sehr frühen monophon elektronischen Tasteninstrument, benannt nach seinem Erfinder
Review
The sound world of
Review
This is one of two first DVD-Audio discs from empreintes DIGITALes, the other one being
On this DVD-Audio
Jeff Snyder, Assistant Director of the Music Technology Program at Lebanon Valley College of Pennsylvania, has written the following narrative about the development and functionality of this early electronic instrument
The first piece is
The beginning is pastoral, fresh with green plants and densely wooded forests, hiding many a secret existence
The second work is
It staggers and winds through its beginnings, through a sonic deliverance that could have been filtered out of a steel factory havoc, reduced and radicalized into a swelling motion that reminds me some of the shaman realms of
The last work is
A high-pitch swirl, a motion deep inside a blue sky — and a shower of gravel passing a barrel of steel, barely touching it, but making enough of a contact to raise a whisper out of gravel and steel, a passing shadow out of matter… The flapping of dark wings or the tails of a coat flying in the wind
An explosion
This musical collaboration between
Recensione
Review
Of much, much more interest is the [DVD-Audio] by
Blog
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Friday, July 30, 2021 / Press
… the ondes Martenot uplifts this record from being a “great”
Gobeil record to being a “special”Gobeil record… More -
Thursday, March 13, 2014 / On the web
Today at electrothèque, listen for free to the album Trilogie d’ondes by Gilles Gobeil, Suzanne Binet-Audet.
- Wednesday, October 16, 2013 / In concert
Works for ondes Martenot by Gilles Gobeil and performed by Suzanne Binet-Audet will be presented at five concerts during a tour of Germany from October 26 to November 8, 2013. Acousmatic works will complement the programs. The tour will sto… More






