Voix [Voices]
Yves Daoust / Régis Rousseau
Magistral! — SOCAN, Paroles & Musique, Canada
… this release, Voix, is worth slipping into an empreintes DIGITALes top 10 list. […] A great work of art. — Monsieur Délire, Québec
Chorals ornés : Prix Opus 2008-09: Création de l’année
The main work on this disc, Chorals ornés, was awarded the “Premiere of the Year” at the 13th Prix Opus 2008-09 of the Conseil québécois de la musique (CQM).
- Composer(s): Yves Daoust, Johann Sebastian Bach
- Writer(s): Anouk Bereau, Jacinthe Dompierre, Matthieu Simard, Gaston Miron
- Performer(s): Régis Rousseau
- Cover image: Luc Beauchemin
- Mastering: Dominique Bassal
- Canada Council for the Arts • Musicaction • SODEC
DVD-Audio — Surround (IMED 11113)
- 1About Time (Yves Daoust) (2005), 8:32fixed medium
- 2Objets trouvés (Yves Daoust) (2002), 9:05fixed medium
- 3Le temps fixé (Yves Daoust) (2004), 9:17fixed medium
- 4Chorals ornés (Johann Sebastian Bach, Yves Daoust / Anouk Bereau, Jacinthe Dompierre, Gaston Miron, Matthieu Simard) (2007-08, 09), 42:08organ and fixed mediumRégis Rousseau, organ
- 4organ
- 5organ [in foreground] and fixed medium
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- 11organ
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- Label: empreintes DIGITALes
- IMED 11113
- 2011
- UCC 771028111398
- Total duration: 69:18
- OGplus
- 142 mm × 125 mm × 10 mm
- 50 g
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- 1About Time (Yves Daoust) (2005), 8:32fixed medium
- 2Objets trouvés (Yves Daoust) (2002), 9:05fixed medium
- 3Le temps fixé (Yves Daoust) (2004), 9:17fixed medium
- 4Chorals ornés (Johann Sebastian Bach, Yves Daoust / Anouk Bereau, Jacinthe Dompierre, Gaston Miron, Matthieu Simard) (2007-08, 09), 42:08organ and fixed mediumRégis Rousseau, organ
- 4organ
- 5organ [in foreground] and fixed medium
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- 11organ
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- Label: empreintes DIGITALes
- IMED 11113_NUM
- 2011
- UCC 771028111374
- Total duration: 69:18
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I usually like, not love, Yves Daoust’s works. However, this DVD-A release, Voix, is worth slipping into an empreintes DIGITALes top 10 list. Throughout this record, Daoust is looking back — at himself, at electroacoustic music, at music in general. Voix breaks no new ground, it’s not a revolutionary record, but it showcases the mastery and talent of Daoust as a composer. Four pieces: a self-portrait where Daoust comes back to the Revox tape recorder of his youth; a piece made with daily concrete sounds (in an early musique concrète style); a tribute to an old friend who has passed away; and a rereading of Bach’s chorals. The latter piece, Chorals ornés (42 minutes) is a tour de force: Daoust has put electroacoustic and poetic garments over 14 chorals by Bach, performed at the church organ by Régis Rousseau. These ornaments highlight the emotions already contained in Bach’s music, or create constrats or bring in a personal interpretation. A great work of art.
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