Music for Ondes Martenot
Rare instrument specialist Thomas Bloch is equally at home performing on the soundtrack of Amadeus, on stage with Radiohead, or at Milan’s La Scala (playing glass harmonica, cristal Baschet or ondes Martenot). This CD offers the widest possible range of repertoire for the ondes Martenot, one of the earliest electronic instruments (1919): a solo work and an ensemble for nine ondes Martenot (Bloch), chamber music (MartinÛ, Messiaen), double concerto with piano, orchestra and percussion (Wisson), electroacoustic compositions (Redolfi, Touchard), and a fully composed piece (Cooper) which contrasts with a partially improvised work (Rolin). These at times surprising works are performed by Bloch and some of his fellow-composers, and also feature Phil Minton, Fernand Quattrocchi, the Pomeranian Quartet and the Paderewski Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

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Olivier Messiaen

Feuillet inedit No. 4

Bloch, Thomas, ondes martenot
Wisson, Bernard, piano


Feuillet inedit No. 4 02:48
Thomas Bloch

Formule

Bloch, Thomas, ondes martenot


Formule 03:31
Bernard Wisson

Kyriades

Bloch, Thomas, ondes martenot
Wisson, Bernard, piano
Paderewski Philharmonic Orchestra
Quattrocchi, Fernand, Conductor


Kyriade I 06:23
Kyriade II: excerpt 03:33
Kyriade IV 06:22
Michel Redolfi

Mare Teno

Belling, Susan, vocals
Bloch, Thomas, ondes martenot
Redolfi, Michel, electronics


Mare Teno 07:23
Thomas Bloch

Lude 9.6

Bloch, Thomas, ondes martenot
Thomas Bloch Waves Orchestra


Lude 9.6 02:18
Lindsay Cooper

Nightmare

Abrahams, Brian, drumset
Bloch, Thomas, ondes martenot
Brodrick, Dean, keyboards
Cooper, Lindsay, synthesizer
Cooper, Lindsay, bassoon
Cooper, Lindsay, narrator
Kenovic, Ademir, narrator
Minton, Phil, vocals
Siracusa, Gerard, percussion


Nightmare 06:09
Bohuslav Martinu

Fantaisie

Bloch, Thomas, ondes martenot
Swatowski, Marek, oboe
Wisson, Bernard, piano
Pomerian Quartet
Quattrocchi, Fernand, Conductor


Fantaisie 15:28
Olivier Touchard/Thomas Bloch

Euplotes 2

Bloch, Thomas, cristal Baschet
Bloch, Thomas, ondes martenot
Touchard, Olivier, electronics


Euplotes 2 05:02
Etienne Rolin

Space Forest Bound

Bloch, Thomas, ondes martenot
Rolin, Etienne, flute
Rolin, Etienne, saxophone


Heterodyne 02:12
Jungle Jingle 00:53
Creature Beat 02:18
Thomas Bloch

Sweet Suite (orch.- arr. H. Bougis and T. Bloch)

Bloch, Thomas, ondes martenot
Thomas Bloch Waves Orchestra


Intro 04:43
A Name 01:28
Item 03:16



Total Playing Time: 01:13:47