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Jeux de miroirs de Votre Faust (1966​-​67)

from Mixed Music (1966​-​1970) by Henri Pousseur

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Performed by
HENRI POUSSEUR
MICHEL BUTOR
JOY BLACKETT
PIERRE BARTHOLOMEE
ENSEMBLE MUSIQUE NOUVELLES
MARCELLE MERCENIER
BASIA RETCHITSKA
CATHY BERBERIAN
LOUIS DEVOS
JULES BASTIN

Crosses of crossed colors:
Joy Blackett + Ensemble Musiques nouvelles
Pianos: Robert Leuridan, Francette & Pierre Bartholomée

Jeux de miroirs de Votre Faust :
Marcelle Mercenier, piano and Basia Retchitska, soprano, Cathy Berberian, Louis Devos & Jules Bastin.

The two pieces featured on Mixed Music (Voice, Pianos, Various Electro-Acoustic Devices) are magnum opuses in Pousseur's body of work, though they are seldom heard - Jeu de Miroirs de Votre Faust has been unavailable for a long time, while Crosses of Crossed Colors is released here for the first time ever.

Already for Couleurs croisées (Crossed Colors, 1967), my initial idea was to add an amplified voice to the orchestra, a voice that could stand up to it and would clarify and explain the meaning of the piece, in the form of a black Baptist minister-style preach. So, besides the voice ("black," if possible), we have: 5 pianos, whose assembled parts reuse almost all the harmonic-rhythmic contents of the orchestral piece.

Henri Pousseur

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from Mixed Music (1966​-​1970), released April 20, 2017

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