Petitgirard: 12 Guardians of the Temple (The) / Poeme / Euphonia
5/21/2007, 5 Tracks, 1:07:02
Featuring
Laurent Petitgirard
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
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Compositional Technique
One of Laurent Petitgirard's recent works, The Twelve Guards of the Temple, features an exotic scoring that includes five ancient Tibetan cymbals.
Recording & Production
Tracks 3-5 on this album were recorded live in Ljubljana on May 29th, 1992.
Composition History
Laurent Petitgirard's work Les Douze Gardiens du Temple (2004) was commissioned by Radio France.
Composer Biography
Laurent Petitgirard is an eclectic musician who combines a career as a composer of orchestral and film music with that of an international conductor.
Recording & Production
Tracks 1 and 2 of this album were recorded in the Salle Franklin, Bordeaux, France, from September 7th to 9th, 2005.
Composition History
Laurent Petitgirard's Poème pour grand orchestre à cordes (2002) was commissioned by La Filature in Mulhouse.
Composition History
The ballet Euphonia, composed in 1989, describes a futuristic musical city where a jealous composer sets a musical trap to destroy a woman who spurned him.
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