Ouverture pour une fête étrange / Les rires du Gilles / Concerto pour un piano-espace N°2

℗ 1985 Adès France. © 2000 Musidisc France, un label Universal Music. Works composed between 1973 and 1981. "Ouverture pour une fête étrange", for two orchestras and 4-track magnetic tape, premiered November 1979. Recorded 7 November 1981 at Studio 104, Radio-France, Paris. "Les rires du Gilles", for trumpet, horn, pan pipes, clarinet, percussion and twin-track magnetic tape. Commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture, 1981. Recorded 1981 at Rencontres Internationales de Metz, France. "Concerto pour un piano-espace n° 2", for piano, flute, trumpet, horn, violoncello, percussion and 4-track magnetic tape. Originally composed 1977, revised in 1981, final version 1984. Recorded 7/8 June 1984 at Studio 103, Radio-France, Paris. "Clov et Hamm", for trombone, tuba, percussion and twin-track magnetic tape. First performed in Paris, 1973. Recorded 17 May 1974 at Studio 105, Radio-France, Paris. "Contrepoints irréels - Rencontres", for four flutes and twin-track magnetic tape. Commissioned by France-Musique for the Lille Festival in December 1980. Recorded 8 June 1984 at Studio 103, Radio-France, Paris. Includes a 16-page booklet in French & English. Total duration: 49 minutes.