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Composed, arranged, performed and produced by Frederic Rossille (except 'Chanson des quatre saisons') Digitally recorded : Sept-Nov 1993, at Oceanic Sound Studio, Paris Total timing = 60:22 Front cover illustration : Frederic Rossille from a drawing by Xiaolei Ru Reference : Reves Magiques CD 001 Listen to MP3 extracts on BelieveDigital Order this CD to Reves Magiques (France) or MainStreet CD (U.S.A.)

• "Cette musique s'écoute comme un vent d'été venu calmer les ardeurs d'un soleil trop ardent."
  Christian Verreault - June 97
  
  
• "I always thought Sakamoto's music was influenced by French composers. Frederic Rossille is a French composer who returns the favor."
  James Grisby - August 97

To discover this album

• Review by Christian Verreault [Canada]
• Listen to MP3 extracts on BelieveDigital

Notes

• Lumieres : music for the weekly broadcast 'Epectase, les sciences au pastel' on Aligre FM Paris, since April 1994
• Promenade : dedicated to Haruomi Hosono
• Meditation : this piece has opened the series of contemporary music concerts at the Brasilia University, on August 22 1994
• Chanson des quatre saisons : melody by He Luting, lyrics by Tian Han, performed by Xiaolei Ru and Weihua Wu; orchestrated, directed and produced by Frederic Rossille

Composed and arranged by Frederic Rossille Produced by Cecile Marie Recorded at Studio Val d'Orge (piano Yamaha C7) Mixed at Studio Acousti, Paris Mastered by Digital Edge, Paris Frederic Rossille (piano), Regis Huby (violin), Jean-Charles Capon (cello) Total timing = 11:00 Album outside the trade Reference : Reves Magiques CD 002

'Message de l'Archipel' is dedicated to Ryuichi Sakamoto and was published by Editions Vincent Massot

Instrumental suite for piano, violin, cellos, flutes, harp, celesta & electronic Recorded at Oceanic Sound Studio, Paris - November 1999 Digital editing : Frederic Rossille and Jean-Paul Vittori at L'Update Studio, Paris - January 2000 Composed, arranged, performed and produced by Frederic Rossille Total timing : 18 min 36 sec For Valeria Reference : Reves Magiques CD 003 Listen to MP3 extracts on BelieveDigital Order this CD to Reves Magiques (France) or Musea Records (France)

Tracklist 01. Ouverture   1:02 02. Villa Adriana   2:14 03. Aspettativa   1:06 04. Roma   0:49 05. Catacombae   1:53 06. Passeggiata   1:19 07. Fiumicino Airport   1:08 08. Castel Sant'Angelo   1:40 09. Tivoli   2:09 10. Per Valeria   3:55 11. Coda   4:40

The musics of this album are essentially instrumental variations on a theme that was initially composed in 1988 for a theatrical adaptation of the novel by Marguerite Yourcenar "Memoires d'Hadrien". Following a stay in Roma in spring 1999, the composer decided to use again this theme as main material of a new piece. The title "Villa Adriana" refers to the great house which was constructed by emperor Hadrien in Tivoli and from which we can visit today the charming remains. Christophe Lavigne

To discover this album Listen to MP3 extracts on BelieveDigital Distribution : FNAC and VIRGIN megastore

Frederic Rossille is publishing very interesting recordings of his compositions. He works with instrumental music, but constructed with electronic sounds in computer. He has a traditional harmony language, but with a special taste because his discours sounds as a new-minimalism. Jorge Antunes Parue en l'an 2000 sous le titre de "Villa Adriana", la musique instrumentale contenue sur ce mini-CD et inspiree de la nouvelle de Marguerite YOURCENAR intitulee "Memoires d'Hadrien" peut s'apparenter a un melange reussi de musique classique contemporaine, de piano solo a la SATIE, de musiques electroniques ainsi que de jazz-rock leger. Musea Records

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