impressions of the dark night. The translation of Les couleurs de la Nuit is "The Colors of the Night." French composer François Bayle puts the mood and the visual of the nighttime in his composition. Sometimes intense, with touches of tenderness. The music here is machine like with the string section (at least I think there are real strings on this piece) holding one note or two to add a sense of menace. Composed in 1982, and commissioned by the great INA-GRM, this is a work that is bold, forceful, and impressionistic with its subject matter of what the night brings. A great vinyl to play very loud.
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