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Pierre Henry Polyphonies
2017 12x CD, Box Set
Musique Concrète
Contemporary

Main image
Decca, Radio France
artwork Barilla.design
composed by Pierre Henry
liner notes Pierre Henry
liner notes Renaud Machart
liner notes [text] Anne Rey
liner notes [text] Antonin Artaud
liner notes [text] Jacques Lonchampt
liner notes [text] Michel Chion
liner notes [text] Michel Perez
liner notes [text] Pierre Henry
liner notes [translation, journal de mes sons] John Tyler Tuttle
photography by [photos, couvertures coffret et livret] Agence Rue Des Archives
photography by [photos, couvertures coffret et livret] Lebrecht Music & Arts
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Anne Selders
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Bernadette Mangin
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Bernard Lipnitzki
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Françoise Duc Pagès
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Geir Egil Bergjord
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Guy Vivien
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Hakim Douliba
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Jean-Luc Barilla
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Jean-Régis Roustan
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Marion Kalter
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Orélie Grimaldi
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Paris-Match
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Roger-Viollet
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Scoop
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Serge Lido
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Sipa Press
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] Ulf Andersen
photography by [photos, intérieur livret] akg-images
photography by [photos, pochettes cd] Jean-Luc Barilla
remastered by Pierre Henry
remastered by [remastering assisted by] Bernadette Mangin
Record Company Universal Music France
Phonographic Copyright (p) Pierre Henry
Phonographic Copyright (p) Son/Ré
Copyright (c) Decca Records France
Copyright (c) Lebrecht Music & Arts
Copyright (c) Rue Des Archives
Made By MPO
Remastered At Studio Son/Ré
Pierre Henry
1927 - 2017

Chroniques terriennes 2016 *
Études transcendantes pour un piano imaginaire 2015 *
Grande toccata 2006
Gymkhana 1970
Pleins jeux 2008 *
Kyldex 1973 *
Une tour de Babel 1998
La Reine verte 1963
Rock électronique (La Reine verte) 1963
Histoire naturelle 1997
Faciès 1960 *
Le Livre des morts égyptien 1988
Fragments pour Artaud 1970
Variations pour les cordes du piano 1953/1988 *
Ceremony 1969
La noire à soixante 1961
Lévitation (Corticalart I 1971) 2013
Corticalart III 1973
Investigations 1959/2008
Voile d'Orphée 1953 *
Deuxième symphonie 1972 *
Astrologie 1953 *
Spirale 1955
Microphone bien tempéré 1950/1952
Antophonie 1951
Vocalises 1952
Spatiodynamisme 1953
Haut-Voltage 1956
Symphonie pour un homme seul 1950
Musique sans titre 1950
Concerto des ambiguïtés 1950

* Inédit / First release

Liner notes:
Portrait-Souvenir / Souvenir Portrait
Par Renaud Machart / By Renaud Machart
Paris, le 22 août 2017 / Paris, 22 August 2017
Penser À Une Nouvelle Musique / For Thinking About New Music
Par Pierre Henry / By Pierre Henry
Pierre Henry, 1947

Repertoire notes:
Pierre Henry; Pierre Henry 1950; Pierre Henry, Journal de mes sons
Jacques Lonchampt; Jaques Lonchampt, Le Monde 1970; 1973
Anne Rey
Antonin Artaud, 1926; 1932
Michel Perez, Combat
Michel Chion

Crédit Photos
Couvertures coffret et livret :
Lebrecht / Rue des Archives
Pochettes CD :
JL Barilla (détails de Peintures concrètes de Pierre Henry)
Intérieur livret :
Selders / Sipa (page 1), JL Barilla (intérieur couverture livret, pages 4, 5, 50-51, 62, 72, 106 & 108-109),
Serge Lido / Collection privée (page 6), akg_images / Marion Kalter (pages 7 & 9),
Bernard Lipnitzki / Roger Viollet (page 12), Andersen ULF / SIPA (page 15), Orélie Grimaldi (page 17),
Bernadette Mangin / Collection privée (pages 19, 31, 43 & 61), Geir Egil Bergjord / Adagp, Paris 2017 (page 25),
F. Pagès / Paris Match / Scoop (page 39), Guy Vivien (page 47), Hakim Douliba (page 63),
Jean Régis Roustan / Roger Viollet (pages 68-69)

Durée totale
CD01 (61:21)
CD02 (73:54)
CD03 (73:20)
CD04 (71:48)
CD05 (64:32)
CD06 (66:50)
CD07 (65:43)
CD08 (70:38)
CD09 (69:29)
CD10 (71:52)
CD11 (67:34)
CD12 (70:21)

On disc labels:
℗ 2017 Pierre Henry / Son Ré.
[Decca Records logo] [Universal Music France logo]

On CD sleeves, back:
℗ 2017 Pierre Henry / Son Ré
© 2017 Decca Records France, un label Universal Music France.
Made in the E.U.

On box, back:
[Radio France logo]
Toutes les œuvres ont été remasterisées au Studio Son Ré par Pierre Henry en 2016.
All the works were remastered at the Studio Son Ré by Pierre Henry in 2016.
[Decca Records logo] [Universal Music France logo]

On box, bottom:
This compilation
℗ 2017 Pierre Henry / Son Ré
© 2017 Decca Records France, un label Universal Music France.
Made in the E.U.
Photo cover © Lebrecht/Rue des Archives

From the liner notes:
All the works in this set were remastered especially for this edition at the Studio Son/Ré by Pierre Henry, assisted by Bernadette Mangin, in August 2016. The Studio Son/Ré is subsidised by the Regional Department of Cultural Affairs (DRAC) of Ile-de-France - Ministry of Culture, the City of Paris and SACEM.

CDs packaged in heavy card wallets reproducing Pierre Henry’s “concrete paintings”. Includes a 112-page booklet with the artist's biography, a list of awards and distinctions, liner notes and repertoire notes in French and English, a discography and photos. Wallets and booklet housed in a sturdy slipcase box.

From the Radio France website:
Pour marquer son 90e anniversaire du 9 décembre 2017, Pierre Henry avait élaboré une édition discographique nouvelle de 12 CD réunissant une sélection d'œuvres composées entre 1950 et 2016.
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