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Tracks (previews)
Saint-Exupéry : de cœur, de sable et d’étoiles
orchestra
- Vol de vie
- Les adieux au Petit Prince
- La marche des Hommes
Vol de vie
Les adieux au Petit Prince
La marche des Hommes
Couleurs
string orchestra
Couleurs
La Suite du promeneur
string orchestra
- Le curieux
- L’extase
- La tentation
- Aux portes de l’enfer
- La morale de cette…
Le curieux
L’extase
La tentation
Aux portes de l’enfer
La morale de cette…
Three works. Three visions. One composer.
Life’s heartbeat is everywhere throughout this album. The symphonic poem Saint-Exupéry: de coeur, de sable et d’étoiles is a homage to the creator of Le Petit Prince. Couleurs depicts the longing of adolescence. La Suite du promeneur, shares a philosophic vision of mankind’s passage here on earth …Louis Babin spins out a multi-layered musical Ariadne’s Thread for you to follow – or to lose
yourself within…
Technical Informations
Composer: Louis Babin
Orchestra: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Petr Vronský
Lenght of the CD: 33 minutes
Number of Tracks: 9
Packaging: Cardboard and plastic
Digital Booklet: PDF (online)
Product Number: ODL-LB-002
Recording: tracks 1 to 3, Reduta Hall in Olomouc, Czech Republic on January 7th 2015
Producer: Bob Lord
Engineer: Ales Dvorak
Recording: tracks 4 to 9, Reduta Hall in Olomouc, Czech Republic on July 9th and December 17th 2011
Producer: Richard Mlynar
Engineer: Zdenek Slavotinek
Editing: Shaun Michaud
Album Mixing: Sylvain Lefebvre, Studio Lamajeure, Montreal
Mixing Assistant: Maxime Vermette, Studio Lamajeure, Montreal
Cover Photos: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,
Argentine, 1930 – Courtesy of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Estate. Louis Babin : Monique Dykstra
Traduction : John Brooke
Executive Producer: Louis Babin
Producer: Bob Lord (Parma Recordings)
The Parma Recordings Team
Audio Director: Jeff LeRoy
Mastering: Shaun Michaud
Art & Production Director: Brett Picknell
Graphic Designer: Ryan Harrison
A&R: Matt Konrad
Marketing Manager: Ethan Fortin
Donation to the FASEJ
By purchasing this album, you are supporting the initiatives of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Foundation in favour of the education of disadvantaged youth.
Acknowledgments
I am grateful to all those who supported the production of this album.
Sylvie Castonguay, François d’Agay, nephew and godchild of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and President of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Foundation, Claude Révolte, Delphis A. Babin, Francine Ladouceur, Fanny Castonguay-Babin, Maude d’Ambroise-Courcelles, Jonathan Ortega, Sylvie Bélanger, Roger Guérin, Johanne Mercier, Frédéric Metthé, François Forget, Bill Nerenberg, Normand Doucet, Louise Greffard, Ron Vaillancourt, Michel Dupire and my friend and mentor Michel Longtin.
More pages to consult
Reviews
Supplement Informations and Keys of the Work (in French)
Downloadble Documents
Présentation and motives : Saint-Exupéry (in French)
( PDF 900kB)
Album’s Digital Booklet ( PDF 678kB )