LPH 245 - Pierre Charial - Orgue de Barbarie (1983-2004)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2019; #245]


A musical portrait of French barrel organ player Pierre Charial.


tracklist:

(1983) Voyage vers l'harmonie - part 4 (Luc Marianni) - solo
(1984) Swing Valse (Gus Viseur) - solo
(1984) Bluesette (Toots Thielemans) - solo
(1987) Moulins à prière (Marius Constant) - solo
(1987) Oops (Mike Mainieri) - solo
(1992) Le Carnaval de Venise (Jean-Baptiste Arban; arr. Charial) - with Michel Godard
(1993) La Rage (Riessler) - with Michael Riessler Quintet + Ensemble 13
(1994) La Planète Sarajevo (text: Abdulah Sidran; music: Pierre Charial) - with André Dussolier
(1995) Capriccio No. 2 - allegro robusto (György Ligeti) - solo
(1996) Tabular (Pierre Charial) - with Sylvie Courvoisier / Ocre
(1999) Itinéraires / Verticalement (Michael Riessler) - with Michel Riessler, Elise Caron, Jean-Louis Matinier
(1999) La Bigoudine (Tomás Gubitsch + Hughes de Courson) - with Plovdiv's Children's Choir
(1999) Machines-à-sons (Pierre Charial) - with Sylvie Courvoisier / Ocre
(2002) Barbarian Pride (Serge Adam) - with Collectif Polysons
(2004) Mots croisés (Michael Riessler) - with Michael Riessler + Trio di Clarone
(2004) The Typewriter (Leroy Anderson) - solo

total time: 71'56


Punched by Lucky.
Cover photo from Pierre Charial's homepage.
Dedicated to Karl Lippegaus.