Bouchara
(1981)Claude Vivier (imaginary language)
1.1.1.1-1.0.0.0-perc:Chinese gong/Balinese gong/tam-t/BD/t.bells/superball-strings(1.1.1.1.1)-pre-recorded tape
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Boosey & Hawkes (Hendon Music)
Bouchara is meant to be a long love song…The entire text is sung in an invented language, a language of love, a story which repeats itself continually.
— Claude Vivier
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“Bouchara, an elegiac 20-minute outpouring that’s like a Liebestod from the surface of Saturn.” —New York Times
Schönberg Ensemble / ASKO Ensemble / Reinbert de Leeuw / Susan Narucki
Philips 454 231-2
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