Needless to say that the name of the group, Julverne, refers to the writer. Since the very beginning (1975, les Coulonneux !) Julverne has been practising a kind of past time‚ science fiction music, which draws for its inspiration on folk music, classical music or rock music. Semitone humour, half-hidden, they're all there, in compositions that inevitably have a classical sound, considering the instrumentation.
Human passions are the leitmotiv of a series of ambitious compositions by Jeannot Gillis, the promoter of this cd. The musical direction of the recording was in the hands of Stéphane Collin, composer and arranger. Julverne performs two creations of Jan Kuijken, composer and cellist, "Sombre"and "Hit", adapted for the ensemble. Pierre Coulon, the flute player of the group, proposes a bucolic piece"Ode primitive"."Puccini's Tosca"and "Wien, Wien" both serve as a pretext for style drifts that make up the colour and the originality of the ensemble.
Tracks
- Hit
- 6min 33s Ersatz, goût bulgare
- 4min 7s L'ongle cassé contre un nounours
- 7min 6s La fascination de l'ordre
- 6min 9s Sombre
- 5min 28s Tosca
- 7min 11s La séduction de la facilité
- 6min 1s Ode primitive
- 1min 45s Le rose aux joues
- 2min 50s Chant piètre
- 6min 40s La soif du pouvoir
- 3min 40s Wien,wien nur du allein