Les Concerts en Chine [Live]

Disc: 1

1. Overture

2. Arpegiator

3. Equinoxe, Pt. 4

4. Fishing Junks at Sunset - Jean Michel Jarre, , , Wang Zhi

5. Band in the Rain

6. Equinoxe, Pt. 7

Disc: 2

1. Orient Express

2. Chants Magnetiques I

3. Magnetic Fields III

4. Magnetic Fields IV

5. Laser Harp

6. Nuit a Shanghai

7. Last Rumba

8. Magnetic Fields II

9. Souvenir de Chine

Les Concerts en Chine,Jean-Michel Jarre,Dreyfus,Electronic

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Les Concerts en Chine
Jean Michel Jarre
Manufacturer: Dreyfus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FUF7DU
Release Date: 2006-07-25

Tracks:

Ouverture
Arpateur
uinoxe, Pt. 4
Jonques de Peurs au Crscule
' Orchestre Sous la Pluie
uinoxe, Pt. 7
Orient Express
Chants Magnques, Pt. 1
Chants Magnques, Pt. 3
Chants Magnques, Pt. 4
Harpe Laser
Nuit hangha
Derni Rumba
Chants Magnques, Pt. 2
Souvenir de Chine

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Just Listen To It........2007-02-08

Once You Listen To It, You`ll Know Why This ASrtist Is That Great. It Feels Like Beeing In China. I Like It.

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Ahhh... the energy!
Great live album from 1981 with traditional orchestra

Les Concerts en Chine, Vol. 1
Jean Michel Jarre
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ASIN: B000001ZS6
Release Date: 1994-04-05

Tracks:

L'Ouverture
Arpegiateur
Equinoxe IV
Jonques De Pecheurs Au Crepuscule
L'Orchestre Sous La Pluie
Equinoxe VIII

Customer Reviews:

Essential.......2001-08-12

The `concert' starts with The Overture which initially sounds like a slowed version of Magnetic Fields 1. This is a good thing as the track has a wonderful measured quality about it. Anyway it builds into a superb solo. Great opening.

Next comes probably one of the best tracks Jarre has ever written. It's a shame its never been heard of again as Arpegiateur is absolute classic Jarre. If you've never heard this than your certainly missing out. Although it does tend to conjure up certain imagery from Nine and a half weeks.... :P After a great rendition of Equinoxe 4 comes the wonderfully original Fishing Junks at Sunset. A grand mixture of traditional Chinese orchestra and more contemporary synth. Makes for diversity here. The whole tone of the tracks here is rather sober which while Jarre has created a lot of uplifting material the more serious stuff is what turns me on. I plead with any Jarre fan who is thinking about this purchase to buy it.

A title for your review.......2000-10-13

Previously available as a double-CD package, and now as a single CD (but not here), this two-volume set of Jean Michel Jarre's live concerts in China is interesting from a historical point of view, but musically less so. All credit to Jarre for reproducing his music live, but the end result is thinner, less lush, and, with booming 80s drums, much more dated than the albums from which the tunes originate. The handful of original tunes are effective ('Arpeggiator' is particularly good), but it's a shame that they were never released in studio form. Essentially, Jarre's decision to include a light show *and* live music was brave, but let down by contemporary technology.

CAVEAT EMPTOR.......2000-09-24

In 1997, the complete "The Concerts in China" was exquisitely remastered by Sony and released, at least in Europe, on a single disc. As far as I know, this remastering is only available in that form, and does not apply to this product (Dreyfus; ASIN: B000001ZS6). I strongly recommend seeking out the Sony remaster, because the sound quality difference is not subtle.

Ahhh... the energy!.......2000-09-24

I suppose you should expect from the first western world artist in the republic of China to perform in a way never heard before... and whoever expected this, was absolutely right! This concert was one of the most spactacular sights ever seen anywhere... I wouldn't say it shadowed the Chinese wall, but it wasn't shadowed by it either. :) The music is nothing less spactacular than the sights themselves, when I first listened to the music from the concert it nearly got me off my chair and started head-banging all over the room, especially during the peaks of Arpegiateur, which is brilliant on its own.

There are the good old classics from Magnetic fields, Equinox and Oxygen... but the new compositions he constructed especially for the occasion, quite easily, top them all...

Great live album from 1981 with traditional orchestra.......2000-06-11

This is a pretty monumental album. Jarre was the first western artist to perform in the People's Republic of China in 1981 and this album contains live performances of Equinoxe and Magnetic Fields mixed with new material.

The US release is available on 2 seperate discs whereas the european one is squeezed onto 1. The new track on this album "Arpegiator" is quite simply fabulous - a really funky track that would be out of place in the 21st century!

All the tracks have a distinctive Asian flavour and capture the spirit of the country and it's traditional music. Most notably, Jarre's "Fishing Junks at Sunset" performed with a traditional Chinese orchestra is not the sort of thing you expect to find on an electronic music album.

Tracks:

Orient Express
Les Chants Magnetiques l
Les Chants Magnetiques lll
Les Chants Magnetiques lV
Harpe Laser
Nuit A Shanghai
La Derniere Rumba
Les Chants Magnetiques ll
Sourvenir De Chine

Customer Reviews:

CAVEAT EMPTOR.......2000-09-24

In 1997, the complete "The Concerts in China" was exquisitely remastered by Sony and released, at least in Europe, on a single disc. As far as I know, this remastering is only available in that form, and does not apply to this product (Dreyfus; ASIN: B000001ZS7). I strongly recommend seeking out the Sony remaster, because the sound quality difference is not subtle.

A concert of a lifetime..........2000-09-24

While not as good as the first volume, it is still positioned among the first on my CD shelf. The remixes of the old tracks to full-blown productions with synth and live percussions, fresh new sounds and synths, wonderful real-time improvisations make this CD and concert one of the greates in the vast JMJ collection. Highly recommended, although Volume 1 is the set to start with.

Part 2 of the monumental China concerts.......2000-06-11

This is a pretty monumental album. Jarre was the first western artist to perform in China in 1981 and this album contains live performances of Equinoxe and Magnetic Fields mixed with new material.

This is the second disc (the european release has both discs squeezed onto one) and although not quite as strong as the first part contains some tracks unavailable on any studio albums: Laser Harp and Night in Shanghai. Like Arpegiator, Night in Shangai has sadly never been performed again or remixed.

The album ends with "Souvenir of China", an emotional, strings-based piece including samples from the streets of Shanghai. A beautiful way to end a live album.

Excellent.......1999-07-30

This is truly an excellent CD, JMJ at his best. It is part 2 of a two piece album. I have the two LPs album called "Souvenir of China" which consists of this CD and The Concerts in China, part I. JMJ does not perform often though most of his recent shows can be bought on CD and video. This was one of his first shows, and it must have been something special to be there!

Buy the two CDs together! And while you're at it, get his first 3 CDs as well: Oxygen, Equinox and Magnetic Fields.

Jarre's gifted with painting pictures with music........1999-06-20

Jarre is one of very few artist's who is talented in making stories and pictures with music and this album show the talent along with his ability to involve his audience like no other.

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