Exposition, Eaux-Fortes et Méandres is the 8th album released by the French

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band Collection d'Arnell Andréa. The concept for the album is based on pianist Modest Mussorgsky's 1874 ''

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'' piano suite, which in Mussorgsky created 10 different piano songs based on Russian artist Viktor Hartmann. The majority of the tracks on ''Exposition, Eaux-Fortes et Méandres'' are based on 19th-century paintings. These paintings had darker themes and included works from

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's '' Isle of the Dead'',

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, and John Everett Millais's '' Ophelia''. The album cover art and title track, ''Les Méandres'', are based on Richard Boutin's 1999 painting ''Crepuscule sur la Loire''. Boutin also photographed the band for the album's liner notes.

Style

The songs feature vocals, guitar, keyboards, cello, and viola, but also

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s and electronic beats. The style has been compared to the

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and Dark Sanctuary.

Track listing

#"Les Sombres Plis de l'âme" – 4:40 #"The Monk on the Shore" – 6:18 #"Les Herbes mortes" – 6:16 #"Les Méandres" – 6:09 #"The Long Shadow" – 4:53 #"I Can't See Your Face" – 6:07 #"Les Catacombes" – 4:00 #"Into Flowers" – 5:33 #"Crowns of Golden Corn" – 4:03 #"L'Eau des mauves" – 5:14 #"The Island of the Dead" – 5:07

Credits

Musicians

*Chloé St Liphard :

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*Carine Grieg :

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*Thibault d'Aboville : Viola, Voices *Jean-Chrisophe d'Arnell : Keyboards,

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, Voices *Xavier Gaschignard : Cello *Vincent Magnien : Guitars *Franz Torres-Quevedo : Bass guitar, Voices

Graphic artists

*Christophe Poly : liner notes *Vincent Lacape : liner notes, band photo *Richard Boutin : cover art, band photo

Production

*Pierre-Emmanuel Meriaud (Studio Nyima) : engineering, mixing and programming *Terence (Studio Nyima) : mastering

References

External links

Album description on CDAA website
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