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Le Phare [Import]

Yann Tiersen Audio CD
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Guillaume Yann Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French musician and composer. His music is recognized by its use of a large variety of instruments in relatively minimalist compositions, often with a touch of either European classical music or French folk music, using primarily the piano, accordion or violin together with instruments like the melodica, xylophone, toy piano, ondes martenot,… Read more in Amazon's Yann Tiersen Store

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  • Audio CD (17 Jan 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: EMI/Virgin France
  • ASIN: B00004USJE
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 121,338 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Format:Audio CD
The Golden Rule : 'Always beware of the sleeve-note hype'. The notes on Le Phare proclaim it to be Tiersen's 'most challenging work to date', blah blah. Well - it really is. And also clearly his best individual piece of work ( a qualification which excepts, of course, the Amelie soundtrack, which could have been titled 'Yann Tiersen - Greatest Hits' ), surpassing the excellent Rue des Cascades by some distance.

A truly great work. Utterly charming. Multi-layered. Hummable. Singable. Whistleable. Appears to be trapped in the CD played forever. How this man had not really generated any public awareness prior to Amelie is beyond me. How his style will be able to produce something to surpass Le Phare in future is a further mystery. But I really wouldn't be all that surprised if he manages to pull it off.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Essential Tiersen 12 Aug 2005
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
While 'Le Phare' is a thrill from start to finish, 'Homme aux Bras Ballants' is definitely my favourite track: you begin by sympathising with this apparently unfortunate character, but as the song progresses a faster tempo develops to evoke mounting anticipation and eventually - as the orchestra reaches a climatic ending - his triumph. It is utterly astounding (and better still live). Other tracks such as 'La Noyee', 'Jours Heureux', and 'La Chute' are equally evocative. Along with 'C'etait Ici' and 'Rue des Cascades', this CD is a must; I urge you to buy it!
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Great Record 27 Mar 2011
Format:Audio CD
great record, another great work of Yann Tiersen, French composer and multi-instrumentalist living. piano keys whites and blacks, accordions, violins and chimes mingle and intertwine and create sounds wonderful, sweet and melancholy melodies. good company and consolation in a world of bitter, sometimes tender.
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