• Pauline Oliveros, “Horse Sings From Cloud” (1975) performed by ensemble 0 (19:12)
• György Ligeti, “Musica Ricercata* (1951-53) performed by ensemble 0 (27:45)

The Ensemble 0 (pronounced zero) is a collective created in 2004 whose full-time members are Stéphane Garin, Joël Merah and Sylvain Chauveau. They are based in Bayonne (France), Barcelona (Spain) and Brussels (Belgium). The ensemble performs mainly pieces by living composers, as well as compositions by its members.
From the works of Oliveros, they chose a deeply meditative piece for accordion and voice, giving it a new life in the form of vaporous, cloud-riding chamber music.
With Ligeti, the piano radicalism of the Musica Ricercata miniatures crops up again in a new and as yet unreleased orchestration.

Recorded at La Soufflerie, Rezé, France, released in 2022.

Line-up for “Horse Sings From Cloud”

Flute in C: Júlia Gállego Ronda
Violin: Tomoko Katsura
Viola: Natasha Tchitch
Cello: Céline Flamen
Marimba: Aurélien Hadyniak
Vibraphone: Stéphane Garin
Piano: Melaine Dalibert
Clarinet: Julien Pontvianne
Recording, mixing: Lucas Pizzini

Line-up for “Musica Ricercata”

Flute in C: Juliá Gállego Ronda
Violin: Tomoko Katsura
Viola: Natasha Tchitch
Cello: Céline Flamen
Percussion 1 (vibraphone, glockenspiel, piccolo snare drum, small triangle, gong): Aurélien Hadyniak
Percussion 2 (marimba, xylophone, tubular bells, tam-tam): Stéphane Garin
Piano: Melaine Dalibert
Recording, mixing: Lucas Pizzini