Concerts in China 1 [Original recording reissued, Live]

Jean Michel Jarre | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 5, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Live
• Label: Dreyfus
• ASIN: B000001ZS6
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #495,402 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ouverture

2. Arpegiateur

3. Equinoxe IV

4. Jonques de Pecheurs au Crepuscule

5. L' Orchestre Sous la Pluie (Band in the Rain)

6. Equinoxe VII

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential, August 11, 2001

By 

Mark Goldsworthy "markyg" (Austin, tx USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Concerts in China 1 (Audio CD)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ahhh... the energy!, September 24, 2000

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"dna-groove" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Concerts in China 1 (Audio CD)

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...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid, but listen to the disc 2 as well, June 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Concerts in China 1 (Audio CD)

Nicely summarizes Jarre's earlier works, as well as giving us some original tracks as well. It's a pity, though, that they didn't make this and Disc 2 into a single double-CD set. I also like nice little touches such as clips from the publie Chinese radio broadcast on Jarre's show. I would love to own a video of this historic event in pre-capitalist China.