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Wim Mertens
Epic That Never Was
Album BE 1994 on Les Disques du Crépuscule label
Classical (Contemporary)
Digitally recorded live in Lisbon 30.10.1993, Teatro San Luiz, Portugal. Composed 1981, 1981, 1993, 1993, 1988, 1993, 1991, 1991/1993, 1987, 1982. Track 3 and 6 were composed for the silent films "The Land Beyond Sunset" (1912), directed by Harold Shaw and "La Femme De Nulle Part" (1992), directed by Louis Delluc. The Music was commissioned by the Cynémathèque Royale of Brussels and Le Giorante Del Cinema Muto, Pordenone, Italy. First performances in Pordenone, 9 October 1993 and at The Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, 23 October 1993. Track 4 was first performed in Lisbon in October 1993. The title refers to the untranslatable quote of the famous Portugese writer/poet Fernando Pessoa (1988-1935). Track 3, 4, 6 and 8 are previously unreleased compositions. The other compositions are excerpts from the albums "A Man Of No Fortune & With A Name To Come" (track 2), "After Virtue" (track 5), "Strategie De La Rupture" (track 7), "Vergessen" (track 1) and "The Belly Of An Architect" (track 9 and 10). Published by Usura ℗ & © 1994 Les Disques Du Crépuscule Made in Austria
Musicians
 | Wim Mertens p, voc, *1953 BE piano, voice, composed by, album by |
Producers
| Benoît Hennebert design |
| Stephan Kraemer engineer |
| Digipro mastered by, digital mastering |
| Johan Jacobs photography by, front cover |
| Ton Van Draenen recorded by |
Composers
| Wim Mertens |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Circular Breathing | Wim Mertens | 5:00 | |
| 2 | | Multiple 12 | Wim Mertens | 4:22 | |
| 3 | | The Land Beyond The Sunset | Wim Mertens | 10:44 | |
| 4 | | Voo Outro | Wim Mertens | 11:51 | |
| 5 | | Humility | Wim Mertens | 4:10 | |
| 6 | | La Femme De Nulle Part | Wim Mertens | 7:18 | |
| 7 | | Iris | Wim Mertens | 6:48 | |
| 8 | | Kanaries / Night Creature | Wim Mertens | 9:14 | |
| 9 | | The Belly Of An Architect | Wim Mertens | 3:00 | |
| 10 | Close Cover | Wim Mertens | 2:38 |
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