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Jarre in China

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Released
  
June 2005

Length
  
245:00

Release date
  
13 June 2005

Label
  
Warner Music Vision

Genre
  
Electronic

Artist
  
Jean-Michel Jarre

Producer
  
Jean-Michel Jarre


Recorded
  
2004 at Forbidden City and Tian-anmen Square, Beijing, China

Jarre in China (2005)
  
Live From Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni) (2005)

Jean-Michel Jarre albums
  
Oxygène: New Master R, The Concerts in China, Geometry of Love, AERO, Metamorphoses

Jarre in China is the first THX certified concert filmed in High Definition. The concert represents the beginning of China's "Year of France". Jean-Michel Jarre returns to China after his 1981 concerts in China, where he was the first Western musician to perform since the revolution, and his Hong Kong concert in March 1994.

Contents

The concert was performed live in 5.1 Surround Sound and broadcast live to over 1 Billion Chinese viewers. Jean Michel Jarre was accompanied by 260 musicians, including The Beijing Symphony Orchestra, The Chinese National Orchestra, The Beijing Opera Chorus, and notable Chinese rock musicians.

The DVD contains audio commentaries in French and in English by Jean Michel Jarre, 52 minute documentary Jean Michel Jarre in the Footsteps of the Last Emperor, 9 minute documentary Freedom of Speech featuring Cui Jian, photo gallery, and Jean Michel Jarre biography.

Track listing (DVD)

DVD 1 – Forbidden City

  1. "Forbidden City"
  2. "Aero"
  3. "Oxygène 2"
  4. "Oxygène 4"
  5. "Geometry of Love"
  6. "Small Band in the Rain"
  7. original title: "Equinoxe 8"
  8. "Equinoxe 4"
  9. "Voyage to Beijing"
  10. original title: "Acropolis"
  11. "Chronologie 6"
  12. "Theremin Memories"
  13. "Zoolookologie"
  14. "Aerozone"
  15. "Aerology"
  16. "Chronologie 3"
  17. "Vivaldi: Summer - Presto"
  18. "Fishing Junks at Sunset"
  19. "Rendez-Vous 4"
  20. "Souvenir of China"
  21. "Rendez-Vous 2"

DVD 2 – Tian’anmen Square

  1. "Arrival"
  2. "Aerology (Remix)"
  3. "La Foule (Tribute to Edith Piaf)"
  4. "Tian’anmen"
  5. "Oxygene 13"

Track listing (CD)

  1. "Aero" – 3:26
  2. "Oxygene 2" – 7:39
  3. "Oxygene 4" – 4:12
  4. "Geometry of Love" – 5:01
  5. "Equinoxe 8" – 1:05
  6. "Equinoxe 4" – 5:34
  7. "Aerozone" – 5:00
  8. "Chronology 6" – 5:35
  9. "Fishing Junks at Sunset" – 11:45
  10. "Souvenir of China" – 4:38
  11. "Aerology Remix" – 3:37

Songs

Forbidden City3:03
Aero3:27
Oxygene 27:39

References

Jarre in China Wikipedia
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