Douze Alfonso — Claude Monet, Vol. 1 (1883–1889) (Audio CD)

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Product Details:

• Product Type: Audio CD (digipak)
• Artist: Douze Alfonso
• Title: Claude Monet, Vol. 1 (1883–1889)
• UPC: 3426300043979
• Genre: French / Instrumental concept album
• Condition: New, factory sealed

Product Features

• Format: CD
• Discs: 1
• Tracks: 15
• Total time: 64:23
• Packaging: digipak
• Booklet: 52 pages (editions noted in French and in English)
• Series: Volume 1 of the "Claude Monet" trilogy

Overview

This is the first installment of an ambitious concept project: a "Claude Monet" trilogy by Douze Alfonso, with this volume covering the painter's years from 1883 to 1889 — the period when Monet settled at Giverny and began the garden that would define the rest of his life and work.

The track titles read like a journey through that landscape and that mind — "Giverny," "Un jardin qui ne ressemble à rien," "Des saisons sur les toiles," "Les cathédrales immergées," "Les arcanes de l'air bleu." It's music built around a painter's world, packaged with care: a substantial 52-page booklet accompanies the disc, available in French and English editions.

The digipak presentation, the period stamp-and-postmark artwork, and the trilogy structure all signal a labour of love rather than a quick release. For listeners who enjoy literary and visual-arts concept albums, this is an intriguing object as much as a recording — just over 64 minutes across fifteen evocatively titled tracks.

Interesting Facts

• The album is built around Claude Monet's life from 1883 to 1889, the years he established his home and gardens at Giverny.
• It is the first of a planned three-volume "Claude Monet" cycle, with Volumes 2 and 3 announced on the packaging.
• The disc comes with a 52-page booklet, issued in both French and English editions.
• Track titles reference key Monet themes and locations, including Giverny, Antibes, and his series paintings ("Des saisons sur les toiles," "Les cathédrales immergées").
• The digipak artwork incorporates period postal imagery — a Victorian stamp and postmarks — evoking the late nineteenth century.

Track Listing

1. Chemins dans les falaises
2. Je vous écrivais
3. Giverny
4. Un jardin qui ne ressemble à rien
5. Des saisons sur les toiles
6. L'échappée belle
7. Conflits
8. Les beaux jours de Giverny
9. La fanfare rouge
10. Le fantôme de l'île aux orties
11. Les cathédrales immergées
12. L'œil cannibale
13. Antibes
14. Les arcanes de l'air bleu
15. Errances
16. L'âme de l'hiver

(Note: the back lists these titles as the program; the printed total runtime is 64:23.)

Publishers

Issued as a digipak CD with a 52-page booklet (French and English editions). Volume 1 of the "Claude Monet" trilogy.

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