Jarre in China

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Jarre in China
Jarre in China cover
Live album by Jean Michel Jarre
Released June 2005
Recorded 2004 at Forbidden City and Tian-anmen Square, Beijing, China
Genre Electronic
Length 245:00
Label Warner Music Vision
Producer Jean Michel Jarre
Jean Michel Jarre chronology
AERO
(2004)		 Jarre in China
(2005)		 Live From Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni)
(2005)

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.

The concert was performed live in 5.1 Surround Sound and broadcasted 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.

[edit] Track listing (DVD)

DVD 1 – Forbidden City

  1. "Forbidden City"
  2. "Aero"
  3. "Oxygène 2"
  4. "Oxygène 4"
  5. "Geometry of Love"
  6. "Equinoxe 8 - Band in the Rain"
  7. "Equinoxe 4"
  8. "Voyage to Beijing"
  9. "Chronology 6"
  10. "Theremin Memories"
  11. "Zoolookology"
  12. "Aerozone"
  13. "Aerology"
  14. "Chronology 3"
  15. "Vivaldi - Winter"
  16. "The Concerts in China Fishing Junks at Sunset"
  17. "Rendez-vous 4"
  18. "Souvenir of China"
  19. "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"

[edit] 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. "Chronologie 6" – 5:35
  9. "Fishing Junks at Sunset" – 11:45
  10. "Souvenir of China" – 4:38
  11. "Aerology Remix" – 3:37

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