André Caplet in the orchestration of "La boîte à joujoux". In 1911, Caplet prepared an orchestration of Debussy's "Children's Corner", which, along with his orchestration of "Clair de lune" from the "Suite bergamasque" is probably the most widely performed and recorded example of his work. Caplet was a composer in his own right, whose works have been overlooked for the most part in the modern repertoire. Especially interesting is his instrumental use of voices, as in his "Septuor à cordes vocales et instrumentales" from 1909 and in the oratorio-like "Le Miroir de Jésus" from 1923, which features "choeur de femmes" in an
Cendres de lune the music was produced by Laurent Boutonnat who used mostly synthesizers and acoustic keyboards and was inspired by the new wave. "Cendres de lune" was generally well received by critics. It was considered as an "excellent" album ("Gaipied"), a "success" ("Podium"), "a first album rather masterly" ("La Provence"), "in the area of the variety, one of the most beautiful things of the moment" ("Les Gran"). "Full of little marvels" ("Charente"), it contains "hits having an wholesome impertinence" ("Télé Poche") and "provides a real insight of [Farmer]'s talent"; [the singer] carries us with her crystalline voice and strange texts, out of