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The composer, philosopher, and painter Georges Migot (1891-1976) was, according to a contemporary musicologist, “the only true original to see the light of day since the death of Debussy.” Since then, Migot and his works have mostly been forgotten …

Written in an extremely personal musical language combining medieval polyphony with Debussy’s tone colors, Migot’s œuvre is an expression of rigorous, humane, and profound thought. In Le zodiaque, one of the great works for piano of the 20th century, this consummately French composer searches to express the spiritual rather than the merely esoteric