Les Métanuits Emile Parisien & Roberto Negro SKU: ACTLP9964-1 Barcode: 0614427996411 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT Released Date: 30th June 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info 2023 marks the centenary of the birth of composer György Ligeti. French soprano saxophonist supreme, Emile Parisien, and Italian pianist, Roberto Negro – widely considered to be one of the most exciting pianists in Europe, on account of his own projects and his collaboration with the Ceccaldi brothers – choose to focus on Ligeti in their duo album, ‘Les Métanuits’. Parisien and Negro found that one thing they were in agreement about was their favourite piece by Ligeti: the String Quartet No. 1 ‘Métamorphoses nocturnes’, and this was to lead to repeated encounters with the piece for them. Whereas Ligeti valued improvisation in jazz, he didn’t make use of it in his compositions. Parisien and Negro proceed with seemly respect: “The original motifs, moods and colours shine forth again and again. Harmonically, we expanded them with our ideas,” explains Negro. “The original string quartet is only about 22 minutes long. In our album version it has become 45 minutes. When we play it live, it becomes even longer. So, to make up for this, we shortened the title and turned ‘Métamorphoses nocturnes’ into ‘Métanuits’,” he adds, with a knowing smile. ‘Métanuits’ is a fascinating endeavour: a wonderful piece of craftsmanship in which everything seems to interlock. There is high- wire virtuosic playing, exploration of all the tonal possibilities of the instruments by both players. Tempi tend to be on the fast side: (with the indications on the sections ‘allegro’, ‘presto’ or ‘prestissimo’ setting the pace), but with a ‘largo’ to catch breath at the end. There is also a surprising lyrical warmth, as the pair follow each other through constantly changing reframings of the theme, which takes on an irresistible expressiveness. “The overlaps between classical music and jazz are particularly close to my heart. The boundaries between these genres no longer have to exist,” is Roberto Negro’s view. And this is something he and Emile Parisien prove, through the natural flow and the surprising approachability of ‘Les Métanuits’. In their homage to Ligeti, they don’t even bother with the historicising conventions and barriers of an old, abstract or arcane avant-garde. Instead, they let this beguilingly contemporary music resound – and reveal its astonishing communicative strengths. Artist Emile Parisien & Roberto Negro Genre Jazz Label ACT Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Al legro graz ioso Vivace, capriccioso Adagio m esto Presto Prestissimo Andante tranqui l lo Tempo di Valse Subi to prestissimo Meccanico Al la m arcia, pesante Largo Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View Freddie Hubbard & Stanley Turrentine In Concert Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 2LP Released 25th May 2018 £59.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Freddie Hubbard & Stanley Turrentine In Concert £59.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: CTI60449 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 25th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ornette Coleman Free Jazz Jazz | ORG | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 21st January 2013 £54.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Ornette Coleman Free Jazz £54.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ORG SKU: ORGM108345 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 21st January 2013 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Art Tatum/Ben Webster The Tatum Group Masterpieces (Analogue Productions/Pablo) Jazz | Analogue Productions/Pablo | 180g, 1LP Released 27th September 2024 £47.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Art Tatum/Ben Webster The Tatum Group Masterpieces (Analogue Productions/Pablo) £47.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions/Pablo SKU: AAPJ 164 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 27th September 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Verve | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 13th May 2022 £43.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Acoustic Sounds Series) £43.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 3807595 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 13th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charles Mingus East Coasting (2014 – Remaster) Jazz | BMG USA - Bethlehem Records | 180g, 1LP Released 13th January 2023 £22.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Charles Mingus East Coasting (2014 – Remaster) £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: BMG USA - Bethlehem Records SKU: 4050538816150 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th January 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Donald Byrd Free Form Jazz | Doxy | 180g, 1LP Released 10th September 2013 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Donald Byrd Free Form £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Doxy SKU: DOX896LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th September 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Arild Andersen Group Affirmation Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 17th November 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Arild Andersen Group Affirmation £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 5511565 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Joe Harriott Quintet BBC Jazz For Moderns Jazz | Gearbox | 180g, 1LP Released 10th June 2014 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joe Harriott Quintet BBC Jazz For Moderns £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox SKU: GB1503 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th June 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Al Jarreau Breakin Away Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released 23rd March 2015 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Al Jarreau Breakin Away £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1351 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released Date: 23rd March 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ella Fitzgerald Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Verve | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 22nd October 2021 £36.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ella Fitzgerald Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas (Acoustic Sounds Series) £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 3597184 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 22nd October 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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