View basket “Black, Brown and Beige” has been added to your basket. 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 Count Basie & The Kansas City 3 For The Second Time (Analogue Productions/Pablo) Jazz | Analogue Productions/Pablo | 180g, 1LP Released 29th November 2024 £47.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Count Basie & The Kansas City 3 For The Second Time (Analogue Productions/Pablo) £47.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions/Pablo SKU: AAPJ 166 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 29th November 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gerry Mulligan Quartet Featuring Chet Baker Jazz | Ermitage | 180g, 1LP Released 10th March 2016 £10.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gerry Mulligan Quartet Featuring Chet Baker £10.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Ermitage SKU: VNL12230LPPMI Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th March 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gil Evans Orchestra Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 20th November 2015 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gil Evans Orchestra Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: RCACPL10667 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 20th November 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Erroll Garnor Ready Take One Jazz | Sony Music | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 21st November 2016 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Erroll Garnor Ready Take One £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Sony Music SKU: 88985363321 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 21st November 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Miles Davies You’re Under Arrest Jazz | Get On Down | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 23rd September 2022 £32.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Miles Davies You’re Under Arrest £32.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Get On Down SKU: GET51473LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 23rd September 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Hank Mobley Workout (Classic Vinyl) Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 17th May 2024 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hank Mobley Workout (Classic Vinyl) £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note SKU: 5832034 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 17th May 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nat King Cole St. Louis Blues Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Gatefold Sleeve Released 29th June 2010 £65.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nat King Cole St. Louis Blues £65.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AAPP99345 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 29th June 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Antonio Carlos Jobim Tide Jazz | Elemental | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 14th May 2021 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Antonio Carlos Jobim Tide £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Elemental SKU: 700160 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 14th May 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pat Metheny Dream Box Jazz | Modern Recordings | 2LP Released 16th June 2023 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pat Metheny Dream Box £28.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Modern Recordings SKU: 4050538891690 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 16th June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Diana Krall Quiet Nights Jazz | ORG | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 19th June 2015 £65.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Diana Krall Quiet Nights £65.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ORG SKU: AORG16045 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 19th June 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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