View basket “Sinatra And Strings” 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 Gerry Mulligan Night Lights Jazz | New Land | 180g, 1LP Released 3rd December 2021 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gerry Mulligan Night Lights £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: New Land SKU: NEWLAND001 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 3rd December 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Avishai Cohen Quartet Cross My Palm With Silver Jazz | ECM | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 5th May 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Avishai Cohen Quartet Cross My Palm With Silver £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 5739780 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 5th May 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Duke Ellington & His Orchestra feat. 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