View basket “All Night Long (Mono)” 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 Milt Jackson And John Coltrane Bags And Trane (Mono) Jazz | Rhino | 180g, 1LP Released 12th June 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Milt Jackson And John Coltrane Bags And Trane (Mono) £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Rhino SKU: 0081227945237 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 12th June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Herbie Hancock My Point Of View Jazz | Blue Note | 1LP Released 24th December 2009 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Herbie Hancock My Point Of View £14.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: BLUENOTE4126 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th December 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Art Pepper/Conte Candoli Mucho Calor Jazz | Jazz Track | 180g, 1LP Released 20th September 2008 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Art Pepper/Conte Candoli Mucho Calor £15.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Jazz Track SKU: LPJT944 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 20th September 2008 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Comet Is Coming, The Channel The Spirits Jazz | Leaf | 1LP, Includes CD Released 11th June 2021 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Comet Is Coming, The Channel The Spirits £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Leaf SKU: BAY104V Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 11th June 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sons Of Kemet Your Queen Is A Reptile Jazz | Verve | 1LP Released 30th March 2018 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sons Of Kemet Your Queen Is A Reptile £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 6736432 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th March 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hank Mobley No Room for Squares (Classic Vinyl) Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 20th October 2023 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hank Mobley No Room for Squares (Classic Vinyl) £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note SKU: 5524252 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 20th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Coltrane A Love Supreme (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Impulse | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 13th October 2020 £49.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Coltrane A Love Supreme (Acoustic Sounds Series) £49.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Impulse SKU: 888928 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 13th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nina Simone Broadways, Blues, Ballads Jazz | Back To Black | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 11th July 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nina Simone Broadways, Blues, Ballads £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Back To Black SKU: 5360569 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 11th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Miles Davis Miles in The Sky Jazz | Mobile Fidelity | SACD Released 27th September 2016 £45.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Miles in The Sky £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Mobile Fidelity SKU: UDSACD2147 Formats: SACD Released Date: 27th September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Coleman Hawkins And His Confreres Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 2nd November 2006 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Coleman Hawkins And His Confreres £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: MGVS6110 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 2nd November 2006 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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