Michel Godard: Monteverdi - A trace of grace

Freak Jazz/Beyond Jazz
premiera polska: 2015-08-26
kontynent: Europa
kraj: Francja
opakowanie: digipackowe etui
opis:
multikulti.com:
Spotkanie muzyki Claudia Monteverdiego i jazzu nie odbywa się po raz pierwszy, wystarczy wspomnieć płytę "'ROUND M. Monteverdi meets jazz" zespołu La Venexiana. Francuski tubista Michel Godard, grający także na trąbicie zwanej serpent to muzyk, często operujący na pograniczu gatunków, jego wspaniała "Trio Rouge" nagrany wraz z gwiazdą zespołu L'Arpeggiaty, Lucillą Galeazzi i Vincentem ourtois na wiolonczeli czy też "Archangelica" z zespołem L'atelier Des Musiciens Du Louvre z Grenoble pokazały, że na tym nowym jeszcze terytorium czuje się najlepiej.
Najnowszy album nagrany w podwójnym trio, tym jazzowym w składzie Michel Godard, Steve Swallow, Gavino Murgia i tym barokowym z Guillemette Laurens, Fanny Paccoud i Bruno Helstroffer to kolejny śmiały krok Godarda tym razem w czasy głębokiego baroku, w którym muzycy nie zapomnieli jeszcze o spontanicznej improwizacji, będącej tutaj jednym z podstawowaych walorów projektu.
Na płycie zwraca uwagę wyszukana harmonika i kolorystyka, a zespolenie trąbity, saksofonu i głosu Guillemette Laurens wydaje się bardzo naturalne, jest to zdecydowanie godne najwyższych ocen.

Editor's info:
In the tradition of „Le Concert des Parfums“ (Carpe Diem CD-16277), “Monteverdi - a trace of grace“, a brainchild of Michel Godard and Steve Swallow, was also recorded in the magical abbey of Noirlac, France, during enchanted Summer nights.

Jazz Trio (Michel Godard, Steve Swallow, Gavino Murgia) meets Early Baroque Trio (Guillemette Laurens, Fanny Paccoud, Bruno Helstroffer) and lets two musical dimensions grow, enlaced together in labyrinthine arabesques, playing songs of Claudio Monteverdi, Michel Godard and Steve Swallow in a natural implicitness and lightheartedness.

allmusic.com:
If you get to thinking there's nothing new under the sun, try this release by French serpent player Michel Godard. (And if the serpent is new to you, visit www.serpentwebsite.com.) Recordings featuring the serpent are rare enough anyhow, and this one inhabits a whole new universe. The large-print Monteverdi in the graphics does not give the buyer an accurate representation of the contents; Claudio Monteverdi is the inspiration for the whole project, but only five of the tracks are performances of Monteverdi madrigals, and even those are for the most part heavily modified in very unexpected ways. Basically this is an album that combines early Baroque music and jazz in an experimental manner. Godard adds serpent lines to the Monteverdi pieces and to the other works on the album, all instrumental, which derive from Monteverdi in not very obvious ways: perhaps from a harmonic progression or motif, perhaps only in mood. The musicians have not tried to present a finished, coherent product but instead to force distinct traditions together and see where they begin to mix; in Godard's words, "the project was to try to make every musician understand the language of the other and to respect this language sufficiently so that together we can try to find a common language." The other improvising musicians are saxophonist Gavino Murgia (who in addition to his usual way of playing the horn channels vocalizations through it) and bassist Steve Swallow, best known for his collaborations with jazz pianist Carla Bley. Their Baroque counterparts are singer Guillemette Laurens, who plays it straight and sounds fine in the Monteverdi, violinist Fanny Paccoud, and theorbo player Bruno Helstroffer. If you're having trouble imagining what this is like, that's not surprising; the only recourse is to give this brilliantly original music a try.
by James Manheim

muzycy:
Jazz Trio:
Michel Godard: serpent, bass
Steve Swallow: bass
Gavino Murgia: saxophone, voice

Early Baroque Trio:
Guillemette Laurens: voice
Fanny Paccoud: violin
Bruno Helstroffer: theorbo

utwory:
1. Pur ti miro 4:43
2. L'Abbesse 2:09
3. Soyeusement 8:03
4. A trace of grace 5:36
5. Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti, SV 251 6:14
6. Prelude in F major 3:10
7. Roma 7:28
8. Les effets de manches 2:53
9. Pianto della Madona, SV 288 8:45
10. Doppo il lamento 4:45
11. Si dolce e'l tormento, SV 332 3:30
12. Doppo il tormento 4:20
13. L'incoronazione di Poppea, Act II: Oblivion soave 3:26

total time - 01:05:01
wydano: 2015
nagrano: Recorded June 1-4, 2011 at Abbaye de Noirlac, Bruere Allichamps, France

more info: www.carpediem-records.com