Laurent Colson

When Johann Hermann Schein became Kantor at the church of Saint Thomas in Leipzig in 1616, he had, on the one hand, to satisfy the liturgical demands of his Lutheran parish and, on the other, compose music that was truly contemporary, sensible to the new style coming out of Italy. Schein exploited the new possibilities brought by the basso continuo, demonstrated his mastery of musical rhetoric and wrote extremely ambitious music of great expressive force.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard has for decades acted as the foremost contemporary exponent of modern piano music, building a reputation for profound musicality across the works of widely varied composers and even further-ranging techniques. In an immensely satisfying traversal of the genre, this 6 disc set of Debussy, Ravel, Boulez, Berg, Ives, Messiaen, Ligeti, and Carter works is a snapshot of Aimard doing some of the best work of his storied career.

Laurent Cugny - La Tectonique des Nuages (2011) {2CD Set, Signature–Harmonia Mundi SIG 11180/81}
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© 2011 Signature / Harmonia Mundi | SIG 11180/81
Jazz / Jazz-Opera / Modern Big Band / Contemporary Jazz

To a backdrop of the apocalypse, torrential flooding and the threat of earthquake, a simple man embraces a curious nymph-like créature, pregnant and désirable, who stops clocks and awakens long-forgotten languages. Adapted from the work of José Rivera, "Cloud Tectonics" represents a singular approach to jazz-opera, masterfully written and performed by Laurent Cugny.

Everything is always a question of cycle with Laurent Dehors, where the importance is to remain constant. Consistency is the fabulous entropy machine that gets started in "Les Oiseaux", with its hoarse and catchy sound that opposes the chirping of the reeds. We are in a known universe, which we would have changed the interior … After spending a moment with the pianist Matthew Bourne, here the Norman musician privileges another section of his orchestra for a meeting in small committee. The proponents of rock, to hear the direction taken by the young guitarist Gabriel Gosse on the generous "Too Fast", where the drummer Franck Vaillant makes speak his inventiveness voluble. Laurent Dehors has never been afraid to go on this ground, and it is not Sheep who will contradict him.

La musique de Gil Evans traverse le temps avec une grande fluidité, restant un solide fil d’Ariane pour de nombreux jazzmen, jeunes ou moins. Son principal disciple européen, Laurent Cugny, n’a jamais cessé de transmettre l’héritage du maitre disparu en 1988 mais surtout de faire vivre sa musique. Cet album, le premier du Gil Evans Paris Workshop (GEPW), orchestre en forme de all-stars du jeune jazz français, est la nouvelle preuve de sa mission à laquelle il ne faillit jamais. Reprenant une instrumentation proche de celles qu'affectionnait Gil Evans, avec cor, tuba, guitare et flûte, le GEPW redonne vie aux classiques de l'arrangeur tout en permettant aux musiciens de la nouvelle génération du jazz français qui le constituent de s'approprier et d'interpréter ce répertoire historique sans le figer.