Anouar Brahem - Souvenance: Music for Oud, Quartet & String Orchestra (2014) [2CD] {ECM}
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Jazz / Contemporary Jazz / Avant-Garde Music / Middle Eastern Traditions / Oud
The music of
Souvenance, by turns graceful, hypnotic, and taut and starkly dramatic,
was recorded in 2014 – six years after oud-master Anouar Brahem’s last
ECM album, The Astounding Eyes of Rita. “It took a long time to write
this music,” he acknowledges, noting that his emotional world had been
usurped by the unfolding story of political upheaval sweeping first
through Tunisia then through the neighbouring countries. Extraordinary
waves of change, accompanied by great hopes and fears. “I don’t claim a
direct link between my compositions and the events taking place in
Tunisia,” says Anouar, “but I have been deeply affected by them.”
| New directions
for the music find Franҫois Couturier returning to the Brahem group,
frequently supported by subtle string orchestration. The strings have a
glowing transparency and fragility in these pieces, often providing
shimmering texture against which the contributions of the quartet
members – and, above all, Anouar Brahem’s unique oud-playing – stand out
in bold relief. This double album was recorded at the Lugano studio in
May 2014, and produced by Manfred Eicher. |
Personnel:
Anouar Brahem oud
François Couturier piano
Klaus Gesing bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer bass
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
Pietro Mianiti conductor
tracklist:
CD1
01. Improbable day
02. Ashen sky
03. Deliverance
04. Souvenance
05. Tunis at dawn
06. Youssef's song
CD2
01. January
02. Like a dream
03. On the road
04. Kasserine
05. Nouvelle vague
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