{"id":1233,"date":"2014-12-11T18:16:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T17:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/couleursjazz.fr\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2014-12-11T18:16:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T17:16:17","slug":"dans-les-bacs-critique-moderato-cantabile-lechner-couturier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/couleursjazz.fr\/fr\/dans-les-bacs-critique-moderato-cantabile-lechner-couturier\/","title":{"rendered":"In record stores \/ Dans les bacs: Critique Moderato Cantabile, Lechner &amp; Couturier (EN\/FR)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>She plays classical cello, he\u2019s a jazz musician. But improvisation is familiar territory to cellist Anja Lechner, who for the last several years has been exploring music from the oral tradition. As for pianist Fran\u00e7ois Couturier, he knows his way around the \u201cGreat Repertoire.\u201d Their album\u00a0Moderato Cantabile\u00a0\u2013 a musical direction meaning at moderate tempo and melodiously \u2013 is neither jazz nor classical music. Particularly when you listen to Couturier\u2019s supremely cinematographic compositions. The album pays tribute to three 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century personalities, the Catalan Federico Mompou, the Armenian Komitas, and the mysterious G.I. Gurdjieff. Mompou\u2019s meditative music is beautifully rearranged, in a minimalist way that is typical of the ECM label\u2019s approach. Tension is high on a few rare tracks, but otherwise the duo\u2019s playing throughout is melancholy and peaceful. A recording that merits total, and preferably nocturnal, listening concentration.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Elle est concertiste, lui est un jazzman. Mais l\u2019improvisation n\u2019est pas une chose obscure pour\u00a0la violoncelliste Anja Lechner qui arpente depuis quelques ann\u00e9es les musiques de tradition\u00a0orale. De son c\u00f4t\u00e9, le pianiste Fran\u00e7ois Couturier conna\u00eet bien le \u00ab\u00a0grand r\u00e9pertoire\u00a0\u00bb. Leur\u00a0album Moderato Cantabile \u2014 une indication de nuance signifiant \u00ab\u00a0jouer mod\u00e9r\u00e9ment et de\u00a0fa\u00e7on m\u00e9lodieuse\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 n\u2019est ni du jazz, ni de la musique classique. Surtout lorsqu\u2019on \u00e9coute\u00a0les compositions \u00e9minemment cin\u00e9matographiques de Couturier. Autour du pianiste, trois\u00a0figures du XXe si\u00e8cle sont \u00e0 l\u2019honneur\u00a0: le catalan Federico Mompou, l\u2019arm\u00e9nien Komitas, et\u00a0le myst\u00e9rieux Georges Gurdjieff. M\u00e9ditative, la musique de Mompou est joliment r\u00e9arrang\u00e9e,\u00a0dans une d\u00e9marche minimaliste inh\u00e9rente \u00e0 l\u2019esth\u00e9tique du label ECM. Tendu sur quelques\u00a0rares titres, le jeu du duo reste tout au long de l\u2019enregistrement m\u00e9lancolique et apais\u00e9. Un\u00a0disque m\u00e9ritant une \u00e9coute totale et nocturne, de pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DIuT_NCeCtw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/lu\/album\/moderato-cantabile\/id908637277?l=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-744\" alt=\"Download_on_the_App_Store_Badge_US-UK_135x40\" src=\"http:\/\/couleursjazz.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Download_on_the_App_Store_Badge_US-UK_135x40.png\" width=\"135\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She plays classical cello, he\u2019s a jazz musician. 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