Anouar Brahem - Souvenance (2014) [2CDs] {ECM 2423-24}

Posted By: tiburon
Date: Feb. 10, 2020

Anouar Brahem - Souvenance (2014) [2CDs] {ECM 2423-24}
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 366MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 203MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Ethnic Fusion

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 profoundly influenced by them.” New directions for the music find Francois 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.
Track List

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

musicians
Anouar Brahem - oud
Francois Couturier - piano
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
Bjorn Meyer - bass
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Pietro Mianiti - conductor

Produced by Manfred Eicher


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