Lionel Andrey, Flore Merlin – Color Gradient (2023) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Lionel Andrey, Flore Merlin – Color Gradient (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:02:46 minutes | 1,80 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © 7 Mountain Records

Since our meeting during our studies at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki in 2010 and a few years of concerts and exploration, we are happy to be able to concretize a project that has been close to our hearts for a long time: the recording of our first disc. We designed the Color Gradient program together, featuring works composed between the end of the 19th century and the present day. The program is a journey from France to America and from so-called classical music to almost improvised music. Color Gradient can be seen as a tribute to the incredible stylistic and aesthetic evolutions of music during the 20th century in terms of harmony, form and melodic freedom.

Here are the composers appearing on the CD: Widor, Debussy, Poulenc, Bernstein, Schnyder, Templeton and finally the young French composer Fabien Touchard, who wrote his piece “Envol (un smile)” for us on the occasion of this recording.

Tracklist:

01. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Widor: Introduction et rondo, Op. 72 (07:45)
02. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Debussy: Première Rhapsodie (07:44)
03. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Poulenc: Sonate pour clarinette et piano, FP 184: I. Allegro tristamente (05:17)
04. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Poulenc: Sonate pour clarinette et piano, FP 184: II. Romanza (04:45)
05. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Poulenc: Sonate pour clarinette et piano, FP 184: III. Allegro con fuoco (03:22)
06. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: I. Grazioso (03:30)
07. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: II. Andantino – Vivace e leggiero (06:39)
08. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Schnyder: Sonata für Sopransaxophon und Piano: I. Quarter = 112 (03:55)
09. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Schnyder: Sonata für Sopransaxophon und Piano: II. Langsam tempo rubato (02:54)
10. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Schnyder: Sonata für Sopransaxophon und Piano: III. Schnell (01:38)
11. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Schnyder: Sonata für Sopransaxophon und Piano: IV. Sehr schnell (03:54)
12. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Templeton: Pocket Size Sonata No.1: I. Improvisation (02:29)
13. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Templeton: Pocket Size Sonata No.1: II. Modal Blues (03:01)
14. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Templeton: Pocket Size Sonata No.1: III. In Rhythm (01:48)
15. Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin – Touchard: Envol (un sourire) (03:59)

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