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Ovale Trio: Premières Formes
Continuando nell'ascolto, tuttavia, ci si accorge che tale configurazione strumentale è anche l'unico elemento di autentico interesse dell'album. Per il resto, grande abbondanza di tanghi. Genere terreno, passionale e sanguigno. Che necessita di fisarmoniche, pianoforti, corde. Non di strumenti eterei come le marimbe o i flauti. E dunque ci troviamo di fronte ad un album poco convincente. Una raccolta di buone esecuzioni, di temi che necessiterebbero però di ben altra grinta, dinamica, temperamento.
Non a caso, la traccia più interessante è la quinta, brano commissionato in epoca pre-Ovale Trio dal duo Grand/Zimmermann al compositore Christian Giger, e dunque scritto espressamente per le due percussioni.
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Track Listing
01. Corps à coeur (Michel Zbinden); 02. Lunch with Pancho Villa (D. Friedman); 03. DZZM (Baptiste Grand); 04. Keep Cool (Mathieu Schneider); 05. La chambre rouge (Christian Giger); 06. Tango triste (Mathieu Schneider); 07. Ariane (Michel Zbinden); 08. Novitango (Astor Piazzolla); 09. Oblivion (Astor Piazzolla); 10. Firenze (Baptiste Grand).
Personnel
Mathieu Schneider (flauti); Baptiste Grand (vibrafono, marimba, darbouka); Michel Zbinden: (marimba, vibrafono).
Album information
Title: Premières Formes | Year Released: 2008
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