Detaily
Formát: Vinyl, LP, Album
Žánr: Klasika
Styl: Soudobá hudba
• After two albums entirely dedicated to the dreamy purity of melodies played solo on piano, Alban Claudin opens his music to new horizons. With III, the composer frames his short pieces with arrangements for strings, winds, or organ, painting delicately contrasted soundscapes, preserved from the world's clamor. Concise and inviting, at times minimalist, at others more densely romantic, his compositions form an ambitious album – the full and complete expression of an artist in motion. The piano remains at the heart of these delicate and organic architectures but often converses with other instruments – saxophone, bass clarinet, violin, cello, organ – whose presence the composer envisioned early on and whose arrangements he wrote himself. Still guided by pure and agile melodies, his pieces are illuminated differently, and III captivates with its art of contrast, the precision of its line, and the richness of its colors. Alban Claudin incorporates short, rectilinear runs inherited from minimalists (The Run, piano strings struck rhythmically and a cavalcade of winds; L'échappée, organ, ebb and flow of strings; L'Île, piano and light electronic treatment) as well as romantic escapades (the almost waltz-like Of Love or Origami, unfolded into a moving profusion of strings). Some very short pieces capture a distinct, floating moment, like Phantasia, whose dense and undulating melody eventually fades into a brief maze of strange sounds. For Alban Claudin's sense of melody and mastery of arrangements throughout the album are met with a pointillist and daring exploration of sonic textures, making it both cohesive and unique. III is the radiant and intense work of a composer who has chosen to invent his own path by following his intuitions. Born from a tension between a love for movement and a call for calm, the rumble of turmoil and the search for inner fullness, the 13 pieces that make up the album harbor places, emotions, and feelings, and will themselves be refuges for anyone who surrenders to them.
