Ragtime (Deluxe Edition) Bruno Fontaine

• Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918): Golliwog's Cake-walk:
• 1 Debussy: Golliwog's Cake-walk 02:59
• Golliwog's Cakewalk variations:
• 2 Debussy: Golliwog's Cakewalk variations 04:08
• Thomas "Fats" Waller, Fats Waller (1904 – 1943): Honeysucle Rose:
• 3 Waller, Waller: Honeysucle Rose 05:12
• Scott Joplin (1868 – 1917): Maple Leaf Rag:
• 4 Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag 04:38
• Tom Turpin (1871 – 1922): The Pan-Am Rag:
• 5 Turpin: The Pan-Am Rag 04:49
• The Entertainer:
• 6 Joplin: The Entertainer 05:17
• Joseph Lamb (1887 – 1960): American Beauty:
• 7 Lamb: American Beauty 05:14
• James Scott (b. 1936): Climax Rag
• 8 Scott: Climax Rag 03:56
• Heliotrope Bouquet:
• 9 Joplin: Heliotrope Bouquet 05:38
• The Saint Louis Rag:
• 10 Turpin: The Saint Louis Rag 04:06
• Wall Street Rag:
• 11 Joplin: Wall Street Rag 05:50
• Ragtime Nightmare:
• 12 Turpin: Ragtime Nightmare 03:22
• Joseph M. Daly (1883–1968): Chicken Reel:
• 13 Daly: Chicken Reel 04:50
• Bruno Fontaine (b. 1957): OpéRagNight:
• 14 Fontaine: OpéRagNight 02:44
• Grace and Beauty:
• 15 Scott: Grace and Beauty 05:09
• Handful of Keys:
• 16 Waller, Waller: Handful of Keys 04:24
• Rag, Lag and More Rag:
• 17 Fontaine: Rag, Lag and More Rag 03:48
• Erik Satie (1866 - 1925): Ragtime Parade:
• 18 Satie: Ragtime Parade 03:42
• Euphonic Sounds:
• 19 Joplin: Euphonic Sounds 05:05
• First of May Ragimpro 1:
• 20 Fontaine: First of May Ragimpro 1 02:38
• The Cascades:
• 21 Joplin: The Cascades 04:27
• First of May Ragimpro 2:
• 22 Fontaine: First of May Ragimpro 2 02:51
• The easy winners:
• 23 Joplin: The easy winners 04:56
• First of May Ragimpro 3 (Bonus Track):
• 24 Fontaine: First of May Ragimpro 3 (Bonus Track) 04:05
• Great Scott Rag:
• 25 Scott: Great Scott Rag 04:24
• Total Runtime 01:48:12

Info for Ragtime (Deluxe Edition)

The term “ragtime” is generally considered to be a contraction of “ragged time”, referring to a style of playing in which the melody is broken up into short, syncopated rhythms (right hand), played against a steadily accented bass accompaniment. An article in the Times of London states: “In American slang to ‘rag’ a melody means to syncopate a normally regular tune.”1 Syncopation is the “nucleus” of ragtime. Furthermore, ragtime has always been associated with dancing, and the dances named on the earliest ragtime sheet music are the cakewalk, march and two-step.

Regarded as one of the foundations of jazz, ragtime developed in the 1890s in African American communities throughout the southern Midwest, especially in Missouri. From Sedalia, Missouri – the “Cradle of Classic Ragtime” – it spread out to St Louis, up to Chicago, then to the east and west coasts. But there was an aural history of ragtime reaching back much further in the century, maybe to a time when black slaves fused European harmony with African rhythms.

Bruno Fontaine, piano

Bruno Fontaine
From 1986-1989 Bruno Fontaine collaborated as musical director with three major French pop and rock artists : Alain Chamfort, Mylène Farmer and Johnny Hallyday In Paris, 1990 he collaborated on the concept and production of the very successful original work entitled “Lambert Wilson Chante” for which he signed both the arrangements and musical direction.

His encounter in 1992 with Ute Lemper led to a prosperous alliance as both producer and arranger beginning with her album “Illusions” recorded in London which won in 1993 the “Académie Charles Cros prize. He also accompanied Ute as pianist for the world tour of “Illusions” with performances in Japan, Australia, USA and Europe.

In 1994, he produced and arranged for Ute Lemper a second album entitled “City of Strangers” . Commissioned by Sony Classical in 1996 Bruno Fontaine arranged and conducted an album featuring the guitarist John Williams with the London Symphony Orchestra.. In April 1997 he arranged and produced a CD for the label Virgin classic of the French actor and singer Lambert Wilson which was followed by a three week run at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris. In May 1997, he arranged and produced another CD released by Erato/Warner for the German actress/singer Hanna Schygulla performing works by R.W. Fassbinder 1997 also marked Bruno FONTAINE’s composing career dud to an encounter with French film director Alain Resnais who commissioned an original score for the musical motion picture : “On connait la chanson”, a score for which Bruno Fontaine obtained in 1998 two nominations ; the French Motion Picture Awards and the French Music Awards. In January 1999, Bruno collaborated with multi-instrumentalist Michel Portal for the world premiere of a symphonic work: “Cinco de la tarde” , a tribute to the late Astor Piazzola. Bruno Fontaine's most recent compositions include Round TM', a tribute to Thelonious Monk, premiered by jazz saxophonist, Louis Sclavis and the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux at the Champs Elysées Theater in December 2001.

He also composed two symphonic suites entitled Hulophonies. These works were inspired by the movies of Jacques Tati and created for the Cannes Film Festival in 2002 with the Orchestre de Cannes conducted by Philippe Bender and performed by the French actors Macha Makeieff and Jérôme Deschamps.

Bruno Fontaine is also credited for the following original film scores: “La vie ne me fait pas peur” directed by Noémie Lvovsky, Tangos volés directed by Eduardo De Gregorio, Ca ira mieux demain and C'est le bouquet directed by Jeanne Labrune. Bruno Fontaine performs regularly with Françoise Pollet, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, and Katarina Jovanovic, Sonia Wieder Atherton, Miguel Da Silva and Guillaume Sutre, the Ysaye Quartet and Michel Portal.

Recent solo appearances include collaborations with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, the Orchestre de Cannes and the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, under the batons of Yutaka Sado, Philippe Bender and Edmon Colomer.

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