Solal: Works for Piano & 2 Pianos Eric Ferrand-N'Kaoua

• Martial Solal (1927-): Voyage en Anatolie (Journey to Anatolia)
• 1 Voyage en Anatolie (Journey to Anatolia) 05:37
• Jazz Preludes (c. 1990)
• 2 No. 1. — 01:46
• 3 No. 2. — 01:29
• 4 No. 3. — 01:54
• 5 No. 4. — 03:12
• 6 No. 5. — 02:20
• 7 No. 6. — 02:03
• 8 No. 7. — 02:22
• Exercice de Concert (Concert Exercise)
• 9 Exercice de Concert (Concert Exercise) 05:30
• 11 Etudes (1999)
• 10 No. 1. La Nonchalante (The Nonchalant) 01:35
• 11 No. 2. La Syncopee (The Syncopated) 01:20
• 12 No. 3. La Jazzifiante (The Jazzyfying) 01:29
• 13 No. 4. La Joyeuse (The Joyful) 01:52
• 14 No. 5. La Charmante (The Charming) 02:05
• 15 No. 6. La Calme et agitee (The Calm and Agitated) 03:37
• 16 No. 7. La Chantante (The Singing) 01:49
• 17 No. 8. La Motorisee (The Motorized) 00:56
• 18 No. 9. La Tonique (The Tonic) 01:45
• 19 No. 10. La Trepidante (The Thrilling) 01:51
• 20 No. 11. La Lancinante (The Haunting) 02:29
• Ballade for 2 Pianos
• 21 Ballade for 2 Pianos 06:50
• Total Runtime 53:51

Info for Solal: Works for Piano & 2 Pianos

European jazz legend Martial Solal is an imaginative and creative thinker for the piano, and one never straightjacketed by music genres. Voyage en Anatolie is a kind of survey of Jazz, with 13 brilliantly linked variations. The Jazz-Preludes and Études explore piquant harmonies through innovative pianistic figures, whilst the Exercice de concert offers a stunningly transcribed improvisation. Solal himself plays the first piano part in the Ballade for two pianos.

Key Features: There are many recordings of Martial Solal’s music available but these are invariably those featuring him as a great Jazz improviser. This disc features a number of world premiere recordings of his music played by excellent pianist Eric Ferrand-N’Kaoua. The only piece previously recorded is the Ballade for two pianos, recorded by its dedicatees Katia and Marielle Lábeque in a mixed Jazz-centred recital called ‘Love of Colors’ – including pieces by Miles Davis and John McLaughlin in 1991. The performance of Ballade in Naxos’ disc is played by Ferrand-N’Kaoua and Solal himself, a unique treat given his world-wide reputation.

Eric Ferrand-N’Kaoua, piano

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