Monteverdi - a trace of grace

Godard, Michel, Helstroffer, Bruno, Laurens, Guillemette, Murgia, Gavino, Paccoud, Fanny, Swallow, Steve

CD 16286

Michel Godard & Steve Swallow: Tribute to Monteverdi: Encounters between Jazz and Baroque Music

In the tradition of „Le Concert des Parfums“ (Carpe Diem CD-16277), “Monteverdi - a trace of grace“, a brainchild of Michel Godard and Steve Swallow, was also recorded in the magical abbey of Noirlac, France, during enchanted Summer nights.
Jazz Trio (Michel Godard, Steve Swallow, Gavino Murgia) meets Early Baroque Trio (Guillemette Laurens, Fanny Paccoud, Bruno Helstroffer) and lets two musical dimensions grow, enlaced together in labyrinthine arabesques, playing songs of Claudio Monteverdi, Michel Godard and Steve Swallow in a natural implicitness and lightheartedness.
Michel Godard - serpent, bass
Guillemette Laurens - voice
Gavino Murgia - saxophone, voice
Fanny Paccoud - violin
Bruno Helstroffer - theorbo
Steve Swallow - bass

Works:

• Godard, Michel: A trace of grace
• Godard, Michel: L'Abbesse
• Godard, Michel: Prelude in F
• Godard, Michel: Roma
• Godard, Michel: Soyeusement
• Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
• Monteverdi: Oblivion suave
• Monteverdi: Pianto della Madonna 'Iam moriar, mi fili' (sopra il Lamento dell'Arianna), SV 288
• Monteverdi: Pur ti miro (I gaze upon you) from L'Incoronazione di Poppea
• Monteverdi: Si dolce è'l tormento (from Libro Nono di Magrigali e Canzonette)
• Monteverdi: Zefiro torna
• Swallow: Doppo il tormento
• Swallow: Les effets de manche

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Carpe Diem Records

11.08.2011

4032324162863