Faurever / Tribute To Gabriel Fauré

Description

'Fauréver' or the double intention of Enrico Pieranunzi, in recording this 'jazz' tribute to Gabriel Fauré, is to honor the eternal beauty of the works of this great composer while emphasizing the necessity, in these new modern times, to continue dreaming. Over the years, Enrico Pieranunzi has developed a silent complicity with Fauré's music. Every time he played his barcarolles or nocturnes or when he listened to his chamber music, he was left breathless. That is why Bonsaï Music, after producing the two previous albums of the trio he formed with André Ceccarelli and Diego Imbert, immediately agreed to record 'Fauréver'. In this new project, Enrico Pieranunzi wanted to honor the upcoming 100th anniversary of Gabriel Fauré's passing. To do this, Enrico Pieranunzi focused on reinterpreting a large part of Fauré's music on the piano, fully immersing himself in it by 'dipping his hands' into its sounds, once again delighting in the rediscovery of the melodic and harmonic solutions of the Maestro. In doing so, an exciting phenomenon of "germination" occurred, whereby other music was born from his. A powerful and moving process that can be heard in several tracks of this album, such as the Prelude for a Lullaby, the formidable Waltz for a Pavane, Around the Sicilienne, Caprice in Blue, or The Night, the Night after the very famous After a Dream. The other tracks on the album are the result of a kind of musical game: taking a theme and changing its tempo. Thus, the fourth barcarolle of the Maestro, sensual and fluctuating, became Funkarolle, a captivating funky piece; Mai, one of Fauré's earliest works when he was only 16, transformed into Les fleurs de mai, a swing jazz piece; Dolly, a well-known work from the four-hand repertoire, renamed Bonjour Dolly!, flirts with the sun of an unpredictable Cuban rhythm, while Romance for a Novel is the Jazz-Blues evocation of the tender third Romance without words Op. 17 by the Maestro. Of course, Enrico Pieranunzi could not have realized this dream of "playing" with the beloved music of the one whom Claude Debussy called "The Master of Grace" without having by his side the two extraordinary musicians with whom he has previously recorded and released two Jazz & Classic albums, namely André Ceccarelli and Diego Imbert, joined on this occasion by singer Simona Severini and the great clarinetist Gabriele Mirabassi, who has enhanced the pieces in which he plays with his dual expertise as a great jazz player and refined classical interpreter. 'Fauréver', an invitation to eternal dreaming and to the grace of both Gabriel Fauré and Enrico Pieranunzi, here his ambassador.