Complete your anja lechner francois couturier, komitas, gurdjieff, mompou collection. Lechner and couturier turn to a more thoroughly composed repertoire on moderato cantabile, this time as just a duo, though thats not to suggest this programwhich combines a trio of compositions from the pianist with yet another triptych of source material, this time from federico mompou, soghomon soghomonian better known as komitas and. Intermixed with works from grecorussian guru george gurdjieff, armenian musicologist komitas and spanish composer federico mompou are couturiers own jazz. Moderato cantabile by anja lechner and francois couturier on amazon music. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. It was entered into the 1960 cannes film festival, where jeanne moreau won the award for best actress. It is a novel in which only two characters really exist, in which all of the other characters serve as symbols of. Anja lechner cello francois couturier piano recorded november 20, auditorio radiotelevisione svizzera, lugano engineer. Moderato cantabile datesshowtimes sunday, july 31 12.
Anne desbaresdes accompanies her child to piano instruction in a downtown apartment. Here are just a few impressions, in english and in french, based on my reading in the original in french. Gurdjieff, federico mompou and anouar brahem, as well as couturiers own compositions. Starring jeanpaul belmondo and jeanne moreau 1960, peter brook bored and neglected rich wife jeanne moreau best actress, cannes and factory worker belmondo bond after witnessing a love murder in a provincial town.
Moderato the word it self indicating a measure of control taken with the time signaure of a sonata being a square fourfour outlines the meter the book follows. Feb 22, 2015 moderato cantabile is a novel of ambiguities, of halfspoken emotions in which the reader is constantly unsure as to what actually happened and how much of the action takes place in the imagination of the two lead characters. September 2014 after a decade of shared work in the tarkovsky quartet and an. Lechner is always looking for new works for cello and projects with other artists that blur the lines between musical genres. Classical structure and style in moderato cantabile source. On moderato cantabile they present their own arrangements of works by three fascinating outsiders from the margins of music history g. Much of her work appears to be out of print, or at least difficult to track down, so when i saw moderato cantabile on the shelves at waterstones a month or so ago i just had to buy it. Moderato cantabile, a striking and unusual album, was recorded in the rich acoustics of the lugano studio in november 20 and produced by manfred eicher. The players approach the music from different vantage points.
Moderato cantabile by marguerite duras 3,660 ratings, 3. A wealthy and bored woman is witness of a murder in affection and meets another witness. A slim, seductive novel, sort of a nouveau roman version of brief encounter. Their successful and highly regarded duo project moderato cantabile featured music that oscillated between orient and occident. May 14, 2018 much of her work appears to be out of print, or at least difficult to track down, so when i saw moderato cantabile on the shelves at waterstones a month or so ago i just had to buy it. Romy berthou comte 1es commentaire sur moderato cantabile. Moderato cantabile, even the man and the woman remain anony mous. Emotions are not revealed but merely conjectured with a peutetre or a sans doute. Moderato cantabile, follows the form of the first movement of a sonata, presenting and developing in two contrasting themes in different keys.
Join facebook to connect with moderato cantabile and others you may know. Moderato cantabile, marguerite duras, 1958, chapitre ii p. Moderato cantabile is a novel of ambiguities, of halfspoken emotions in which the reader is constantly unsure as to what actually happened and how much of the action takes place in the imagination of the two lead characters. Moderato cantabile last time i had read marguerite duras was for literary studies, some decades ago on day, hanging out in the used books section of a chicago bookstore, i unearthed moderato cantabile, a classic i had never read. First published in 1958, it was republished by surreybased calder an imprint of alma books last year. Couturier at his concert with anja lechner in the stadtkirche darmstadt on october 11, 2015. In this new duo, the german cellist and the french pianist traverse a stillwider musical arc, playing pieces by g. We later learn anne is a drunk and is desperately in love with chauvin, but nothing is.
Ive been keen to read more books by marguerite duras having loved the lover a few years ago. Moderato cantabile hdtracks the worlds greatestsounding. She asks him about the history of the victim and falls in love with him. On moderato cantabile cellist anja lechner and pianist francois couturier interpret music that is simultaneously spiritual and folkloreish with supple eloquence and sophisticated vibrancy. Press media ecm festival freiburg 2016 im forum merzhausen. Other articles where moderato cantabile is discussed. Moderato cantabile by marguerite duras reading matters. Lechner is a classical soloist with an uncommon interest in improvisation, couturier a jazz musician travelling ever further from jazz. Moderato cantabile is a 1960 french drama film directed by peter brook. Moderato cantabile favours innovative stylistic structuring over conventional characterization and plot, her purpose not to tell a story but to use the play of form to represent the movements of desirecomplex, ambiguous, and disruptive.
Dino saluzzi, anja lechner ojos negros 2007 official digital download 24bit96khz pablo marquez gustavo leguizamon. Anne desbaresdes meets chauvin after a shooting heard at her sons piano lesson, where she sits in with the haughty mademoiselle giraud, urging her stubborn son to play a diabelli sontana moderato cantabile moderately and singingly. Moderato cantabile by marguerite duras notesfromzembla. Moderato cantabile is loosely identified as part of the nouveau roman movement started by alain robbegrillet, but critics take pains to distinguish durass style as distinct and inimitable. The musical affinity between anja lechner and francois couturier has been evident in their concerts and recordings with the tarkovsky quartet.
Moderato cantabile is a carefully woven tapestry of emotion, in which the characters inner lives are reflected by the storys spaces and landscapes. Gender, reading, and desire in moderato cantabile authors. Oct 27, 2014 on moderato cantabile cellist anja lechner and pianist francois couturier interpret music that is simultaneously spiritual and folkloreish with supple eloquence and sophisticated vibrancy. Sep 01, 2019 anja lechner, francois couturier moderato cantabile 2014 flac tracks 24 bit88,2 khz time 57.
Anja lechner, francois couturier komitas gurdjieff mompou. To differing degree their music reveals influences from the east, both in terms of relationship to folk traditions and religious music, and. Anja lechner about whenever we meet in a tea house in munich for a cup of tea or for a stroll in the streets of a small italian town the subject of beauty, of a work of music or sculpture or architecture always comes up, not because we want to have smart conversations, but because anja lechner has endless questions and ideas in her on. Anja lechner biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Anja lechner, francois couturier, georges ivanovitch gurdjieff, vartapet komitas, federico mompou moderato cantabile music.
With the cellist anja lechner moderato cantabile, ecm new series 2367, 2014. Intermixed with works from grecorussian guru george gurdjieff, armenian musicologist komitas and spanish composer federico mompou are couturiers own jazz inflected pieces that maintain the. Moderato cantabile anja lechner, francois couturier songs. May 18, 2015 moderato cantabile anja lechner cello francois couturier piano recorded november 20, auditorio radiotelevisione svizzera, lugano engineer. The characters are not lighted from within by an omniscient narrator or privileged observer. Francois couturier in highresolution audio at available in 88. This limited point of view is sustained throughout the novel. The musical affinity between anja lechner and francois couturier has been evident.
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