Légende: Duo Vagues

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Release Date: 9th Sep 2016
Catalogue No: ODRCD334
Label: Odradek Records
Length: 57 minutes

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Schmitt, F: Légende, Op. 66

Work length12:02

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Megumi Nakanomori (band), Andrea Mocci (band)
Duo Vagues

Jolivet: Fantaisie Impromptu, for Saxophone and Piano

Work length3:50

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Megumi Nakanomori (band), Andrea Mocci (band)
Duo Vagues

Milhaud: Scaramouche, suite for saxophone & piano (or orchestra), Op. 165c

Work length10:18

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Megumi Nakanomori (band), Andrea Mocci (band)
Duo Vagues

I. Vif

Track length3:12

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II. Moderée

Track length4:41

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III. Brazileira

Track length2:25

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Françaix: Cinq Danses Exotiques, for Saxophone and Piano

Work length6:15

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Megumi Nakanomori (band), Andrea Mocci (band)
Duo Vagues

I. Pambiche

Track length1:06

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II. Baiao

Track length1:29

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III. Mambo

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IV. Samba Lenta

Track length1:24

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V. Merengue

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Hindemith: Sonata for Alto Horn and Piano in E-Flat

Work length10:50

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Megumi Nakanomori (band), Andrea Mocci (band)
Duo Vagues

I. Ruhig bewegt

Track length2:01

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II. Lebhaft

Track length3:36

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III. Sehr langsam

Track length2:02

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IV. Lebhaft

Track length3:11

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Creston: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 19: I. With Vigor

Work length4:45

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Megumi Nakanomori (band), Andrea Mocci (band)
Duo Vagues

Creston: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 20: II. With Tranquillity

Work length5:06

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Megumi Nakanomori (band), Andrea Mocci (band)
Duo Vagues

Creston: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 21: III. With Gaiety

Work length4:06

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Megumi Nakanomori (band), Andrea Mocci (band)
Duo Vagues

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Sardinian saxophonist Andrea Mocci, one of the most accomplished musicians of his generation, and the brilliant Japanese pianist Megumi Nakanomori, form Duo Vagues, and present their debut album Légende. Their cultural backgrounds and personalities are as distinct as the contrasting colouristic palettes of their instruments; the saxophone itself straddles the worlds of classical and jazz.

Yet this CD represents a fusion of all these apparently conflicting elements, highlighting music's power to unify cultures, timbres and genres.

Florent Schmitt's Légende is at the heart of this disc and their formation as a duo. Its continuous motion, rising from moments of profound calm to ebullient overflowing crests, suggests "vagues" - waves, inspiring their choice of name. Schmitt's Légende spans lyricism and impetuosity, the saxophone's long-breathed, virtuosic flourishes occasionally slipping into the smoky world of jazz, while the piano's rich harmonies anticipate Messiaen.

Jolivet's Fantaisie-Impromptu reflects his immersion in both atonality and jazz, its sinuous saxophone line and enigmatic, tonally-ambiguous piano gestures juxtaposed with jaunty, jazzy material reminiscent of Gershwin. Milhaud, a master of comic irony, takes us on a witty adventure to South America in Scaramouche - the piece with which Andrea Mocci made his professional debut, in the prestigious Sala Verdi in Milan, in 2011. In common with Milhaud's piece, Françaix's 5 Danses Exotiques, dedicated to Marcel Mule (who premiered Schmitt's Légende) embrace Latin American styles.

Creston's debonair, vivacious Sonata is a piece which Duo Vagues has been playing for years, yet which always yields something new. Hindemith famously wrote sonatas for almost every orchestral instrument, although the Sonata recorded on this disc began life as a piece for alto horn. The saxophonist is called upon to read a poem by Hindemith during the piece, after which the two instruments are engaged in fascinating dialogue, and it is this sense of dialogue, between saxophone and piano, between different styles, and between the musicians themselves, that is so integral to this debut disc from Duo Vagues.

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