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Francesco Tristano's versatility and blissful inability to choose between electro and early music have been well-known for a while. With each album, this Luxembourg pianist has built up an entrancingly unique discography that blurs the lines between genres and eras: a collection of music in which you’re just as likely to come across Johann Sebastian Bach as you are Derrick May.
With "On Early Music", Tristano pays tribute to the great English composers of the virginalist period: a pivotal moment between the end of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Baroque era. Nestled amongst works by John Bull, Peter Philips and Orlando Gibbons, there are two compositions by the Italian Frescobaldi, to whom Tristano had already devoted the incredible recording entitled Frescobaldi Dialogues (Sisyphe, 2007).
It’s impossible to tire of Tristano’s playing; his full, playful touch gives the score an almost jazzy energy, though somehow it never loses sight of the original. The best moments on this album come when the pianist boldly ventures into the realm of composition, dedicating a few tracks to his musical forefathers every now and then. Lying somewhere between pastiche (Toccata, on Bull Galliard in D), an arrangement for percussive piano (On Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Quattro correnti) and a futuristic proposal (On Cristobal de Morales’ Circumdederunt), Francesco Tristano offers a beautiful tribute with this album! © Pierre Lamy/Qobuz
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François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Francesco Tristano, Composer, Producer, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2022 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Francesco Tristano, Composer, Producer, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Peter Philips, Composer - Francesco Tristano, Producer, Arranger, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Francesco Tristano, Composer, Producer, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - John Bull, Composer - Francesco Tristano, Producer, Arranger, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Francesco Tristano, Composer, Producer, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Girolamo Frescobaldi, Composer - Francesco Tristano, Producer, Arranger, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Francesco Tristano, Composer, Producer, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Francesco Tristano, Composer, Producer, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Francesco Tristano, Producer, Arranger, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Francesco Tristano, Producer, Arranger, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Francesco Tristano, Producer, Arranger, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Francesco Tristano, Producer, Arranger, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Francesco Tristano, Composer, Producer, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Girolamo Frescobaldi, Composer - Francesco Tristano, Producer, Arranger, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
François Baurin, Editor, Recording Engineer - Alexis Bardinet, Mastering Engineer - Francesco Tristano, Composer, Producer, Editor, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Francesco Tristano's versatility and blissful inability to choose between electro and early music have been well-known for a while. With each album, this Luxembourg pianist has built up an entrancingly unique discography that blurs the lines between genres and eras: a collection of music in which you’re just as likely to come across Johann Sebastian Bach as you are Derrick May.
With "On Early Music", Tristano pays tribute to the great English composers of the virginalist period: a pivotal moment between the end of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Baroque era. Nestled amongst works by John Bull, Peter Philips and Orlando Gibbons, there are two compositions by the Italian Frescobaldi, to whom Tristano had already devoted the incredible recording entitled Frescobaldi Dialogues (Sisyphe, 2007).
It’s impossible to tire of Tristano’s playing; his full, playful touch gives the score an almost jazzy energy, though somehow it never loses sight of the original. The best moments on this album come when the pianist boldly ventures into the realm of composition, dedicating a few tracks to his musical forefathers every now and then. Lying somewhere between pastiche (Toccata, on Bull Galliard in D), an arrangement for percussive piano (On Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Quattro correnti) and a futuristic proposal (On Cristobal de Morales’ Circumdederunt), Francesco Tristano offers a beautiful tribute with this album! © Pierre Lamy/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:36
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Francesco Tristano Schlimé
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2021 & 2022 Sony Music Entertainment
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