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Invisible Stream

8/19/2022, 14 Tracks, 1:00:53

Featuring

  • Raphaël Imbert
  • Jean-Guihen Queyras
  • Pierre-François Blanchard
  • Sonny Troupé
  • Richard Wagner
  • Franz Schubert
  • Ornette Coleman
  • Hanns Eisler
  • Pierre Barouh

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Compositional Technique

Raphaël Imbert's arrangements of German lieder by Wagner, Schubert, and Eisler aim to create a 'surprising jazz resonance' with classical music.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album title, 'Invisible Stream', refers to the unseen currents that connect people, artists, improvisers, and musicians across aesthetic and cultural boundaries.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Sonny Troupé, the drummer and ka drum player, discovered various musical styles including jazz, gwo ka, classical, salsa, and zouk with his saxophonist father, Georges Troupé.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Raphaël Imbert uses a technique of 'looping' the coda measures of Franz Schubert's 'An die Musik' to give it an ecstatic Gospel feel, a method he previously explored in 'Bach Coltrane' and 'Heavens. Amadeus & The Duke'.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The album was recorded in February 2022 at Schloss Elmau, Bavaria, after a two-year delay caused by the pandemic.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Jean-Guihen Queyras plays a 1696 cello by Gioffredo Cappa, which has been on loan to him since 2005 from the Fondation Société Générale.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Raphaël Imbert, the saxophonist and composer, views the album as a 'feast of improvisation and poetry' organized by four dynamic international musicians in jazz and classical music.

Source: Booklet

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