Art of Love
Download links and information about Art of Love by Robert Sadin. This album was released in 2009 and it belongs to Jazz genres. It contains 13 tracks with total duration of 52:03 minutes.
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Artist: | Robert Sadin |
Release date: | 2009 |
Genre: | Jazz |
Tracks: | 13 |
Duration: | 52:03 |
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Tracks
[Edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | Love Without End - Arranged By Robert Sadin (featuring Milton Nascimento, Brad Mehldau, Cyro Baptista, John Ellis, Charles Curtis, Jasmine Thomas) | 5:11 |
2. | Douce Dame - Arranged by Robert Sadin (featuring Cyro Baptista, John Ellis, Hassan Hakmoun, Seamus Blake, Mark Feldman, Charles Curtis) | 3:22 |
3. | Natalie's Song - Arranged by Robert Sadin (featuring Cyro Baptista, Natalie Merchant, Romero Lubambo) | 3:36 |
4. | Python - Arranged by Robert Sadin (featuring Cyro Baptista, John Ellis, Lionel Loueke) | 4:59 |
5. | Amour me fait désirer - Arranged by Robert Sadin (featuring Madeleine Peyroux, Cyro Baptista, John Ellis, Hassan Hakmoun, Mark Feldman, Charles Curtis) | 5:11 |
6. | Tu, meu sonho vivo - Arranged by Robert Sadin (featuring Milton Nascimento, Seamus Blake, Charles Curtis) | 5:38 |
7. | Comment - Arranged by Robert Sadin (featuring Cyro Baptista, John Ellis, Lionel Loueke, Dan Weiss, Matt Shulman) | 5:31 |
8. | Brad's Interlude - Arranged by Robert Sadin (featuring Brad Mehldau) | 1:16 |
9. | Dame, si vous m'êtes lointaine - Arranged by Robert Sadin (featuring Brad Mehldau, Cyro Baptista, Graham Haynes, Romero Lubambo, Charles Curtis, Matt Shulman) | 5:03 |
10. | Force of Love - Arranged by Robert Sadin (featuring Brad Mehldau, Cyro Baptista, Charles Curtis) | 4:03 |
11. | Doux visage - Arranged by Robert Sadin (featuring Brad Mehldau, Cyro Baptista, Mark Feldman, Celena Shafer, Charles Curtis) | 3:29 |
12. | Hélas - Arranged by Robert Sadin (featuring Romero Lubambo, Charles Curtis) | 3:34 |
13. | Evocation - Arranged by Robert Sadin (featuring Milton Nascimento) | 1:10 |
Details
[Edit]Robert Sadin has had an eclectic career as a conductor in both the classical and jazz worlds; a member of the faculty at Princeton; and an arranger, instrumentalist, and Grammy Award-winning producer. Art of Love: Music of Machaut uses a variety of his talents; he conceived, produced, and served as mixer for the album and arranged the music and texts of the songs by Guillaume de Machaut, as well as singing and playing clarinet and organ on some of the tracks. Although they were certainly meant to be accompanied, the melodies and lyrics are all that remain of Machaut's 14th century songs, and virtually nothing is known about how exactly they were meant to be performed. Sadin brings an unambiguously modern sensibility to his arrangements, which include both vocal performances and instrumentals, and even though the arrangements and improvisations use a variety of jazz techniques and styles, on almost every track he presents the melodies themselves absolutely faithfully. He assembles an array of outstanding performers from numerous traditions to collaborate on the pieces, including singers Milton Nascimento, Natalie Merchant, and Madeleine Peyroux (who recites rather than sings the lyrics); John Ellis on winds; guitarist Romero Lubambo; violinist Mark Feldman; cellist and guitarist Charles Curtis; pianist Brad Mehldau; and percussionist Cyro Baptista. Improvisation plays a major role on every track; for "Force of Love," Sadin provided Curtis, Mehldau, and Baptista only with the melody, giving them complete freedom to develop the piece. The performers tend to emphasize the melancholy longing of Machaut's modal melodies, so the general tone of the album is gently evocative, but at the same time many of the arrangements have an Afro-Brazilian rhythmic undercurrent. Every track effectively provides a distinctive setting for Machaut's music, which is sometimes heard straightforwardly and sometimes woven subtly into a rich improvisatory fabric. Each of the songs featuring Nascimento is exceptional for its depth of feeling, and other standouts include Merchant's wordless vocalese; "Doux Visage" with singer Celena Shafer; and the dancelike "Douce Dame," perhaps Machaut's most familiar tune, and the album's perkiest piece. The album includes two tracks by other composers, "Brad's Interlude," Mehldau's improvisation on a tune by Solage, a contemporary of Machaut's, and "Evocation," a soulful original vocal solo by Nascimento. Deutsche Grammophon's sound is immaculate with a warm intimacy. This beautifully executed CD should appeal to fans of jazz-classical crossover.