Bruno Ruder - Lisières '2014

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The piano is a polyphonic instrument par excellence; its very conception is a
clear statement of intention for the solo player. 

Yet in spite of this built-in destiny, how can a musician used to the rhythmic
impact of the drums, the expressive quality of the saxophone and the energy of
electric instruments do without them and still make high quality music? How can
the pianist take the environment, whether urban or rural, and the surrounding
sound context into account, plus other acoustic and electric music, and work to
integrate them all into his musical language? How can he make the piano sound
supple, malleable and versatile when he has no means of blowing into it nor of
bowing the strings, as other instrumentalists can do in order to alter the sound
itself or its intensity and pitch? 

These are some of the questions that have always guided my approach to the
piano, from my first trials in solo right up to the conception of this
record.... 

But for me, it was not a question of trying to make “an arrangement,
albeit reduced, for piano” of some sort of orchestral music I had
imagined, nor was I trying to fill gaps. No, what I wanted was to create an
intimate musical universe organised around pieces conceived for the piano on its
own and worked on as such. Replies to these questions were mostly discovered by
not venturing too deeply into the differing worlds of harmony, melody, rhythm,
timbre and style already familiar to me, but by choosing instead to explore the
Lisières [Fringes] of those worlds. Each composition was intended to be as
clear, simple and special as I could make it, with each piece condensed into a
single idea, thus giving me the chance to show what these Lisières might seem
like every time I inaugurated any improvisation (rather in the manner of
so-called Studies for piano); then I could stage them, as it were, give them
form and turn them into some sort of musical fiction, just like short stories. 

Bruno Ruder, piano 

Recorded May 21, 2013 and mixed February 7, 2014 at Studios La Buissonne
Recording and mixing by Gérard de Haro
Mastering by Nicolas Baillard at Studios La Buissonne 
Produced by Stephane Oskéritzian and Gérard de Haro / RJAL for La
Buissonne Label 

Tracklist:
01. Bruno Ruder - Ce quon appelle (12:20)
02. Bruno Ruder - Yojimbo (5:26)
03. Bruno Ruder - Lagglutination des pensées (10:32)
04. Bruno Ruder - Des recoins (7:52)
05. Bruno Ruder - Obligation-Évagation (5:54)
06. Bruno Ruder - Ce quon retient (11:08)

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