The discography of trio of Guillaume de Chassy, Arnault Cuisinier and Thomas Savy treads a path that skirts and blends the edges of jazz improvisation and classical repertoire. With their second release, "Bridges" adds baritone opera star Laurent Naouri in an intriguing collection comprised of Hanns Eisler's Hollywood Songbook, composed in 1943 with texts by his Los Angeles companion-in-exile, Bertolt Brecht with songs filled with nostalgia and suggested a Hollywood far outside the limelight shot through with an expatriate's sorrow. Completing the collection are bold improvisations based on de Chassy's transcriptions of Sergei Prokofiev pieces with added texts by Russian poets including Pushkin, Lermontov, Tsvetaeva among others. Recorded with pristine results in the 13th century Noirlac Abbey.

Tracklist:

Hollywood Songbook (Arr. Guillaume De Chassy): Bridge No. 1: An Den Kleine Radioapparat (After H. Eisler From Hollywood Songbook
Hollywood Songbook (Arr. Guillaume De Chassy): Bridge No. 2: Die Landschaft Des Exils (After H. Eisler From Hollywood Songbook)
Hollywood Songbook (Arr. Guillaume De Chassy): Bridge No. 3: Fruhling (After H. Eisler From Hollywood Songbook)
Hollywood Songbook (Arr. Guillaume De Chassy): Bridge No. 4: Hollywood-Elegie II (After H. Eisler From Hollywood Songbook)
Hollywood Songbook (Arr. Guillaume De Chassy): Bridge No. 5: Speisekammer 1942 (After H. Eisler From Hollywood Songbook)
Hollywood Songbook (Arr. Guillaume De Chassy): L'automne Californien (Arr. G. De Chassy For Voice And Chamber Ensemble)
Hollywood Songbook (Arr. Guillaume De Chassy): An Den Kleinen Radioapparat (Arr. G. De Chassy For Voice And Chamber Ensemble)
Bridges: Bridge No. 6: Elegy (After S. Prokofiev From Piano Concerto No. 2)
Bridges: Bridge No. 7: Evening Star (After S. Prokofiev From Violin Concerto No. 1)
Bridges: Bridge No. 8: Nursery Rhyme (After S. Prokofiev From Piano Sonata No. 6)
Bridges: Bridge No. 9: At Night (After S. Prokofiev From Violin Concerto No. 1)
Bridges: Bridge No. 10: Autumn (After S. Prokofiev From Piano Concerto No. 2)

UPC: 3760014192104
Label: Alpha
Release Date: 11.13.15
Format: CD

Eisler / Arnault Cuisinier - Bridges - Hollywood Song Book & Transcriptions (CD)