Label: elsewhere - elsewhere007

この演奏家は大大大推薦!! Erstwhile Records系列の新レーベルとして2018年誕生したElsewhereの2019年6月の発表作品。同レーベルから出た前作[Musique Pour Le Lever Du Jour]は2018年個人的ベストリリースとなった79年生まれのフランスの作曲家/ピアニストMelaine Dalibert。ミニマルな楽曲の素晴らしさは勿論の事、とにかく一音一音のサステインの導き方が凄まじく上手く、そのある意味"眩暈"の様な音感覚にずっと浸っていたいと思わせてくれる極上の名演。前作と合わせてマスト。





This is French composer/pianist Melaine Dalibert's third solo piano album, following his well-received 2018 album 'Musique pour le lever du jour' (elsewhere 002) and 2017 album 'Ressac' (at111). 'Cheminant' contains a diverse array of Dalibert's unique compositions for solo piano, ranging from the up-tempo rhythmic 'Percolations' performed masterfully by Dalibert's right hand, to the slow, prolonged meditative 'Music in an octave' and 'Cheminant', to the kaleidoscopic 'Étude II' with the repetitive hammered chords, and lastly his latest piece 'From zero to infinity' dedicated to post-minimal composer Peter Garland.

All five pieces were composed by Dalibert in 2017-2019, reflecting his current interest in questioning how the harmonic shifts could affect the listening experience with subtly evolving chords through a scale or different tones, creating a similar state to vertigo. Diverse as they may seem, all five pieces attain delicately balanced harmonization of rich layers of the woody, warm direct tones of the piano, overtones and resonances, blended to form a complex harmonic beauty exquisitely delivered with Dalibert's virtuosic piano techniques.