Solo Piano III completes the Solo Piano trilogy. Like any final act, there are complications and consequences, followed by an urgent race to the finish line. Like its predecessors, it's a mostly happy ending in C major, but there is more dissonance, tension and ambiguity along the way. Solo Piano (2004) appeared in a more innocent time, when Chilly Gonzales was a pioneer in evoking the dying genres of classical and jazz and dragged them kicking and screaming into the 21st century. This album of accidental virtuosity surprised everyone, including the self-described musical genius himself. Solo Piano II (2012) was a pop mini-masterpiece for a wired world, a transition to a new reality. By then a legendary entertainer and A-list collaborator (Drake, Daft Punk, Feist) Chilly Gonzales delivered a catchy, polished collection; he was aiming to please and ready for prime time. The sequel definitively satisfied an ever-increasing audience hungry for Gonzo's imperfectly perfect miniatures. Solo Piano III comes at a more problematic inflection point. The collaborations continue (Room 29 with Jarvis Cocker, Ibeyi, Toddla T ... ) but Chilly Gonzales doesn't need to please anyone anymore. Now, he will leave in the wrong notes. Mysterious chords and surprising structures become addictive, until they sound inevitable. The Gonzervatory music school graduated its first class and the teacher has become a perpetual student again, unafraid to let the music speak for itself. The musical purity of Solo Piano III is not an antidote for our times, it is a reflection of all the beauty and ugliness around us. This collection of sheet music compiles a selection of 9 loyally transcribed pieces from the album Solo Piano III. For many, these scores will reveal fine musical mechanics, that are often misleading or even invisible to the listening. Their transcription has required to make some difficult decisions, the first one being to make these partitions as comfortable as possible for pianists. As a bonus, this notebook offers 2 tracks from the album Chambers, a breather (Solitaire) and a happy ending (Cello), which is neither major nor minor, but rather fitting for 2 (Piano / Cello).
Chilly Gonzales' Notebook - Solo Piano 3.
Solo Piano III complete la trilogie des albums Solo Piano. Comme tout acte final, y figurent des complications et des consequences auxquelles succede l'urgence de franchir la ligne d'arrivee. Et comme ses predecesseurs, l'album s'acheve sur un happy end en do majeur mais le chemin est ponctue de plus de dissonances, de tension et d'ambiguite. Solo Piano (2004) est sorti a une epoque plus innocente, ou Chilly Gonzales faisait figure de pionnier dans l'evocation des genres classique et jazz sur le declin, pour les pousser a cor et a cri dans le 21eme siecle. Cet album a la virtuosite fortuite a surpris tout le monde, y compris le genie musical autoproclame. Solo Piano II (2012) est apparu tel un petit chef-d'oeuvre pop pour un monde connecte, une transition vers une nouvelle realite. Devenu showman legendaire et collaborateur d'artistes renommes et estimes (Drake, Daft Punk, Feist) Chilly Gonzales y devoilait une collection de morceaux accrocheurs et raffines, visant a plaire, montrant qu'il etait pret pour le prime time. Ce second opus a assurement satisfait un public grandissant et toujours plus avide des miniatures imparfaitement parfaites de Gonzo. Solo Piano III surgit a un point d'inflexion plus problematique. Les collaborations se poursuivent (Room 29 avec Jarvis Cocker, Ibeyi, Toddla T...) mais Chilly Gonzales ne cherche plus a plaire. A present, il laisse les fausses notes. Les mysterieux accords et les structures singulieres deviennent addictifs et finissent par resonner de facon ineluctable. La premiere edition du Gonzervatory, ecole de musique ephemere vient de s'achever et le professeur est redevenu l'etudiant qu'il a toujours ete et sera toujours, n'ayant aucune crainte de laisser la musique parler pour elle-meme. La purete musicale de Solo Piano III n'est pas un antidote a notre epoque, elle reflete toute la beaute et la laideur qui nous entoure. Ce recueil de partitions rassemble une selection de 9 pieces de l'album fidelement transcrites. Ces transcriptions reveleront pour beaucoup une fine mecanique musicale souvent trompeuse ou meme invisible a l'ecoute. Leur edition a exige de faire des choix, le premier etant de proposer aux pianistes des partitions aussi confortables que possible. En bonus, les partitions de 2 titres extraits de l'album Chambers, une respiration Solitaire et un happy end Cello ni majeur, ni mineur, mais en mode a 2 (Piano / Violoncelle). |
