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

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.

1. An Den Kleinen Radioapparat (Bridge 1) 2. Die Landschaft Des Exils (Bridge 2) 3. Fr?hling (Bridge 3) 4. Hollywood-Elegie II (Bridge 4) 5. Speisekammer 1942 (Bridge 5) 6. L'automne Californien 7. An Den Kleinen Radioapparat 8. Elegy: Bridge 6 (After the Fourth Movement of Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 16) 9. Evening Star: Bridge 7 (After the First Movement of Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19) 10. Nursery Rhyme: Bridge 8 (After the Second Movement of Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82) 11. At Night: Bridge 9 (After the Third Movement of Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19) 12. Autumn: Bridge 10 (After the First Movement of Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 16)