Baptiste Trotignon - Different Spaces (2015)

Following the release of 12 jazz albums since the early 2000s, the love story between Naïve and Baptiste Trotignon is given a new impulse through an unexpected project that reflects the pianist s deep involvement in all sorts of music. Baptiste Trotignon s activity as a composer has been constant for 20 years, although it has reached a real maturity recently, marked by the first performance of 'Different Spaces' in Bordeaux in 2012 and that of his trio 'Subterfuges' at the prestigious London Wigmore Hall, by Philippe Cassard, David Grimal and Anne Gastinel. Baptiste Trotignon s long friendship with internationally renowned Classical pianist Nicholas Angelich resulted in the astonishing adventure of his 4-movement Piano Concerto, full of colours and structured around several sophisticated musical ideas and influences. Commissioned by the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, it received an enthusiastic welcome and Baptiste Trotignon was selected as one of the three finalists of the Composer of the Year category at the 2014 Victoires de la Musique Classique.

Review
Trotignon s stylish score communicates strongly and without artifice, and it could hardly be more eloquently served than it is here by its thoughtful dedicatee, who in turn receives irreproachably alert backing from the Bordeaux orchestra under Paul Daniel ... Both sound and balance throughout are exemplary. As should be abundantly clear by now, I enjoyed this disc a lot. Do check it out! --Andrew Achenbach Gramophone, November 2015

01. Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine; Paul Daniel; Nicholas Angelich - Different Spaces, Concerto pour piano: 1. Moderato Tranquillo (12:20)
02. Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine; Paul Daniel; Nicholas Angelich - Different Spaces, Concerto pour piano: 2. Allegro scherzando (5:00)
03. Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine; Paul Daniel; Nicholas Angelich - Different Spaces, Concerto pour piano: 3. Adagio religioso (8:18)
04. Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine; Paul Daniel; Nicholas Angelich - Different Spaces, Concerto pour piano: 4. Allegro Agitato (8:31)
05. Baptiste Trotignon; Nicholas Angelich - Trois Pièces pour deux pianos: 1. Passacaille (2:46)
06. Baptiste Trotignon; Nicholas Angelich - Trois Pièces pour deux pianos: 2. Elegie (3:41)
07. Baptiste Trotignon; Nicholas Angelich - Trois Pièces pour deux pianos: 3. Moteur (3:34)
08. Nicholas Angelich - Trois Préludes pour piano seul: 1. Moderato (3:02)
09. Nicholas Angelich - Trois Préludes pour piano seul: 2. Allegretto leggiero e scherzando (3:05)
10. Nicholas Angelich - Trois Préludes pour piano seul: 3. Largo (5:18)