New Cat, Andrea Motis & Joan Chamorro - Coses Que Es Diuen Pero Que No Es Fan (2014)

Coses that is diuen per? que no fan ("Things that are said but are not made") is the title of the album by Andrea Motis , Joan Chamorro and The New Catalan Ensemble: a new formation that incorporates the bell of the solo instruments of the Catalan cobla with which Andrea Motis sings for the first time a selection of poems of key authors in contemporary Catalan literature: from classics chosen by herself as the poem "Tot len."Andyor of others, from Joan Salvat-Papasseit to Gabriel Ferrater (of whom the poem ' Kore') or Joan Vinyoli ('Sol') , of which this year marks the centenary of his birth . The project includes unquestionable poets such as Joan Margarit, the award-winning 'Hotel of Mercy') , Tarragona Montserrat Abelló (Aquest teu aire suau', the only theme played as a quintet with Chamorro to the bass and Enrique Ortí to the tenor as soloist) , and the renowned Enric Casasses (Sastre de rec.) , Manuel Forcano ('Gol') or the Mallorcan SebastianAlzamora, whose poem gives the album (extracted from the poem 'La part visible' , Carles Riba Prize 2008).
The album is completed with some well-known jazz standards that due to the instrumentation of the set, take on a new life: they are 'The Nearness of You', which opens the album, 'Summertime' and Jobim's classic, 'Corvocado'.
The prestigious illustrator Arnal Ballester has created the image of the album.
Alfredo Falco Sales
The most original thing I've had a chance to hear lately. How well the cobla hits those blues, swings, bossa, etc that comprise this compilation! How could you not think of it before? And, if that weren't enough, that indefinite voice with her attractive Andrea Motis style...