''Signs and Epigrams'' is a solo album by pianist

Sylvie Courvoisier Sylvie Courvoisier (born 30 November 1968) is a composer, pianist, improviser and bandleader. She was born and raised in Lausanne, Switzerland, and has been a resident of New York City since 1998. She won Germany’s International Jazz Piano Pri ...

which was released on the

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label in 2007.

Reception

In his review for

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, Blair Sanderson notes that "What makes ''Signs and Epigrams'' compelling for intrepid listeners is the density of Courvoisier's constructions, the audacious ways she exploits her materials, and the utter ferocity of her performances. While she demonstrates a fine ear for isolated pitches or the quiet, delicate interplay of lines, and can play conventionally with great subtlety, she makes the greatest impression in her brutal attacks of the keyboard, strings, and even the piano's case: the rawest sound sources are fair game in her highly varied pieces, and she plays with a concentrated force that makes this album bracing to hear and unforgettable for its violence".

Track listing

''All compositions by Sylvie Courvoisier'' # "Ricochet" - 2:25 # "Des Signes et des Songes" - 5:11 # "Meccania" - 7:57 # "Epigram 1" - 6:33 # "Epigram 2" - 3:35 # "Epigram 3" - 4:20 # "Confins de Lueurs" - 7:36 # "Chick" - 2:56 # "Mis en Pièces" - 2:09 # "Soliloquy" - 10:44

Personnel

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

References

{{Authority control Tzadik Records albums Sylvie Courvoisier albums 2007 albums