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L'archange

from Albatross by Simon Leoza

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En termes d’instrumentation, cette pièce épurée reflète le rôle important du dialogue entre le piano et le quatuor à cordes. Il s’agit de la seule pièce de l’album pour laquelle Leoza et les musiciennes performaient dans la même pièce lors de l’enregistrement. Composée lors d’un séjour au Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity en 2018, la pièce, originalement au piano, dépeint les hauts et les bas des rencontres fusionnelles. Le piano (qu'on peut imaginer comme l’archange) est seul au début de la pièce, puis lentement les cordes (les anges) commencent à s'introduire. La pièce évolue doucement avec le mélodieux arrangement des quatre voix de l’ensemble à cordes. Lumineuse, mais un peu nostalgique, cette pièce pleine d’espoir est sans contredit la plus personnelle de l’album.

In terms of instrumentation, this refined piece reflects the important role of the dialogue between the piano and the string quartet. This is the only piece of the album for which Leoza and the musicians performed in the same room throughout the recording. Composed during a stay at the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity in 2018, the piece, originally on the piano, depicts the ups and downs of fusional encounters. The piano (which one can imagine as the archangel) is alone at the beginning of the piece, then slowly the strings (the angels) begin to enter. The piece evolves slowly with the melodious arrangement of the four voices of the string ensemble. Bright, but a little nostalgic, this hopeful piece is without a doubt the most personal of the album.

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from Albatross, track released April 6, 2021
Piano: Simon P. Castonguay
Quatuor à cordes / String quartet:
Violon 1 / Violin 1: Gabrielle Richard
Violon 2 / Violin 2: Amanda Gibeau
Alto / Viola: Marilou Lepage
Violoncelle / Violoncello: Karine Bouchard

Label: Rosemarie Records
Éditeur / Editor: Kay Productions Musique Inc.
Composition / Composer: Simon P. Castonguay
Arrangements / Arrangements: Simon P. Castonguay
Mix: Tonio Morin-Vargas, L’Excellent Studio du Québec
Mastering: Richard Addison, Trillium Sound
Réalisation / Production: Blaise Borboën-Léonard, Simon P. Castonguay
Ingénieur de son / Engineering: Blaise Borboën-Léonard
Artwork: Christy Lee Rogers

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Simon Leoza Montreal, Québec

Simon Leoza is a Montreal-based multi-instrumentalist and composer whose pieces straddle the boundaries between neoclassical, ambient pop and electronic music. After his successful debut album Albatross, Leoza announces ACTE III, a kaleidoscope of vibrant colors and bold contrasts inspired by the movement and abundance of the human experience. ... more

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