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We take every step to ensure your vinyl purchase is delivered to you in the same pristine condition as when it leaves our packing area. We have selected very robust 12 inch mailers in order to protect your valuable vinyl throughout its journey to your doorstep. Even when handled incorrectly, your item should still arrive in tip-top condition.


Far from being a simple rereading of Keith Emerson's work, pianist Thierry Eliez's 'Emerson Enigma' offers us the keys to the enigmatic, lush, avant-garde, and singular work of Keith Emerson, who imposed English progressive music to the rest of the world. Founder of the group Emerson Lake & Palmer, the pianist and composer Keith Emerson was the first to integrate concert piano pieces, to tamper with the sounds of the Hammond organ and give it a provocative colour. His daring innovations seduced young people throughout the world, selling more than forty-nine million albums! It is this enigma that Thierry Eliez comes to explore with his project 'Emerson Enigma'. \r

Thierry Eliez recounts and sublimates Emerson's work by fusing several pieces from different Emerson Lake & Palmer and The Nice albums. Following the principle of association dear to Emerson, he freely elaborates combinations of suites from original pieces, classical works, and improvisations. From Knife Edge, Tarkus, The Endless Enigma to Pictures Of An Exhibition, we feast on Janacek's Sinfonietta, and further on Bach's Suite Francaise in D Minor, performed in a trio with Guillaume Latil on cello and Vladimir Percevic on viola or on fragments of Mussorgsky's work intermingling with ELP's works: 'You just have to find out an exciting point of connection to bring coherence to the whole.'

After forty years of improvised and deliberate eclectic explorations, Thierry Eliez has once again shattered the boundaries with his new album 'Emerson Enigma'. He imagines a particularly demanding acoustic instrumentation and writes the arrangements. Instead of electronic sounds Thierry Eliez imposes the powerful and generous sound of the Fazioli Grand Piano behind which his absolute and stunning mastery urges the Manticore Quartet to mix jazz improvisations and chamber music in a breathtaking interplay. Guillaume Latil on cello, Johan Renard and Khoa Nam Nguyen on violins, and Vladimir Percevic on viola.\r
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'Eliez vividly reimagines Emerson's compositions...Emerson Enigma offers the keys to the, lush, avant-garde world of Emerson as composer combined with Eliez's unique brand of virtuosity, resulting in a singular recording of epic proportions.' - Jazz Journal

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'When a virtuoso musician of the caliber of Eliez produces an album in tribute to the groundbreaking Keith Emerson, it would appear well worthwhile to investigate further...'Emerson Enigma' is a stunningly presented set, with an immense amount of care and attention having been applied to both the packaging, and indeed the recording itself.' - UK Vibe
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Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.We take every step to ensure your vinyl purchase is delivered to you in the same pristine condition as when it leaves our packing area. We have selected very robust 12 inch mailers in order to protect your valuable vinyl throughout its journey to your doorstep. Even when handled incorrectly, your item should still arrive in tip-top condition.Far from being a simple rereading of Keith Emerson's work, pianist Thierry Eliez's 'Emerson Enigma' offers us the keys to the enigmatic, lush, avant-garde, and singular work of Keith Emerson, who imposed English progressive music to the rest of the world. Founder of the group Emerson Lake & Palmer, the pianist and composer Keith Emerson was the first to integrate concert piano pieces, to tamper with the sounds of the Hammond organ and give it a provocative colour. His daring innovations seduced young people throughout the world, selling more than forty-nine million albums! It is this enigma that Thierry Eliez comes to explore with his project 'Emerson Enigma'. r

Thierry Eliez recounts and sublimates Emerson's work by fusing several pieces from different Emerson Lake & Palmer and The Nice albums. Following the principle of association dear to Emerson, he freely elaborates combinations of suites from original pieces, classical works, and improvisations. From Knife Edge, Tarkus, The Endless Enigma to Pictures Of An Exhibition, we feast on Janacek's Sinfonietta, and further on Bach's Suite Francaise in D Minor, performed in a trio with Guillaume Latil on cello and Vladimir Percevic on viola or on fragments of Mussorgsky's work intermingling with ELP's works: 'You just have to find out an exciting point of connection to bring coherence to the whole.'

After forty years of improvised and deliberate eclectic explorations, Thierry Eliez has once again shattered the boundaries with his new album 'Emerson Enigma'. He imagines a particularly demanding acoustic instrumentation and writes the arrangements. Instead of electronic sounds Thierry Eliez imposes the powerful and generous sound of the Fazioli Grand Piano behind which his absolute and stunning mastery urges the Manticore Quartet to mix jazz improvisations and chamber music in a breathtaking interplay. Guillaume Latil on cello, Johan Renard and Khoa Nam Nguyen on violins, and Vladimir Percevic on viola.rr

Press: rr

'Eliez vividly reimagines Emerson's compositions...Emerson Enigma offers the keys to the, lush, avant-garde world of Emerson as composer combined with Eliez's unique brand of virtuosity, resulting in a singular recording of epic proportions.' - Jazz Journal

rr'When a virtuoso musician of the caliber of Eliez produces an album in tribute to the groundbreaking Keith Emerson, it would appear well worthwhile to investigate further...'Emerson Enigma' is a stunningly presented set, with an immense amount of care and attention having been applied to both the packaging, and indeed the recording itself.' - UK Vibe
Track Listing

Suite N*1 Tarkus Enigma - Tarkus - Eruption + Stone Of Years

Suite N*2 Brain Variations - Variations On 2nd Impression (Karn Evil 9)

Suite N*1 Tarkus Enigma - The Endless Enigma Part1

Suite N*2 Brain Variations - Benny The Bouncer

Suite N*1 Tarkus Enigma - Fugue

Take A Pebble

Suite N*1 Tarkus Enigma - The Endless Enigma Part 2 + Extract From Pictures At An Exhibition (Mussorgsky)

Trilogy

Knife Edge (Including Sinfonietta (Janacek) and Suite Francaise (J.S. Bach))

Suite N*3 Chorale - Chorale 3rd Bridge

Suite N*3 Chorale - Extract Piano Concerto N*1 3rd Movement

Suite N*3 Chorale - Aquatarkus Finale

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  • Product Type: Vinyl
  • Barcode: 3521381567762
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