“The transmutations of breath: though modest and rustic in appearance — a simple pipe pierced with a few holes — the kaval is not an easy instrument to handle: it takes all the delicacy and conviction of a true artist to master its ultimate subtleties. These qualities are put to good use here in the service of a kaleidoscopic inspiration, constantly renewed over the course of the pieces which are scattered, like the beads of a rosary, throughout this album of a thousand oriental flavours. Steeped in the essentially Turkish-Balkan origins of her instrument, Isabelle Courroy is true to the effulgent improvisation from which most of her repertoire emanates. Between solitary meditations and fusional collusions, the aeolian breaths of her kaval turn your soul upside down, all the better to draw you into their intoxicating spirals.”
Laurent Aubert
cd 1 Confluence #1 - le souffle onirique des flûtes kaval
Compositions et arrangements Isabelle Courroy
Titres: Kotsifas; Ange et dragon; Aïda; Octopus; Safineh; Pulsar; Jasmine; TchernoKara; Keybus.
cd 2 Confluence #2 - le chant des sources
Répertoires de Bulgarie, Grèce, Turquie, Arménie
Distribution: Françoise Atlan, chant - Mireille Collignon, viole de gambe -Isabelle Courroy, flûtes kaval - Shadi Fathi, dafs kurdes - Le chœur Estampes sous la direction de Philippe Franceschi - Patrice Gabet, violons - Spyridon Hallaris, kanoun - Christiane Ildevert, contrebasse - Ourania Lambropoulou, santour - Marie Domitille Murez, harpe - Katerina Papadopoulou, chant - Mariyana Pavlova, chant - Aliocha Regnard, nickelharpa - Lionel Romieu, tamboura, Oud, Mandole - Jérôme Salomon, bendir, derbouka, tombak, tapan - Maria Simoglu, chant - Sokratis Sinopoulos, lyre pontique - Kyriakos Tapakis, laouto, oud - Haçer Gülay Toruk, chant –Direction artistique, arrangements : Isabelle Courroy
Titres : O Skáros; En descendant de la Mer noire - Suite instrumentale; Toudoru; Prituri sa planinata; Hamemilon; Bavna melodiya; M’echeis berdemeno, m’echeis; Altın Tasta Gül Kuruttum; Krivo sadovsko Horo; Sareri
cd 3 Confluence #3 - un éloge de l'oblique
Commandes aux compositeurs Michel Moglia, Zad Moultaka, François Wong: compositions partagées et improvisations.
Titres: Et comme un voile, le vent tombe sur toi; La vibrance le l'ombre; Ard I; Puis je vis un nouveau ciel; Zaib Rouhakou; Travzon; Volière; Chant thermique III; La brebis perdue.
