Description
Attachée à une musique populaire, ancrée dans une histoire, Anne Girard Esposito développe un jeu d’une belle authenticité. En témoigne ce premier album tout en sensibilité et en délicate virtuosité.
Après son « coup de foudre » pour la flûte en bois, Anne Girard Esposito a mis des années à dénicher « son » instrument. Qu’à cela ne tienne, c’est avec sa flûte en métal qu’elle a, passionnée et déterminée, commencé à se frotter à la musique irlandaise. Jusqu’à l’acquisition d’une flûte en buis. Et là, un autre monde s’est ouvert… et aujourd’hui un premier opus de 10 titres, solo et accompagnée….
Musiciens :
Anne Girard Esposito : flûtes, Kalimba
Julien Biget : Guitare, Bouzouki
Guillaume Vargoz : Bodhran
Janick Martin : accordéon
Pierre Stéphan : Violon
Danseurs (pas) Maod Leconte, Hoëla Barbedette et Aurélien Tanghe
Prise de son, mixage et mastering : Aurélien Tanghe
Textes : Cecile Rognon
Photographie : Nadège Fagoo
Réalisation Graphique : Fréderic Rau
Cd enregistré à Sizun (29) au Studio Streat ar skol du 25 au 31/10/2015
Chronique : From
« Irish Music The definitive voice of irish Music Wolrdwide »
ANNE GIRARD ESPOSITO
La Flûte Traversière En Bois
Bemol Productions, BEMO 079, 10 Tracks, 35 Minutes
www.annegirardesposito.fr
In recent years the label Bemol Productions have chosen to highlight instruments in a collection entitled “An Instrument – An Artist”. After the fiddle, the bagpipe, the accordion and the guitar, it’s now Anne Girard Esposito, a musician living in Brittany, to introduce her instrument of choice, the wooden flute.
After starting on classical music, Anne discovered Irish music thanks to a record of Frankie Gavin’s. Quickly she turned to traditional music and she made numerous journeys to Ireland, where she met famous musicians, trained with them and claimed their influence. Let us quote the Irish musicians Harry Bradley, Kevin Crawford, Paul McGrattan, but also the Bretons Sylvain Barou, Jean-Michel Veillon or Erwan Hamon. Without forgetting Desi Wilkinson, the Belfast flute player who had a strong influence on the young musician.
The superb album that she offers to us now, is a digest of delicacy, sensitivity but also homogeneity and serenity. We could be transported to an evening by the fireplace in a Breton cottage, or maybe a house in Connacht. As Anne lives in Brittany, what could be more natural than to start and conclude the album with a Breton traditional gavotte Nozvezh kentañ ma eured.
Brittany is also present on An aotrou Koadrioù ha Janig Riou. But Ireland is not far since we can listen to traditional Irish tunes: Binsin Luachra, Sean Bui/James McMahon’s/The Rannafast or Girls, will you take him? We also find a Scottish air Bidh Clann Ulaidh and a Polish tune Gdzie ty jedziesz Jasiu.
The accordionist Johnny Og Connolly also has his place as well as the Breton guitarist Soïg Sibéril. Finally Anne put her mark on two tracks Lille Klara & Sweet Rain and Sous les Arbres.
This album was built as a series of short little stories and the whole album harmoniously binds these together. Most of the arrangements are by Anne herself and friends whom she asked to accompany her on the album: Julien Biget (guitar & bouzouki), Pierre Stéphan (fiddle), Guillaume Vergoz (bodhrán) and Janick Martin (accordion).
All along the album an atmosphere settles down, a charm operates, landscapes take shape. An impression of serenity emerges from this musical pearl. A true success.
Philippe Cousin