Duo En Noir

Enrico Rava | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 12, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Between The Lines
• ASIN: B00004SGZ3
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #813,117 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nature Boy

2. Vertigo/Laura

3. The Spiral Staircase

4. Shake the Cage

5. Certi Angoli

6. There's No You

7. Let's Stay Together

8. I Should Care

9. Tea for Two

10. There's a Small Hotel

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Too short, January 29, 2002

By 

Bill Wood - See all my reviews

This review is from: Duo En Noir (Audio CD)

This is a gorgeous CD. Ran Blake is one of the most innovative and yet emotionally accessible pianists around. I have nothing bad to say about this music, which was recorded live, before an audience who didn't seem to like it as much as I did, except that it's a gyp - at 38 minutes out of a possible 74 it's much too short.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The shifting moods of film noir, December 4, 2000

By 

Marc Salz (Philadelphia, Pa. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Duo En Noir (Audio CD)

Ran Blake's wonderful new CD "Duo en Noir" presents a valuable addition to the his older recording "Film Noir". In his new release, Blake evokes the shifting moods of the characters in the Hitchcock,Preminger and other films of that era.Through his piano, Blake invests the same struggle that is felt by each character as they grapple between the good and evil in each movie's plot. The romantic atmosphere of the screen is brought to life with the help of Enrico Rava on trumpet whose "Certi Angoli" brings a Fellini magic to the set. The addition of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" and Vincent Youman's "Tea for Two" bring elements of hope to the otherwise more mysterious puzzles that make up the film noir tradition.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The shifting moods of film noir, December 4, 2000

By 

Marc Salz (Philadelphia, Pa. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Duo En Noir (Audio CD)

Ran Blake's wonderful CD "Duo en Noir" presents a valuable addition to his older recording "Film Noir". In his new release, Blake evokes the shifting moods of the characters in the Hitchcock,Preminger and other films of that era. Through his piano, Blake invests the same struggle that is felt by each character as they grapple between the good and evil in each movie's plot. The romantic atmosphere of the screen is brought to life with the help of Enrico Rava on trumpet whose "Certi Angoli" brings a Fellini magic to the set.The addition of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" and Vincent Youmans's "Tea for Two" bring elements of hope to the otherwise more mysterious puzzles that make up the film noir tradition.