{"product_id":"renaissance-4","title":"Renaissance","description":"\u003cp\u003eNicolas Masson’s acquaintance with his fellow quartet travelers \u003cstrong\u003eColin Vallon\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePatrice Moret\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eLionel Friedli\u003c\/strong\u003e goes back roughly two decades – in this time the players have developed an intimate musical bond, expressed purely and beautifully on \u003cem\u003eRenaissance\u003c\/em\u003e, the group’s second recording for ECM after 2018’s \u003cem\u003eTravelers\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eComprised exclusively of originals by the Swiss saxophonist and one collective improvisation, the album’s spotlight shifts between contrasting moods and shapes, capturing the venturesome leader stretching his compositional muscle in evocative interplay with his colleagues. The band is in a searching spirit on rubato exercises like the expressive “Tremolo” or the ambient “Tumbleweeds”, mathematical on the more cerebral cuts like “Renaissance”, but always operate with a lyrical disposition at heart, as heard elsewhere on the record and with a particularly gripping melodiousness on “Anemona”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in Southern France.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":51522169766219,"sku":"R6120-7344","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/7540837_d9b983a8-3755-416a-9733-86c410ef7439.jpg?v=1752232273","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/renaissance-4","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}