''Oblivia'' is an album by violinist Mark Feldman and pianist

Sylvie Courvoisier Sylvie Courvoisier (born 30 November 1968) is a composer, pianist and improviser. Career Courvoisier, originally from Lausanne, Switzerland, has lived in Brooklyn, New York for years. She has led several groups over the years, recorded 10 albu ...

which was released on the

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label in 2010.

Reception

In his review for

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, James Manheim notes that "the music is generally absorbing, and fans of Zorn and his followers may want to tease out the processes over repeated listenings". On

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Kurt Gottschalk said "Both players are extraordinarily sensitive in going toward and away from their instruments' orthodox voices. With her background in European avant-garde composition and improvisation, Courvoisier tends to bring more abstraction to the picture, whereas Feldman—with his long history as an interpreter and session player—is more the melodicist. But what's important is how well they intuit meeting grounds across the 11 pieces here".Gottschalk, K.
All About Jazz Review
June 12, 2010

Track listing

''All compositions by Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman except as indicated'' # "Conky's Lament" - 2:00 # "Dunes" (Courvoisier) - 6:18 # "Messiaenesque" (Courvoisier) - 2:22 # "Purveyors" (Feldman) - 7:25 # "Oblivia de Oblivion" - 1:46 # "Double Windsor" (Courvoisier) - 4:57 # "Basorah" (Courvoisier) - 9:23 # "Vis-a-Vis" - 3:05 # "Samarcande" - 2:07 # "Fontanelle" - 1:45 # "Sous un Rêve Huileux" (Courvoisier) - 10:20

Personnel

* Mark Feldman -

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

References

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