AKI TAKASE - LA PLANÈTE FLYING SOUL (Intakt Records 2014)

La Planète Quartet is one of Aki Takase's newest ensembles, arising from her partnership with the French clarinettist Louis Sclavis. Right from the start Aki Takase envisaged realising Flying Soul with an instrumental palette comprised of strings and Louis Sclavis recommended two of his long-term colleagues to her, the violinist Dominique Pifarély and the cellist Vincent Courtois.
"On Flying Soul Aki Takase manages to shape the proportions in her music – of time, space and sound – with impressive ingenuity, without restraining the sounds", writes Julia Neupert in the Liner notes. "Defying gravity, breathing freely, transforming yourself constantly: this aim has undoubtedly been achieved."
Aki Takase Piano, Celesta
Louis Sclavis Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Dominique Pifarély Violin
Vincent Courtois Cello
Intakt Records