Matalon & Hurel: Tramages

To be listened to again and again for Martin Matalon’s Trames, his “woven” compositions that explore the links between the soloist and the ensemble’s musicians. There is a lot of movement in these frameworks, and a lot of virtuosity that is always relevant, never unwarranted. The musicians of the highly in-demand Ensemble Mesostics know how to infuse the energy and rigour necessary to do justice to the score. Here is chamber music with urban and jazzy colours, both dark and joyfully contemporary.