Le Nid Aimé – Accordéon Melancolique

In the course of defining a harmonious world Jean Pierre Guiran and Cherie de Boer are in a world made up of little things one could say, but that does not mean things of little impotance. Guiran, who is the composer of nearly all the tunes, always retains a welcoming sound, where melodies are always memorable and dischords have no right to be present. This happens despite the varied musical styles from tango to waltz, from swing to klezmer music. Rather than describe the individual tunes which despite their variety remain strangely homogenous and therefore diffcult to say which one in particular stands out given the high level of all of them, it is perhaps easier to allow the listener to approach the musicality of the dutch duo via the fact that in the accompanying booklet there is a poem by T Bowe entitled “Home”, or the cover which has a delightful watercolor by De Boer, or indeed how the title itself leads to the poeticism of the accordion pair. Here then, listening to the CD and recalling all these aspects, it is a little like being invited to someones house where the cordial, never overwhelming, conversation allows us to spend a very pleasant afternoon enjoying some pastries and sipping a tea.

Reviewed by Renato Belardinelli, December 2006