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Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses - Roger Muraro
Ferencz Liszt - Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S.173I. Invocation [7'26]II. Ave Maria [7'24]III. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude [14'17]IV. Pensée des morts [12'15]V. Pater noster [2'58]VI. Hymne de l'enfant à son réveil [5'19]VII. Funérailles [11'20]VIII. Miserere d'après Palestrina [4'09]IX. Andante lagrimoso [6'39]X. Cantique d'amour [5'28] Roger Muraro- Piano Accord 4761887 [recorded 1993 or March 2003?; digital download released 2004] [digital download; flacs, cover scan - no booklet] Recording venue: Temple Saint-Pierre à Parisonies?Recording engineer: Pascal Perrot; Producer: Gerard Pesson The French pianist, Roger Muraro, a pupil of Yvonne Loriod and born in Lyon in 1959 is probably best known as an interpreter of Messiaen's piano music and he has indeed recorded the complete solo piano works for Accord plus the orchestral works with piano parts. I am not usually a great fan of Liszt's music but I do enjoy these ten "poetic" pieces. I think this is probably the best […]
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Faces of classical music
2019-01-24 16:56:00
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor | Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.8 in C minor – Lise de la Salle, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Karina Canellakis – Sunday, January 27, 2019, 3:00 PM EST (GMT-5) – Livestream
[…] with the award "CD of the month" by Gramophone, the most influential magazine of classical music in the world in 2005.Her third album "Concertos No.1" (Shostakovich, Liszt, Prokofiev, released in 2007) with the Gulbenkian Orchestra under the baton of Lawrence Foster received the awards "CD of the month" and "Editor's choice" by Gramophone in 2008. Finally a double album, dedicated to Mozart and Prokofiev including a DVD "Lise de la Salle, Majeure!", directed by Jean-Philippe Perrot, was awarded the "Editor's choice" by Gramophone and the "BBC Music Magazine Choice" by BBC Music Magazine the same year.A new disc dedicated to Chopin marks the year 2010. It features live recordings of the 2nd Concerto with the Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of Fabio Luisi and the four Ballades.Between 1997 and 2004 Lise de la Salle won numerous competitions (e.g. First Prize in the 2004 Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New […]
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Royal Opera House
2017-04-05 10:33:12
Ballet and Dance at the Royal Opera House 2017/18
[…] a charming feast for the senses, set to Delibes’ marvellous score. The Nutcracker 5 December 2017—10 January 2018 Choreography: Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov Music: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Cast TBC A young girl’s enchanted present leads her on a wonderful Christmas adventure in this beautiful classical ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score. Giselle 19 January—9 March 2018 Choreography: Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot Music: Adolphe Adam revised by Lars Paine Cast TBC The greatest of all Romantic ballets, Peter Wright’s production of Marius Petipa’s classic is a tale of betrayal, the supernatural and love that transcends death. The Winter's Tale 13 February—21 March 2018 Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Music: Joby Talbot Cast TBC Shakespeare’s tale of love and loss becomes compelling dance drama in Christopher Wheeldon’s ballet adaptation, with music […]
2016-08-13 01:11:44
[…] in 1841 and the librettists, Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges (1799-1875) and Theophile Gautier (1811-1872), based it on a description of spirits called the Wilis in a work by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) and a story about a girl who dies of a chill after a ball by Victor Hugo (1802-1885). The score was composed by Adolphe Adam (1803-1856), and the original choreography (which has remained influential in subsequent performances) was by Jean Coralli (1779-1854) and Jules Perrot (1810-1892). At the premiere the role of Giselle was danced by Carlotta Grisi (1819-1899). The Bordeaux version was choreographed by a man named Charles Jude, who speaks at the start about his desire to help the dancers discover the characters and make them their own. Giselle was danced by Oxana Kucheruk, and Albrecht (her beloved) by Igor Yebra, and the orchestra was conducted by Ermanno Florio. As I said, the comments indicated that the […]