Christian-Pierre La Marca

Christian-Pierre La Marca – Legacy (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:59 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Classical
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The cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca always has something to surprise us with: hybrid programs mixing genres and pushing toward musical frontiers, guests who add to an already rich repertoire, and a keen, passionate vision of both music and the world. The title and the composers of his new album may appear “classical”, but his recording, effectively rooted in eighteenth century Vienna, nevertheless once again broadens the horizons and encourages us to see things differently. “I wanted this program to introduce new ways of listening to Haydn’s concertos,” he explains. “Legacy focuses on passing down rather than inheriting – the benevolence of one generation for the next, encounters between musicians who are also enablers, the progression of the instrument in the music.”

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Christian-Pierre La Marca – Cello 360 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:17:07 minutes | 2,38 GB | Genre: Classical
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Christian-Pierre La Marca here presents baroque pieces (for viola da gamba) as well as modern and futuristic music in a highly personal, patterned reflection that is radically innovatory for the instrument and its repertoire, stimulating for the performer and fascinating for the listener. In this cleverly devised sequence, pieces by Marais, Purcell, Telemann, Sainte-Colombe, Dowland and Rameau interact with Grieg, Chaplin, Dutilleux, Escaich, Ligeti, Casals, the Beatles and Sollima, interwoven with electronic music realized by electro-creatives Rayann and M.A.S. during the March 2020 lockdown. As la Marca confides: “I really like the cross-cultural, multi-genre aspect of this album: I love going from one musical style to another, creating links that did not previously exist, so as to reveal the infinite possibilities of the instrument”.

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Christian-Pierre La Marca – Cantus (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:08 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Classical
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The originality of this album’s programme is its focus on famous sacred pieces transcribed for the warm and lyrical voice of the cello, an instrument whose tone is certainly one of the closest to the singing voice. The words of the Magnificat, Requiem, Stabat Mater or Ave Maria – well known in the repertoire of vocal sacred music – fade here to better reveal the development of musical emotion aroused by the melody itself, and the subtlety of the accompaniments (organ, viola, theorbo, voice) in reinforcing and supporting the expressiveness of the singing. Inspired by sacred texts, the melodies by Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi and Pergolesi reveal the strength and intensity of their expression, even without words, and reinforce the idea developed from the late eighteenth century that music, by its power of suggestion and evocation, goes beyond words to express the unspeakable, sometimes with simplicity and depth. From Taverner to Thierry Escaich, and also Allegri, Handel, Franck and Fauré, the recorded repertoire covers a period from the sixteenth to twenty-first century and includes some of the most important names in sacred music.

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Christian-Pierre La Marca – Wonderful World (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:53:53 minutes | 1,94 GB | Genre: Classical
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In this humanistic ode de to nature, French cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca presents a packed programme on the theme of saving the planet. He has invited a host of artists from all over the international music scene to add their voices to that of his own eloquent instrument, in a unique and unprecedented project of solidarity. “Wonderful World” is a project of multiple inputs, all converging on Christian-Pierre La Marca’s awareness of the need to save our planet. As he explains, “music has the ability to awaken consciences, to make people more sensitive, without trying to convince or mobilize them. Music is a short circuit that goes straight to the heart”.
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Christian-Pierre La Marca – Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 24:35 minutes | 462 MB | Genre: Classical
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French cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca was a fixture on the international concert and chamber music scenes even before signing to the Sony Classical label. He has cultivated expertise in both orchestral and chamber music, and in mainstream repertory and historical performance. La Marca was born in Nice in 1983. He took cello lessons in Aix-en-Provence and then moved to Paris. His teachers have largely been private ones: Jean-Marie Gamard and Philippe Muller in Paris, Frans Helmerson in Cologne, and Steven Isserlis in London, augmented by master classes with such figures as Mstislav Rostropovich and Heinrich Schiff.
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