Le Concert Ideal

Marianne Piketty, Le Concert Idéal – Sous l’étoile (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:09 minutes | 1,18 GB | Genre: Classical
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For this new recording, taking the form of an initiatory journey, Marianne Piketty and Le Concert Idéal explore the subject of night-time and the fascination it holds for composers. From the capricious and exuberant nights of Antonio Vivaldi to the melancholy of Lili Boulanger’s D’un soir triste and the greater optimism of its partner piece, D’un matin de printemps, via the poetic and sensuous dreams of Eugène Ysaÿe, the musicians of Le Concert Idéal travel to different places and different periods in time, looking at the night sky, and reaching the present day with the concerto Bajo la estrella, commissioned from the composer Alex Nante and recorded here for the first time.
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Marianne Piketty, Le Concert Idéal – Vivaldi, l’âge d’or (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:56 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Classical
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Marianne Piketty and the Ideal Concert, with the help of numerous unpublished practical documents, embark on the adventure of a journey to the heart of this Venetian school, where so many musical currents, sometimes antagonistic and anachronistic, have rubbed shoulders and let everything and its opposite germinate, without tension. From the virtuoso fevers of Vivaldi to the solemnity of Ziani, from the affects of Strozzi to the dances of Turini, saluting the majestic impetus of Gallo (whose music served as the basis for Stravinsky’s Pulcinella), Le Concert Idéal lifts the veil on a domain where reason often gives way to the senses and the force of the imagination.

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Marianne Piketty, Le Concert Ideal – Locatelli & Nante: Le fil d’Ariane (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:37 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Classical
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Such as Theseus unrolls the thread given by Ariadne to find his way through the labyrinth, Marianne Piketty tries to find her way through the labyrinth of time by inventing a path from Baroque to present. She thus gives shape and life to Ariadne by crossing the voices of Pietro Locatelli and Alex Nante. The myth has indeed inspired and still inspires artists. Violinist and composer Locatelli, as prodigious as Vivaldi, set to music the abandonment of Ariadne: “Il Pianto d’Arianna” expresses the pain and the freedom at the same time in a virtuoso way, reflective of the power of imagination. Marianne Piketty is an audacious music-broker: she gives substance to this time journey by reinventing the relevant form of the concert, be it live or recorded. With the musicians of her ensemble, named Le Concert Idéal, she tries to realize a dream that this new album concretizes!

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