Tatiana Samouil, David Lively, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Lise Berthaud, Claire Désert – Debussy: Sonates, danses et rhapsodies (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Tatiana Samouil, David Lively, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Lise Berthaud, Claire Désert – Debussy: Sonates, danses et rhapsodies (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:12:43 minutes | 618 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Indésens

Along with the Etudes and En blanc et noir of 1915, Claude Debussy‘s three sonatas constitute the last will and testament of the composer, who died in Paris on March 25, 1918. It’s not due to there being the final works in Debussy‘s chronology that confer this privilege open them so much as the fact that they perfectly manifest the composer’s ideal of French music distinguished by « clarity, elegance, simple and natural declamation (in which) seeks, above all, to please. How could one better describe these three masterpieces ?

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Baiba Skride, Lise Berthaud, Harriet Krijgh & Lauma Skride – Mozart, Brahms & Mahler: Piano Quartets (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Baiba Skride, Lise Berthaud, Harriet Krijgh & Lauma Skride – Mozart, Brahms & Mahler: Piano Quartets (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:29 minutes | 1,47 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Orfeo

The Skride Quartet was formed for a concert at Schubertiade Festival in 2016. Whilst maintaining their own high profile solo careers, their passion for chamber music unites the four of them. Within a short period of time they have grown into a close-knit chamber ensemble in great demand internationally. This Debut-CD includes the most famous Piano Quartets of Classical literature, by Mozart and Brahms as well then the unique Quartet movement by Gustav Mahler.

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Lise Berthaud, Adam Laloum – Schumann, Schubert, Brahms (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Lise Berthaud, Adam Laloum – Schumann, Schubert, Brahms (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:22 minutes | 882 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Aparté

Lise Berthaud [b.1982] studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, with Gérard Caussé. In 2005, she won the Hindemith Prize at the Geneva International Competition, was short listed by the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2009 as ‘Révélation de l’Année’ (Newcomer of the Year) and since September 2013, Lise has been part of the prestigious BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme.

Adam Laloum studied at the Paris Conservatoire before receiving international recognition when he won 1st Prize at the prestigious Clara Haskil Piano Competition. Laloum has founded a piano trio ‘Les Esprits’. Both have played with prestigious orchestras and have appeared on famous stages and festivals. This is their first recital together and Lise Berthaud’s debut recording.

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Novus Quartet, Ophélie Gaillard, Lise Berthaud – Tchaikovsky: String Quartet & Souvenir de Florence (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Novus Quartet, Ophélie Gaillard, Lise Berthaud – Tchaikovsky: String Quartet & Souvenir de Florence (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:04:25 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Aparté

After an audacious first-record dedicated to Webern, Beethoven and Yun, the young musicians of the Novus Quartet interpret with passion two essential works of Tchaikovsky’s chamber music: the First Quartet and the Sextuor « Souvenir de Florence » – for this work, the musicians are joined by two guests, cellist Ophélie Gaillard and violist Lise Berthaud. These two works, which are like milestones in the career of the Russian composer (the first is written in 1871, the second in 1887), show Tchaikovsky’s inclination for popular melodies. Clarity and technique serving musical expression, the fiery strings of the Novus Quartet spread a warm sound that impresses by its homogeneity, intensely invites to melancholy in slow movements, and fully transcribed the exaltation of Tchaikovsky’s poetic universe.

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Lise Berthaud – Berlioz: Harold en Italie (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Lise Berthaud – Berlioz: Harold en Italie (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:27 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Naxos

Not quite a viola concerto and not just a symphony with an obbligato viola part, Hector Berlioz’s Harold en Italie – based on Lord Byron’s poem, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, and events from the composer’s own sojourn in Italy for the Prix de Rome – is a fascinating hybrid that embraces both forms and even anticipates the Lisztian tone poem. This performance by violist Lise Berthaud and the Orchestre National de Lyon, conducted by Leonard Slatkin, shows that they are fully conscious of the work’s peculiar nature, so a degree of flexibility is observed, noticeably in the varied treatment of the viola. At times playing as a prominent soloist, at others merely providing filigree for color, Berthaud handles both sides of her part with grace and makes her presence felt, even when the viola’s dynamics are extremely soft. Slatkin leads the orchestra with energy and humor, making sure that the picturesque aspects of the piece are vividly conveyed. For filler, two of Berlioz’s most vibrant overtures are included, Roman Carnival and Benvenuto Cellini, along with the Rêverie et caprice for violin and orchestra, featuring Giovanni Radivo as soloist. This program is sure to please Berlioz aficionados, and fans of Berthaud should definitely take note of her appearance here.

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Eric Le Sage, Daishin Kashimoto, Lise Berthaud, François Salque – Gabriel Fauré – 2: Quatuors avec piano, Op. 15 & 45 (2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Eric Le Sage, Daishin Kashimoto, Lise Berthaud, François Salque – Gabriel Fauré – 2: Quatuors avec piano, Op. 15 & 45 (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:04:04 minutes | 1006 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

Between 1875 and his death in 1924, Fauré produced ten or so compositions that are among the jewels of the French chamber repertoire, written at a time when opera and symphonic music were the predominant genres.

The international artist Eric Le Sage, who is a specialist in this repertoire, continues his exploration of the complete chamber music with piano of Gabriel Fauré, accompanied by a fine team of first-rate artists.This second volume, expertly recorded by Jean-Marc Laisné in the wonderful setting of the MC2 Auditorium in Grenoble, shows extraordinary energy and elegance. The first volume was awarded the highest ratings by the music magazine Classica in December 2011.

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