Lise de la Salle – When Do We Dance? (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Lise de la Salle – When Do We Dance? (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:43 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © naïve classique

Four years after her boundary-breaking album “Bach Unlimited”, pianist Lise de la Salle presents an extremely personal odyssey inspired by her love of the dance and her fascination with the period 1850 to 1950.

More than just a question, Lise de la Salle’s “When do we dance?” is an invitation to a voyage, “one that explores the different ways in which dance takes possession of the body”. A voyage in time, through a whole century (1850-1950) with the accent on modernity; a voyage over the oceans, from North America to Eastern Europe, criss-crossing Argentina, Spain, France, Hungary and Russia; a voyage to the very core of rhythm, that essential anchor point for the dance as for music in general, that enlivens the ragtimes of Gershwin and Bolcom, Bartók’s folk dances, a waltz by Saint-Saëns and a tango by Stravinsky.

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Lise de La Salle – Schumann (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Lise de La Salle – Schumann (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:00:50 minutes | 484 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © naïve classique

These three works offer a genuine journey, full of con-trasts, in which the listener can easily find wonder, surprise, and kaleidoscopic shifts from one emotion to another. I like it when you dont ever settle into a com-fort zone. Im looking for emotions thats what guides me. These pieces arent for children, but assume the character of innocence and candour that one finds in childhood. Id even go so far as to say that they adopt the tone of late adolescence and early adulthood.”” – Lise de la Salle Alongside the powerful concertos by Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Prokofiev or Chopin she plays all over the world, Lise de la Salle has a special link with Robert Schumann’s early piano pieces.She chose the Abegg Variations op.1, Kinderszenen op.15 and the Fantasie in C major op.17 for her first recording dedicated to the German romantic master.A repertoire in which she has a lot to say and reveal.

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Christian-Pierre La Marca & Lise de la Salle – Paris-Moscou (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Christian-Pierre La Marca & Lise de la Salle – Paris-Moscou (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:37 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

Christian-Pierre La Marca and Lise de la Salle recall the intense musical relationship between Paris and Moscow through works by Rachmaninoff and Fauré, alongside transcriptions for cello and piano of opera arias by Saint-Saëns, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and many more.

Wonderful moments of an artist in the making; promise of so much still to come. Just as nothing in her piano playing appears excessively rushed or overdriven, so the steady growth of Lise de la Salle’s career shows a careful sense of responsibility. What counts is not meteoric success, but staying power. And that career has been accompanied right from the start by a benevolent astonishment, a knowing delight, on the part of both professionals and the general public. There is nothing hysterical about this: her admirers constantly look forward to seeing what new shores she will reach, what the future holds for her by way of new discoveries, maturity and daring.

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