EVCD050 豎琴三重奏(小夜曲.鱒魚豎琴改編名曲集) Marielle Nordmann / Harp Trio (Evidence)

Who said the harp was a wise and good-mannered girl instrument? Its timbre even more orchestral than that of the piano allows him on the contrary to venture into all the repertoires, in particular that of the romantic ones who does not stop pushing the expressive borders.

To serve the music, just the music, the great Marielle Nordmann defeats the clichés that associate the harp with caretaking parlor. Along with two of her brightest students, the talented Alexandra Luiceanu and Clara Izambert, she has written a record that brings together original works as well as transcriptions of Schubert’s lieder, romances by Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff – many of them are indebted to Liszt and also, unpublished ones, to the interpreters themselves.

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
1. Barcarolle · transcription par le trio de Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D.774
2. Sérénade · transcription par John Thomas de Ständchen, D.957
3. La Truite · transcription par le trio de Die Forelle, op. 32 D.550
4. Marguerite · transcription par John Thomas de Gretchen am Spinnrade, op. 2 D.118
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
5. Prélude, op. 35
6. Romance sans parole, op. 30 no 7 Andante espressivo
transcriptions par Marielle Nordmann
John Thomas (1826-1913)
7. Souvenir du Nord · duo inspiré du Rossignol d’Alexandre Alabiev (1787-1851)
Albert Zabel (1834-1910)
8. Marguerite au rouet, op. 19
Sergeï Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
9. Valse
10. Romance
transcriptions par le trio des Deux Pièces à six mains
John Thomas (1826-1913)
Grand Duo de harpes
11. Allegro con brio
12. Adagio
13. Allegro con spirito
Alexandre Glazounouv (1865-1936)
14. Valse, op. 43 n° 7 · transcription par le trio

Total : 53’06