Pianist Lise de la Salle pays a profound and elegant tribute to the timeless genius of Bach, by presenting works from across three centuries by Liszt, Busoni, Roussel, Poulenc and Thomas Enhco
It’s a long-considered recording, subtle yet powerful, that marks the 15th anniversary of the rich collaboration between Naïve and Lise de la Salle.
“Bach…where everything begins.”
Since the 18th century, a number of compos-ers have paid hommage to Jean-Sebastian Bach, often considered the musical touch-stone: the perfect balance between science, form, expression and emotion.
Preludes and Fugues; transcriptions; or the mu-sical motif made from the letters of his name: these hommages have come in many forms. In the captivating and fascinating programme by Lise de la Salle, we find works by Bach himself, Poulenc, Busoni, Roussel and Liszt.
And then, like a fresh breath of air from the heart of our current century, interspersed be-tween the works of the masters we find four new pieces commissioned from the pianist Thomas Enhco.
The result is an essential, modern recording, an unprecedented journey into the essence of music, in which Lise de la Salle exhibits all her pianistic talent, as well as a profound in-tellectual knowledge.
johann sebastian bach 1685-1750
italienisches konzert f-dur bwv 971 1735
1 [Allegro] 3’36
2 Andante 5’21
3 Presto 3’09
thomas enhco b.1988
4 chant nocturne, based on italian concerto 2017 1’55
francis poulenc 1899-1963
5 valse-improvisation sur le nom de bach 1932 1’22
thomas enhco
6 sur la route, for piano four hands, based on b-a-c-h 2017 2’06
johann sebastian bach – ferruccio busoni 1866-1925
7 chaconne in d minor bwv 1004 1717-23 (violin) / 1893 (piano) 14’47
thomas enhco
8 la question de l’ange, based on chaconne 2017 1’48
albert roussel 1869-1937
prélude et fugue op.46 1932
9 Prélude 1’29
10 Fugue 3’40
franz liszt 1811-86
11 fantasie und fuge über das thema b-a-c-h 1855, rev. 1870 13’19
thomas enhco
12 l’aube nous verra, based on goldberg variations 2017 2’36 |
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