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Au cinéma ce soir

Jean-Marc Luisada

Cinema Music - Released April 28, 2023 | La Dolce Volta

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Jean-Marc Luisada is a passionate man. Cinema captivates him as much as music and his latest recording allows him to bring together the two worlds that are close to his heart. By taking the name of a famous French television programme by Armand Panigel as the title of his new album (Au Cinéma ce soir), the pianist invites us to share in his love of cinema, inflected with a good dose of nostalgia from the memory of his parents’ love. It would appear that the record is entirely dedicated to their memory.The fourteen films, chosen here by Jean-Marc Luisada for the publisher-bibliophile La Dolce Volta, span a period from 1958 (Les Amants by Louis Malle) to 1979 (Manhattan by Woody Allen). So many films, and so much music remaining true to the images. But what a choice for such a refined and informed film buff! Fellini’s La Dolce Vita rubs shoulders with Death in Venice by Luchino Visconti, undoubtedly one of the most beautiful films in the history of cinema, in which the adagietto from Mahler's Fifth Symphony (transcribed for the piano by Alexandre Tharaud) is the recurring theme of Gustav von Aschenbach's impossible quest in the alleys of Venice (which serve to illustrate August von Platen’s poetic verses): "Anyone who has ever contemplated Beauty with his eyes is already doomed to death".Amongst all these films, there is one that has a particular flavour; the disturbing Rendez-vous à Bray that André Delvaux shot in 1971, based on a short story by Julien Gracq. The music of the last piano opuses by Brahms turns the soul inside out like a glove, asking essential questions about absence, silence, and the confusion of feelings. The films evoked in this beautiful album seem to have rubbed off on Jean-Marc Luisada’s interpretations of Nino Rota, Mahler, Mozart (the moving Fantasy in D minor), Brahms, Wagner, and Chopin (who closes the programme with Cris and Chuchotements, the Ingmar Bergman film which ruthlessly examines the difficulty of human relationships). Of course, let’s not forget the dazzling smiles of Scott Joplin and George Gershwin, for whom Luisada gives an exuberant rendition of Rhapsody in Blue. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Nuits parisiennes

Manon Galy

Classical - Released February 24, 2023 | Aparté

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"At the beginning of the twentieth century, all roads led to Paris.... violinist Manon Galy and pianist Jorge González Buajasán capture the flavor of that time of renewal and offer a glimpse of the audacity and modernity that characterized French music during those years." The problem with this is that it doesn't describe the contents very well; much of the music is from considerably earlier (Debussy's Beau soir in Jascha Heifetz's evergreen arrangement) or considerably later (Poulenc's Violin Sonata). This cavil aside, Nuits parisiennes is quite a promising debut for this young duo, whose cooperation was honed by a long acquaintance at the Paris Conservatoire. Galy is an insightful player who keeps control over the rapid flow of events in the two rather thorny sonatas at the center of the program. To surround these, the players devise a consistently delightful program that, by turns, shows Galy's way with a tune and offers some more unusual pieces, with the ragtime-y Braziliera from Milhaud's Scaramouche and his rarely heard Cinéma-fantaisie, Op. 58b, both special pleasures. This release announces the presence of an exciting new duo.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Cinéma

Esther Abrami

Classical - Released September 22, 2023 | Sony Classical - Sony Music

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This release by violinist Esther Abrami seems to fit a common enough pattern, with a photogenic young artist playing melodic, moderate-tempo stuff tailor-made for Britain's Classic FM and its cousins in other countries. It fills its role well, but there are some notable new wrinkles here. The album's "Cinéma" theme is common enough, but not all of the music here consists of movie themes. The most novel thing is the presence of anime music by Toshio Masuda, Go Shiina, and Shigeru Umebayashi. These are not familiar names outside the anime world, but to aficionados of the genre, their music is appreciated, and they will be known by name among the harder core. Abrami integrates them well into the rest of the program; the idiom is slightly different, with more concentrated sentiment, so to speak, but she links pieces tonally and, interestingly, drops in pieces with no connection to cinema to make the whole thing fit together. A guitar-and-violin arrangement of Astor Piazzolla's Libertango marks something of a high point, breaking the sequence of slow numbers. As for the movie themes, they are naturally enough centered in French films but also include figures known beyond France; James Newton Howard's "The Hanging Tree" from The Hunger Games is included. Abrami has a nice cantabile, and she has set herself the task of creating nothing less than a violin crossover album for a new age. She has largely succeeded.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Bande Originale du film "Le Pianiste" (The Pianist - 2002)

Frédéric Chopin

Film Soundtracks - Released October 28, 2002 | Sony Classical

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Martha Argerich & Friends Live at the Lugano Festival 2013 (Édition StudioMasters)

Martha Argerich

Chamber Music - Released May 19, 2014 | Warner Classics

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Each year, Martha Argerich and her friends gather for the summer festival in Lugano, Switzerland, to perform a variety of chamber and keyboard works that showcase musical talents across generations. Highlights of these performances have been released annually on box sets that are representative of these artists' brilliant virtuosity and fine musicianship. The set for 2013 includes performances of works by Beethoven, Respighi, Liszt, Shostakovich, Ravel, Debussy, Offenbach, and Saint-Saëns, presented with enthusiasm by Argerich and her friends Mischa Maisky, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Francesco Piemontesi, Alissa Margulis, Jura Margulis, Gabriela Montero, Cristina Marton, and many others, some of whom have become frequent guests at the festival. While most of the performances have an intimate character, as might be expected in the cello sonatas of Beethoven and Shostakovich, and the violin sonatas of Respighi and Ravel, there are larger scale works that frame the package: the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1, which Argerich performs with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, conducted by Hubert Soudant, and the chamber orchestra version of Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, so there is some variety, though the emphasis is, as in previous years, on chamber music.© TiVo
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New Year's Concert 2013

Franz Welser-Möst

Classical - Released January 4, 2013 | Sony Classical

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The New Year's concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has evolved into one of the regular tourist attractions of the old Austrian capital. The orchestra may make noise about introducing some innovation to the program, as it does here with pieces by Verdi and Wagner in observation of the 2013 bicentennials of the births of both of those composers. But really this is a ritual that needs to be repeated annually, for the benefit of Austrians and visitors alike. The center of the program is the Strauss family, above all the waltz king Johann Strauss II, with tasteful admixtures of other Viennese composers and a few sprightly pieces that are not dances, and so it is here. The conductor this time around is Franz Welser-Möst, who also ran the show in 2011. The same stolid quality that tends to dismay American critics when it comes to this conductor turns out to be just the ticket for this event, which he brings in with maximum precision and flash. He's aided by strong live engineering from Sony Classical, which gets a sound with a bit more dimension than was achieved by Deutsche Grammophon in earlier iterations. The bottom line: for those sampling the famed New Year's concert for the first time, for those wanting classical music as part of the entertainment as an alternative to football, or for those collecting the entire series, this will prove a satisfying choice.© TiVo
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Inspirations

Romain Leleu

Classical - Released August 26, 2016 | Aparté

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The Pianist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Original Soundtrack

Classical - Released October 28, 2002 | Sony Classical

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Lang Lang at Royal Albert Hall (Live, 2013)

Lang Lang

Classical - Released April 24, 2020 | Sony Classical

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In November 2013 Lang Lang returned to London's legendary Royal Albert Hall for two sold-out recitals – finishing a celebrated two-part program consisting of Mozart and Chopin with no less than eight encores, breaking Evgeny Kissin's record of encores at the same place. This 120-minute album captures the complete recital and offers an opportunity to relive an unforgettable concert experience. The three early Mozart Piano Sonatas have been part of Lang Lang's latest recital which he presented live in more than 200 concerts worldwide – the recordings that were captured at his RAH concert are also part of the new Mozart album.« Exhilarating flair and brilliance" (The Guardian)
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Le cinéma de Bach à Wagner

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical - Released March 24, 2014 | naïve classique

La crème de la crème: Classiques du cinéma

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical - Released October 1, 2012 | Naxos Special Projects - France

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Martha Argerich & Friends Live at the Lugano Festival 2013

Martha Argerich

Chamber Music - Released May 19, 2014 | Warner Classics

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Each year, Martha Argerich and her friends gather for the summer festival in Lugano, Switzerland, to perform a variety of chamber and keyboard works that showcase musical talents across generations. Highlights of these performances have been released annually on box sets that are representative of these artists' brilliant virtuosity and fine musicianship. The set for 2013 includes performances of works by Beethoven, Respighi, Liszt, Shostakovich, Ravel, Debussy, Offenbach, and Saint-Saëns, presented with enthusiasm by Argerich and her friends Mischa Maisky, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Francesco Piemontesi, Alissa Margulis, Jura Margulis, Gabriela Montero, Cristina Marton, and many others, some of whom have become frequent guests at the festival. While most of the performances have an intimate character, as might be expected in the cello sonatas of Beethoven and Shostakovich, and the violin sonatas of Respighi and Ravel, there are larger scale works that frame the package: the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1, which Argerich performs with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, conducted by Hubert Soudant, and the chamber orchestra version of Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, so there is some variety, though the emphasis is, as in previous years, on chamber music.© TiVo
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Classical Baby Pianio for The Brain

Rockabye Lullaby

New Age - Released November 16, 2016 | Sandpiper Classical Recordings

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#14. New Cinema Paradise

Various Piano Players

Lounge - Released January 1, 2008 | JazzCity Label

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Music You'd Want to Hear on Snowy Paths

Northern Lights Cinema

Jazz - Released February 28, 2024 | OCT

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贅沢な朝の時間を演出するbgm

Northern Lights Cinema

Jazz - Released August 20, 2023 | OCT

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I Am a Casual Coffee Lover

Northern Lights Cinema

Jazz - Released August 20, 2023 | OCT

Cinema

Glance

Electronic - Released March 28, 2014 | 2013 Cat Music

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