Pedaling sparingly, de la Salle’s well-honed technique permits her to negotiate Rachmaninov’s vertigo-inducing runs, rapid chords, and cruel jumps in the sixth and ninth Op. 33 and Op. 39 No. 1 Études-Tableaux with controlled legato and full-bodied tone. You could imagine added flexibility and purple passion, but the playing is beautiful
The starting point is an account of JS Bach’s Italian Concerto that comes crackling out of the speakers, bright and crisp – and Busoni’s arrangement of Bach’s great D minor violin chaconne
Listen to Rachmaninoff, Ravel by Lise de la Salle on Apple Music. Stream songs including "Etudes-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 1, Allegro agitato", "Etudes-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 2, Lento assai en la mineur" and more.
Biography. With a career of more than 15 years, award-winning Naïve recordings, and international concert appearances – Lise de la Salle has established herself as one of today’s exciting young artists and as a musician of real sensibility and maturity.
The Chopin Nocturne is lovely in its mostly hushed sadness and dark mystery. As for the fare on the CD, de la Salle performs Mozart with an energetic charm, making the music sound so spirited and so elegant. She plays the Bach fugue with a decidedly un-Gouldian legato, and for me her approach works fabulously.
Pianist Lise de la Salle makes her SLSO debut with Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, which combines beautiful lyrical themes with exquisitely crafted virtuoso passages. A native of France, de la Salle first came to international attention in 2005, at the age of 16, with a Bach/Liszt recording that Gramophone Magazine selected as
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