Adrien Tsagliotis

Recording Stravinsky seemed an obvious choice for me, as The Rite of Spring sparked my calling as a musician: after hearing it for the first time in a concert with my parents when I was four, I immediately wanted to start playing an instrument, struck by the intensity of this music and the evident jubilation of the musicians sharing it. I wanted to enter into this dance myself! Stravinsky's Violin Concerto subsequently became a part of my competition programmes as a young person, and it never really left me. Its strength, its roughness, its modest lyricism, its virtuosity – never ostentatious – and the originality of its dialogue with the orchestra, most notably in its particular complicity with the woodwinds, all make it a singular piece in my eyes.

Adrien La Marca & Thomas Hoppe - English Delight (2016) {La Dolce Volta-Harmonia Mundi LDV 22}
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© 2016 La Dolce Volta / Harmonia Mundi | LDV 22
Classical / Chamber Music / Viola / Piano

English Delight is a tribute to the viola and English composers from across different eras and styles. From John Dowland to Jonathan Harvey, Adrien La Marca takes us on a journey through four centuries. Each composer influences the next, but each speaks their own different and sublime language.

Dix ans après le naufrage du Joola, Adrien Absolu se rend en Casamance. Il s’installe à Ziguinchor. Très vite tous ceux qu’il croise lui racontent cette journée de septembre 2002 qui a changé leurs vies, le naufrage, ce que cette catastrophe dit de cette région du Sénégal, magnifique, convoitée, et traversée par de violents soulèvements. …