Clarika Salut Luc

Clarika livre un septième album tantôt fougueux et intrépide, tantôt doux-amer, mais toujours captivant. On y retrouve la liberté d'écriture et la justesse de ton qui sont sa marque de fabrique depuis plus de vingt ans, pour la première fois soulignées par de somptueux arrangements de cordes. Une production qui porte la patte de son réalisateur, le génial Fred Pallem.

Salut Salon folgen einem wunderbaren Konzept: Das Klavierquartett bestehend aus vier virtuosen Instrumentalistinnen. Sie haben sich vor über 10 Jahren zusammengetan, um auf ihre Weise so lange ihre Art von Musik zu machen, wie sie daran Spaß haben. Ihr überaus erfolgreiches Jahr 2014 krönen sie nun mit der Weihnachts-CD »Christmas with Salut Salon«.

Sueye Park introduced herself to the general public in 2017 with no less a calling-card than Paganini’s 24 Caprices for solo violin. On the present disc, the South-Korean violinist (born in 2000) has a pianist on her side, namely Love Derwinger, himself known from a number of recordings. The repertoire is also a more varied offering this time, with violin favourites such as Elgar’s tender Salut d’amour and Tchaikovsky’s Mélodie, as well as more virtuosic fare, for instance in the fireworks of Wieniawski’s Scherzo-Tarantelle. Sueye also includes two solo works on the disc: Ernst’s much-loved Last Rose and – in a nod to her previous disc – Paganiniana, Nathan Milstein’s fantasy on themes by Paganini. Performed with equal measures of poetic sensitivity and effortless virtuosity, this is a recital to dip into as well as to listen to from start to finish – from the fiery passion of Pablo de Sarasate’s Introduction et Tarantelle to Contemplation, Heifetz’ transcription of Brahms’s song Wie Melodien zieht es mir.

‘If you want to know who, for me, is the greatest living composer, I’ll tell you without hesitation – it’s Elgar, whom I place on the same level as my idols Beethoven and Brahms!’ So said the great virtuoso Kreisler.’ Nicolas Dautricourt continues: ‘This Concerto, with its unbridled lyricism and unique proportions, is an Everest for any violinist.’ In this, his first recording for Channel Classics, the French violinist brings together three works by two English composers. In 1888, in the same year Elgar wrote the famous Salut d’amour for his fiancée Caroline Alice Roberts, Frederick Delius composed his Suite for Violin and Orchestra, one of his very first works. The Suite, which only received its premiere in 1984, is heard here in this insightful arrangement by Frédéric Chaslin for violin, piano and string quartet.