Schubert in Love Rosemary Standley, Ensemble Contraste, Johan Farjot & Arnaud Thorette

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828):
• 1 Schwanengesang, D. 957: IV. Ständchen "Leise flehen meine Lieder" 04:11
• 2 Winterreise, D. 911 Op. 89: I. Gute Nacht 04:34
• 3 Winterreise, D. 911 Op. 89: IX. Irrlicht 02:55
• 4 Improvisation on Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821 03:20
• 5 Heidenröslein, D.257 Op.3 No. 3 02:59
• 6 Die Schöne Müllerin, D. 795 Op. 25: XVIII. Trockne Blumen 02:39
• 7 Impromptu in G-Flat Major, D. 899 Op. 90 No. 3 05:08
• 8 Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774 Op. 72 04:07
• 9 Nacht und Träume, D. 827 Op. 43 03:06
• 10 Ave Maria, D. 839 Op. 52 No. 6 05:55
• 11 Improvisation on Symphony No.8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished" 01:47
• 12 Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531 Op. 7 03:10
• 13 Winterreise, D. 911 Op. 89: VI. Wasserflut 03:33
• 14 Moment Musical in F Minor, D. 780 Op. 94 No. 3 02:12
• 15 Du bist die Ruh, D. 776 Op. 59 03:45
• Total Runtime 53:21

Info for Schubert in Love

Wenige Jahre nach dem Erfolg ihres Albums Love I Obey (ALPHA538), das Barockmusik mit Folk verbindet, sucht die französisch-amerikanische Sängerin Rosemary Standley Herrn Schubert auf, diesmal in Begleitung des Ensembles Contraste: "Wir alle haben einige Noten von Schubert tief in uns vergraben", sagen die Künstler, die sich hier versammelt haben, um Schuberts Musik eine originelle Klangtextur zu verleihen, die das Ergebnis ihrer vielfältigen Einflüsse -Klassik, Pop, Jazz, Folk - ist.

Sie haben einige der bekanntesten Lieder( Ständchen, Auszüge aus Winterreise usw.) und beliebte Instrumentalstücke ausgewählt, die sie mit Rhythmen anderer Länder und für dieses Repertoire ungewöhnlichen Instrumenten kombinieren. So finden auf diesem Album die Jazztrompete von Airelle Besson, die Gitarre von Kevin Seddiki, das Schlagzeug von Jean-Luc Di Fraja, das Klavier, die Geige, die Bratsche und das Cello von Contraste und - nicht zu vergessen die Sopranistin Sandrine Piau, die sich für mehrere Duette mit Rosemary Standley zusammengetan hat, zusammen. Die Arrangements stammen von Johan Farjot.

Rosemary Standley, Gesang
Ensemble Contraste
Johan Farjot, Klavier
Laure Sanchez, Kontrabass
François Aria, Gitarre
Arnaud Thorette, Viola
Antoine Pierlot, Cello
Jean-Luc Di Fraya, Percussion
Mitwirkende Musiker:
Sandrine Piau, Sopran
Airelle Besson, Trompete

Ensemble Contraste
Contrast ! A delightful contrast ! Whence the name of this ensemble, formed in 2000 and composed of virtuoso classical musicians among the finest of their generation. The diversity and spontaneity of this unusual ensemble, together with the use of their own arrangements, make for original programmes of music ranging from classical to tango, musical comedy, jazz and contemporary compositions.

Following the approach of its directors, Johan Farjot and Arnaud Thorette, Contraste aims to reinvent the classical concert, pushing back the limits, by making the audience central to its approach.

Thus, each programme – from Classical Tango, which has been taken all over the world, to their most recent productions, The Fairy Queen, and Eustache le Moine, due to be presented in summer 2015 – is not a concert, but a show.

Contraste’s productions are regularly acclaimed by the critics, while their recordings reap the highest ratings (Diapason d’Or, Choc Classica, RTL d’Or, Le Diamant d’Opéra, Coup de Cœur de la Fnac, Sélection Mezzo, Radio Classique, France Inter, etc.).

The ensemble has so far appeared in over twenty countries, as well as at major French concert venues. It is currently in residency at Hardelot Castle (Château d’Hardelot, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the Pas-de-Calais).

Contraste works with many different artists, including mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes and composer Karol Beffa on their latest two recordings for Aparté, and Magali Léger, Sandrine Piau, Philippe Jaroussky, Rosemary Standley, Albin de la Simone, Isabelle Georges, Emily Loizeau, the Quatuor Ébène, André Ceccarelli …

2009 saw the launch of the ensemble’s own record label, Contraste Productions, with a CD entitled Songs. With the aim of continuing to push out the limits and share the world of classical music with as wide an audience as possible, Contraste Productions devised Tous en Cœur, an original musical event organised for the benefit of SOS Villages d’Enfants in December 2014 and televised by France 2.

The ensemble is also involved in the artistic programming of the famous Bal Nègre in Paris, which is due to open its doors again in 2016.

Two new recordings, Après un rêve (with Karine Deshayes) and Into the Dark (Karol Beffa), are scheduled for release in 2015 on the Aparté label. Of the ensemble’s many other recordings, let us mention : Café 1930 – Tangos and Fauré’s La Bonne chanson and Piano Quartet (Zig-Zag Territoires), Songs (Contraste/ naïve), Masques (Triton), Koechlin-Onslow (Tympani), Miroir(s) (naïve), Schumann’s Fantasy (Cyprès), Bach Transcriptions (La Dolce Volta) and Midsummer Phantasy (Dux, December 2014).

The ensemble Contraste has been committed to the charity organization SOS Children’s villages France since 2012.

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