Fauré & Schumann Martin Löhr & Marie-Pierre Langlamet

• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924):
• 1 Élégie, Op. 24 (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 06:30
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102:
• 2 Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102: No. 1, Vanitas Vanitatum - Mit Humor (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 03:11
• 3 Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102: No. 2, Langsam (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 03:30
• 4 Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102: No. 3, Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 04:33
• 5 Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102: No. 4, Nicht zu rasch (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 02:14
• 6 Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102: No. 5, Stark und markiert (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 03:25
• Gabriel Fauré: Romances sans paroles, Op. 17:
• 7 Romances sans paroles, Op. 17: No. 1, Andante quasi allegretto (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 02:02
• 8 Romances sans paroles, Op. 17: No. 2, Allegro molto (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 02:45
• 9 Romances sans paroles: No. 3, Andante moderato (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 02:16
• Robert Schumann: Drei Romanzen, Op. 94:
• 10 Drei Romanzen, Op. 94: No. 1, Nicht schnell (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 03:25
• 11 Drei Romanzen, Op. 94: No. 2, Einfach, innig (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 03:54
• 12 Drei Romanzen, Op. 94: No. 3, Nicht schnell (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 04:10
• Gabriel Fauré:
• 13 Romance, Op. 69 (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 04:03
• 14 Papillon, Op. 77 (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 03:13
• Robert Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82:
• 15 Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 7, Vogel als Prophet (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 03:40
• Gabriel Fauré:
• 16 Sicilienne, Op. 78 (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 03:37
• 17 Sérénade, Op. 98 (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 03:24
• Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73:
• 18 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: No. 1, Zart und mit Ausdruck (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 03:30
• 19 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: No. 2, Lebhaft, leicht (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 03:50
• 20 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: No. 3, Rasch und mit Feuer (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 04:43
• Gabriel Fauré: Trois mélodies, Op. 7:
• 21 Trois mélodies, Op. 7: No. 1, Après un rêve (Arr. for Harp & Cello) 03:17
• Total Runtime 01:15:12

Info for Fauré & Schumann

Robert Schumann and Gabriel Fauré - both composers are great masters of the small form, the art of conveying much with very few notes, and both find some of their deepest and most touching artistic expressions in the intimate form of chamber music, which Schumann described in his diary as the "higher potency of poetry".

"Combining works by Fauré and Schumann is a good idea, as the young Fauré was an ardent admirer of Robert Schumann. Moreover, the solo cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic, Martin Löhr, and the harpist of the same orchestra, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, share with us their love for these compositions, all of which are the reflection of two tender and poetic temperaments. At the same time, the two musicians play very tastefully and do not overdo it in any way with their expression. They play the whole program with charm and poetry. If the interpretations are of an undeniably high level, the same is true of the recording technique, which is very well balanced and emphasizes the intimate character of the interpretations." (Remy Franck, pizzicato.lu)

Martin Löhr, cello
Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

Martin Löhr
»For me the most important experience in this orchestra has been the emotional heights to which one can be raised by the energy of 80 outstanding musicians in the act of expressing something collectively.«

Not only was his mother a cellist, but he always loved lower sounds; so it was only natural for Martin Löhr to make the cello his instrument. He studied with Wolfgang Mehlhorn at the Hamburg Musikhochschule, with Zara Nelsova at the Juilliard School in New York, and with Wolfgang Boettcher at the Berlin Hochschule der Künste. Besides being a principal cellist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, he also appears as a soloist and in chamber music in numerous European countries as well as in the USA, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. As a member of the Jean Paul Trio he won the German Music Council prize and first prizes at the international chamber music competitions in Osaka and Melbourne. Since 2003 he has been a professor at Berlin’s Universität der Künste. His interests include literature – especially Russian – magic and theoretical physics.

Marie-Pierre Langlamet
She first become acquainted and enchanted with the harp from the children’s album Piccolo Saxo. Because Marie-Pierre Langlamet definitely wanted to learn a polyphonic instrument, and the piano class was full, she decided to take up the harp. She received her first musical training at the Nice Conservatoire with Elisabeth Fontan-Binoche, later participating in master classes given by Jacqueline Borot and Lily Laskine.

At the age of only 15, she attracted international attention when she won top prize at the Maria Korchinska International Harp Competition and first prize at the International Harp Competition of the Cité des Arts of Paris one year later. She was only 17 when she was engaged as principal harp in the Nice Opera Orchestra, but a year later she gave up this position to continue her studies in Philadelphia at the Curtis Institute. From 1988 until she joined the Berliner Philharmoniker five years later, she was deputy principal harpist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York.

Marie-Pierre Langlamet performs worldwide as a soloist with renowned chamber music ensembles and orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and she also gives numerous solo recitals. In June 2009, Marie-Pierre Langlamet was made a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture for her contribution to French music. Since 1995 she has taught in the Orchestra Academy. What she enjoys most in her free time is riding, skiing and ice-skating with her children.

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