La Danse Martin James Bartlett

• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764): Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Suite en la mineur:
• 1 Rameau: Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Suite en la mineur: VII. Gavotte et six doubles 06:25
• François Couperin (1668 - 1733): Second livre de pièces de clavecin, Sixième ordre:
• 2 Couperin: Second livre de pièces de clavecin, Sixième ordre: No. 5, Les barricades mystérieuses 02:44
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68:
• 3 Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: I. Prélude 02:59
• 4 Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: II. Fugue 03:56
• 5 Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: III. Forlane 06:02
• 6 Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: IV. Rigaudon 03:05
• 7 Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: V. Menuet 04:43
• 8 Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: VI. Toccata 03:54
• Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947): Le ruban dénoué:
• 9 Hahn: Le ruban dénoué: No. 1, Décrets indolents du hasard 01:35
• 10 Hahn: Le ruban dénoué: No. 2, Les soirs d'Albi 02:31
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Arabesques, CD 74, L. 66:
• 11 Debussy: Arabesques, CD 74, L. 66: No. 1, Andantino con moto 04:37
• Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19:
• 12 Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 05:57
• La Valse, M. 72 (Piano Version):
• 13 Ravel: La Valse, M. 72 (Piano Version) 11:35
• Total Runtime 01:00:03

Info for La Danse

Zu Martin James Bartletts Album Rhapsody aus dem Jahr 2022 schrieb das britische Musikmagazin Gramophone: »Es zeigt ein herausragendes Klaviertalent in Bestform mit einem Repertoire, zu dem er ganz klar eine Affinität hat«. Dasselbe ließe sich ebenso von Bartletts aktuellem Album La Danse sagen, der Pianist berichtet von seiner Entstehung: »Die Idee zum Programm ergab sich aus zwei gegensätzlichen Bestandteilen, meiner Liebe zu Rameaus Gavotte et doubles und zu Ravels La Valse«.

Vom französischen Barock bis zum Impressionismus reichen die Klavierwerke, die Martin James Bartlett auf seinem Album La Danse umspannt. Doch eine Gemeinsamkeit haben die Musikstücke alle: Es sind Tänze, mal mehr, mal weniger explizit. Der Brite bekennt: »Ich bin ein grauenhafter Tänzer. Der einzige Weg, wie ich dieses Medium erkunden kann, ist durch das Musikmachen!«. Also lässt der vielgelobte Musiker seine Finger tanzen und vereint auf der Einspielung Gegensätze, die vieles gemeinsam haben. Couperins Les barricades mistérieuses scheint mit seinen leichtfüßigen Akkordbrechungen den Impressionismus bereits in sich zu tragen. Le tombeau de Couperin dagegen war für Ravel eine Gelegenheit, französische Barocktänze nach impressionistischer Manier zu erfinden. Und für die vierhändige Rarität Le ruban dénoué von Reynaldo Hahn holte sich Bartlett Verstärkung von seinem französischen Kollegen Alexandre Tharaud, ebenfalls ein Großer seines Fachs.

Martin James Bartlett, Klavier
Alexandre Tharaud, Klavier 4-händig

Martin James Bartlett
possesses a fearless technique and plays with a wisdom and elegance far beyond his years. He won BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2014 since when he has performed with orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. In 2017 Bartlett was one of the thirty competitors in the final rounds of the Van Cliburn Competition, held in Fort Worth, Texas.

In the 2018/19 season Martin James Bartlett will participate in the Verbier Festival’s short winter residency at Schloss Elmau, Germany and has been invited by Sir Andras Schiff to participate in a public masterclass at the Salzburg Mozartwoche. He makes his debut with the BBC Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Philharmonia, and will also perform in recital in the UK, at St John Smith Square and the new Birmingham Conservatoire and in many other venues across the country. At the beginning of the season Bartlett competed in the Bad Kissingen Klavier Olympiad competition, winning both second prize and the audience prize.

Last season, Bartlett made his Japanese debut performing with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and in a sold out recital at the Musashino Cultural Foundation. He was Sir Bernard Haitink’s soloist with the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra playing Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 K.491 in concerts which were recorded and are currently streamed on Medici TV and performed with the London Mozart Players, the Manchester Camerata and in July 2018, he returned to the BBC Proms as part of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 40th anniversary celebrations. He was invited to the Verbier Festival Academy, performing in public masterclasses with Sir Andras Schiff, Richard Goode and Sergei Babayan. He played recitals across the UK and also gave recitals in Madrid for the Fundación Juan March and at the Duszniki International Chopin Festival: “This was without doubt one of the most extraordinary recitals ever to have taken place in the Dworek. The musical range of this ambitious programme was remarkable - from Bach to Scriabin. Here we have a complete musician and surely, a pianist that is almost faultless…” Michael Moran.

As part of the Chinese State visit in 2015, Bartlett performed a private concert for the First Lady of China, Peng Liyuan, and other dignitaries. In June 2016 he performed at Her Majesty The Queen's 90th Birthday thanksgiving service, which was broadcast live on BBC One from St. Paul's Cathedral.

At the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, Bartlett’s performance of Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with conductor Kirill Karabits and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, received overwhelming acclaim from Edinburgh’s Usher Hall audience and from those tuning into the live recording broadcast on BBC4 and BBC Radio 3. He made his BBC Proms debut in 2015 performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He also performed Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Ulster Orchestra at the BBC Proms “Last Night” celebrations which was broadcast live from Belfast on BBC Four and BBC Radio Ulster.

Following Bartlett's success in the BBC Young Musician Competition, he received support from the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT). In the same year, he began his undergraduate studies with Professor Vanessa Latarche at the Royal College of Music, where he is a Foundation Scholar.

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