Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Morgen (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The purpose of transcriptions has never been to "improve" the original, nor has it been to stimulate an identical effect. It can only be likended to a painter putting on canvas the same tray of fruits, or the same landscape, that others before him have painted. The subject therefore may be identical, but each artist's approach is different, conditioned by his brush, eyes and creative personality." (Joanos Starker)

This is a special album for Rae de Lisle, who has created it with her son-in law Andrew (NZSO's Principal Cello) and daughter Julia (Principal Viola with the NZSO).

"As well as a sharing of music with my own family, this album has been something of a land mark in my personal story. Twenty five years ago I suffered a massive overuse injury, and the chronic pain that followed was to end my busy career as a concert pianist….

During some down time following a brush with cancer three years ago, I started to play a little, and my wonderful son-in-law Andrew suggested that perhaps we could make a album together. For many years he had wanted to explore song transcriptions, and this repertoire appealed to me as a reasonable goal. Brain research has progressed immeasurably in the last twenty years, and I now realised that all my previous treatments were based on symptoms; my pain moved around, and the practitioners would simply treat each location in turn. This was not the problem, and recent research has shown that chronic pain is due to a malfunctioning in the brain. Through my PhD research, I had learnt about the necessity of retraining the technique to find new neural pathways in order to overcome focal dystonia. Chronic pain is no different. I had to retrain my brain…

The body doesn't forget, even after all this time, and the memory associated with sitting at the piano was still there. Working towards the recording of this album was not without flare-ups. However, my new knowledge helped me to understand and divert this reaction, so that after some months I was able to enjoy the recording days and emerge without significant problems. The joy of being able to make music again was overwhelming." (Rae de Lisle)

TRACKLIST

01. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Brahms: Liebestreu, Op. 3 No. 1 (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
02. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Brahms: Minnelied, Op. 71 No. 5 (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
03. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Brahms: Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op. 105 No. 2 (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
04. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Brahms: Wie Melodien zeiht es mir leise durch den Sinn, Op. 105 No. 1 (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
05. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Brahms: Sapphische Ode, Op. 94 No. 4 (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
06. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Brahms: Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 No. 2 (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
07. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Brahms: Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
08. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Dvořák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 4, Songs My Mother Taught Me (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
09. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Dvořák: 4 Lieder, Op. 82, B. 157: No. 1, Lasst mich allein (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
10. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Hahn: 7 Chansons grises: No. 5, L'heure exquise (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
11. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Hahn: À Chloris (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
12. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 3 (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
13. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25 (Excerpts Arr. for Cello & Piano): No. 1, Widmung
14. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25 (Excerpts Arr. for Cello & Piano): No. 4, Du bist wie eine Blume
15. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5, Mondnacht (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
16. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Brahms: Gestillte Sehnsucht, Op. 91 No. 1 (Arr. for Cello, Viola & Piano)
17. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op. 91 No. 2 (Arr. for Cello, Viola & Piano)
18. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Glück das mir verblieb (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
19. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Schubert: Du bist die Ruh, Op. 59 No. 3, D. 776 (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
20. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Schubert: Nacht und Träume, Op. 43 No. 2, D. 827 (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
21. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Catalani: La Wally: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
22. Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4, Morgen (Arr. for Cello, Viola & Piano)



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