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Bergen PO, Neeme Jarvi - Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Le Carnaval des animaux; Africa (2016)

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Bergen PO, Neeme Jarvi - Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Le Carnaval des animaux; Africa (2016)

Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Le Carnaval des animaux; Africa (2016)
Truls Mørk, cello; Louis Lortie, piano; Helene Mercier, piano;
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Neeme Järvi

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 293 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 178 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHSA 5162 | Time: 01:15:30

The essence of Camille Saint-Saëns' music comes through perhaps most clearly in his music for solo instrument and orchestra, which exemplifies his elegant combination of melody and conservatory-generated virtuosity. The two cello concertos are here, plus a pair of crowd-pleasing short works for piano and orchestra, and the evergreen Carnival of the Animals, with pianists Louis Lortie and Hélène Mercier joining forces along with a collection of instruments that includes the often-omitted glass harmonica. There are all kinds of attractions here: the gently humorous and not over-broad Carnival, the songful cello playing of Truls Mørk, and the little-known piano-and-orchestra scene Africa, Op. 89, with its lightly Tunisian flavor (sample this final track). But really, the central thread connecting them all is the conducting of Neeme Järvi and the light, graceful work of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; French music is the nearly 80-year-old Järvi's most congenial environment, and in this recording, perhaps his last devoted to Saint-Saëns, he has never been better.

Louis Lortie & Hélène Mercier - Debussy: Piano Duets (2022)

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Louis Lortie & Hélène Mercier - Debussy: Piano Duets (2022)

Louis Lortie & Hélène Mercier - Debussy: Piano Duets (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 160 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 188 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:21:24
Classical | Label: Chandos Records

Regular duet and two-piano partners, Hélène Mercier and Louis Lortie have returned to the studio for this all-Debussy programme. The album features duets written by the composer himself – such as the Petite Suite, the Six Épigraphes antiques, and the Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire, as well as a number of arrangements of his solo piano pieces (the Première Arabesque, La Fille aux cheveux de lin, and the Ballade slave). The album ends with André Caplet’s monumental arrangement of Debussy’s best-known orchestral work, La Mer. Stripping the work of its orchestral colours, this two-piano version allows the listener to appreciate more easily Debussy’s ground-breaking harmonic innovation. The album was recorded in the concert hall at Snape Maltings, in Suffolk, using a pair of Bösendorfer 280 VC grand pianos.

Louis Lortie, Helene Mercier, BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner - Francis Poulenc: Piano Concertos; Aubade (2015)

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Louis Lortie, Helene Mercier, BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner - Francis Poulenc: Piano Concertos; Aubade (2015)

Francis Poulenc: Piano Concertos; Aubade (2015)
Louis Lortie, piano; Hélène Mercier, piano; BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Edward Gardner

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 265 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 175 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN10875 | Time: 01:12:43

After a successful cycle of Chopin works for solo piano, exclusive Chandos artist Louis Lortie plays here works by Poulenc with his duet partner Hélène Mercier. In Aubade and the two concertos they are joined by Edward Gardner and the BBC Philharmonic.

Louis Lortie - Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 7 (2022)

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Louis Lortie - Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 7 (2022)

Louis Lortie - Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 7 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 192 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 169 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:12:59
Classical | Label: Chandos Records

For the seventh volume of his Chopin project, the Canadian pianist and exclusive Chandos Artist Louis Lortie has built a programme that includes works from the earliest to the latest period in the composer’s life, all of which are linked by their evocation of ‘nationality’ – Italy, Spain, and of course Chopin’s beloved Poland.

Louis Lortie - Maurice Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano (2003) 2CDs

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Louis Lortie - Maurice Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano (2003) 2CDs

Louis Lortie - Maurice Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano (2003) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 407 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 325 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN X10142(2) | Time: 02:20:44

By virtue of their diverse styles and extraordinary technical demands, Ravel's solo piano works present a daunting challenge to anyone who would record them as a complete set. From the sublime Pavane pour une infante défunte and the crystalline Sonatine, to the dazzling impressionism of Miroirs and the nightmarish intricacies of Gaspard de la nuit, Ravel's keyboard music reflects all aspects of his spontaneous imagination and his involved artistic development. Few performers have completely mastered this complex body of work and recorded it superbly, but versatile Canadian pianist Louis Lortie is in that select company.

Augustin Dumay, Louis Lortie - Cesar Franck & Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas (2013)

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Augustin Dumay, Louis Lortie - Cesar Franck & Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas (2013)

Augustin Dumay, Louis Lortie - César Franck & Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 311 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 173 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Onyx Classics | # ONYX4096 | Time: 01:13:10

Cesar Franck's passionate and sunny Violin Sonata has long been regarded as one of the greatest in the repertoire, and is the work of a composer at the height of his powers. Richard Strauss's Violin Sonata, composed a year after Franck's in 1887, is the work of a young composer on the cusp of discovering his mature voice; lyrical and sumptuous, it has all the hallmarks of his later style. Performed here by distinguished violinist and conductor Augustin Dumay and French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie, this recording marks the duo's recording debut. In addition to the sonatas, this album includes two Franck rarities - Melancolie and the Prelude, Fugue and Variation Op.18 for organ, heard here in an arrangement by Dumay and Lortie. The recording concludes with the wonderful Heifetz arrangement of Strauss's song Auf stillem Waldespfad.

Louis Lortie - Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Symphony No. 5 "Reformation" (2009)

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Louis Lortie - Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Symphony No. 5 "Reformation" (2009)

Louis Lortie - Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Symphony No. 5 "Reformation" (2009)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 250 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 162 MB | 01:04:10
Genre: Classical | Label: ATMA Classique

This recording from Quebec's ATMA Classique label is a mixed bag in terms of both repertory and quality. The former aspect is a plus: the program of two Mendelssohn piano concertos plus the Symphony No. 5, Op. 107, "Reformation," is a natural mix that covers several phases of Mendelssohn's career and might easily show up on a live symphonic program, but CD marketers do not so often mix concertos and symphonies in this way. Montreal-born pianist Louis Lortie plays and conducts throughout, which Mendelssohn himself might have done, and the results are generally enjoyable.

Louis Lortie, Edward Gardner, BBC Philharmonic - Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 (2020)

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Louis Lortie, Edward Gardner, BBC Philharmonic - Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 (2020)

Louis Lortie, Edward Gardner, BBC Philharmonic - Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5; Allegro appassionato; Rhapsodie d’Auvergne (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 270 Mb | Total time: 66:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 20038 | Recorded: 2018, 2019

Louis Lortie completes his survey of the piano concertos of Saint-Saëns with Nos 3 and 5 (the Egyptian), adding the Rhapsodie dAuvergne and Allegro appassionato for good measure. As before, he is joined by Edward Gardner and the BBC Philharmonic.

Louis Lortie, Helene Mercier - Ravel: Music For Four Hands (1992)

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Louis Lortie, Helene Mercier - Ravel: Music For Four Hands (1992)

Louis Lortie, Helene Mercier - Ravel: Music For Four Hands (1992)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:04:40 | 219 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos Records | Catalog: 8905

Louis Lortie is well-known for his Ravel. His recording of the two piano concertos is one of my favorites. This set pairs him with a childhood friend, a fellow pianist from Montréal, Hélène Mercier now long resident in Paris. They play a couple of Ravel's own one-piano, four-hands arrangements (Mother Goose & Rapsodie Espagnole) and three two-piano, four-hands arrangements (Introduction and Allegro, La Valse, Boléro). Actually, Mother Goose was originally written for four-hands at one piano, for a couple of talented children of friends of Ravel's; he later orchestrated it and that is now probably the more familiar version.

Louis Lortie, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner - Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 5 & Other Works (2020)

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Louis Lortie, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner - Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 5 & Other Works (2020)

Louis Lortie, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner - Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 5 & Other Works (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 230 MB | Tracks: 8 | 66:48 min
Style: Classical | Label: Chandos

Louis Lortie completes his survey of the piano concertos of Saint-Saëns with Nos 3 and 5 (the Egyptian), adding the Rhapsodie dAuvergne and Allegro appassionato for good measure. As before, he is joined by Edward Gardner and the BBC Philharmonic.