Alas Patrick Langot, Alexis Cardenas, Orchestre de Lutetia, Alejandro Sandler

• Gerardo Di Giusto (b. 1961): Alas:
• 1 Giusto: Alas 12:05
• Gabriel Sivak (b. 1979): Descaminos
• 2 Sivak: Descaminos 12:43
• Alejandro Iglesias Rossi (b. 1960): Llorando silencios. Six Quechua Songs for Cello Solo:
• 3 Rossi: Llorando silencios. Six Quechua Songs for Cello Solo 09:57
• Alberto Ginastera (1916 - 1983): Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23:
• 4 Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23: I. Tema per Violoncello ed Arpa 02:09
• 5 Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23: II. Interludio per Corde 01:51
• 6 Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23: III. Variazione giocosa per Flauto 01:03
• 7 Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23: IV. Variazione in modo di Scherzo per Clarinetto 02:05
• 8 Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23: V. Variazione drammatica per Viola 03:54
• 9 Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23: VI. Variazione canonica per Oboe e Fagotto 02:45
• 10 Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23: VII. Variazione ritmica per Tromba e Trombone 00:38
• 11 Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23: VIII. Variazione in modo di Moto perpetuo per Violino 01:10
• 12 Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23: IX. Variazione pastorale per Corno 02:11
• 13 Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23: X. Interludio per Fiati 01:13
• 14 Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23: XI. Ripresa dal Tema per Contrabasso 01:51
• 15 Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23: XII. Variazione finale in modo di rondo per orchestra 03:32
• Total Runtime 59:07

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Patrick Langot, Alexis Cardenas and Alejandro Sandler, conducting the Orchestre de Lutetia, are united by a shared love of Argentine music and take us on a voyage of discovery. Three premiered works by composers Gerardo Di Giusto, Gabriel Sivak and Alejandro Iglesias Rossi revolve around Ginastera and his Variaciones concertantes for orchestra.

Drawing on the incredible artistic variety of the region, their works navigate between folk mysticism (Llorando silencios and Quechua tradition), jazz (Alas), learned music and primitivism (Descaminos) to explore the full breadth of the Argentine soul, whose voice is conveyed with ardent sincerity by Patrick Langot's cello, Alexis Cardenas's violin and the orchestra.

Patrick Langot, cello
Alexis Cardenas, violin
Orchestre de Lutetia
Alejandro Sandler, conductor

Patrick Langot
strikes an original figure amongst the cellists of his generation, leading a double career on modern and baroque ‘cellos, as a soloist, chamber music and continuo player. ​

He frequently performs in recital and as a soloist. Lead cellist with Les Musiciens du Louvre (Marc Minkowski) and Orfeo 55 from 2010 to 2018 (Nathalie Stutzmann), he is also invited as a principal by many period instruments ensembles. ​

In 1999 he founded the Syntonia Piano Quintet, with whom he won the Tina Moroni Prize at the International Chamber Music Competition in Florence. Syntonia performed in many festivals, has been playing for Henri Dutilleux, Olivier Greif, Tôn-Thât Tiêt, performed live broadcast for Arte Live Web and was in residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation from 2012 to 2017. ​

Acclaimed by the critics, his discography with more than 30 albums goes from Baroque to 21st Century: Choice of France Musique, Golden Discovery Diapason, Reference version of the Critics' Tribune of France Musique, Choc Classica…

Recorded upon 3 different cellos, his first solo album Præludio was released in 2019 (Klarthe Records). His new album with Benoît Menut’s chamber music featuring soprano Maya Villanueva, Syntonia Trio and cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand is being released on April 2020 (PIAS/Harmonia Mundi) ​

Patrick is a strong advocate of today's composers’ music. In solo or with Syntonia, he premiered and recorded works by Nicolas Bacri, Régis Campo, Pierre Chépelov, Jérôme Combier, Philippe Forget, Suzanne Giraud, Olivier Greif, Alexandre Gasparov, Benoît Menut, Philippe Schoeller, Gabriel Sivak, Thon- Thât Tiêt... ​

Former student of Eva Descaves, Erwan Fauré, Jean-Marie Gamard and Henri Demarquette, he obtained two degrees from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, a degree in period playing from the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional in Paris, (class of David Simpson) and was laureate of the Foundation of France and the Royaumont Foundation.

Alexis Cardenas
born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in 1976, Cardenas began his studies at the age of 9. At age 12 he made his debut playing Mendelssohnís Violin Concerto in E Minor accompanied by the Maricaibo Symphony Orchestra. A year later he performed the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. He continued his studies in New York at the Juilliard School of Music (Pre-College Division) with Margaret Pardee and later at the National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris with Olivier Charlier. There he graduated first place in his class earned First Prize, awarded unanimously.

Alexis Cárdenas is a soloist, chamber musician and recitalist in great demand and has been invited to perform as soloist with orchestra such as the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Monte Carlo Philharmonic, Radio France Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Montreal I Musici Symphony, Murcia Symphony Orchestra, the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra and many others.

He has been presented in major international festivals with artists such as Richard Galliano, Hamilton de Holanda, Didier Lockwood, Oliver Charlier, Gèrard Caussè, Jean-Marc Phillips, Yamandu Costa, Pablo Ziegler (Tango), and Lito Vitale.

He is the winner of numerous international competitions: Tibor Varga (1997), Long Thibaud (1999 Fritz Keisler in Austria (2000), Henryk Szeryng in Mexico (2000), “Classic Revelation of the Adami” at the Midem in Cannes in 2001, Competition Paganini in 2002 then 2nd Grand Prix in Montreal in 2003.

Furthermore he has collaborated with conductors including Marek Janowski, Pavel Kogan and Gustavo Dudamel. He is currently concertmaster of the Orchestre National díIle de France in Paris.

Recordings: Alexis Cardenas Trio "Fou rire" in 2005; “Luz Negra” with Richard Galliano in 2007.

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