English Delight Adrien La Marca & Thomas Hoppe

• 1 I. Impetuoso 08:05
• 2 II. Vivace 04:06
• 3 III. Adagio - Allegro 11:03
• 4 Flow my tears 02:48
• 5 The First Book of Songes: IV. If my complaints could passions move 02:00
• 6 Lachrymae, Op. 48 14:29
• 7 Pensiero, H. 53 03:50
• 8 Allegro appassionato, H. 82 02:41
• 9 Chant for solo viola 03:35
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958):
• 10 I. Adagio Lovely on the Water 01:30
• 11 II. Andante sostenuto Spurn Point 01:13
• 12 III. Larghetto Van Dieman's Land 01:11
• 13 IV. Lento She Borrowed Some of Her Mother's Gold 01:34
• 14 V. Andante tranquillo The Lady and the Dragon 01:05
• 15 VI. Allegro vivace As I walked over London Bridge 00:50
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695), arr. Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998):
• 16 Music for a while 03:06
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934): Bonus Track:
• 17 Salut d'amour, Op. 12  02:41
• Total Runtime 01:05:47

Info for English Delight

Named Solo Instrumental Discovery at the Victoires de la Musique in 2014, the French violist Adrien La Marca has spent two years preparing his first recording. The album 'English Delight', a tribute to the viola music of English composers, presents an outstandingly lyrical programme blending different registers, periods and styles. Adrien La Marca invites us, with Thomas Hoppe, an incomparable musician and chamber partner, on a journey through four centuries of music, from Dowland and Purcell through Vaughan Williams, Bridge, Clarke and Britten to Jonathan Harvey. Though these English composers naturally show mutual influences over 400 years, they offer a wide range of musical languages, all equally sublime. Each of the pieces is linked to a special moment in Adrien La Marca s artistic itinerary. To add to the pleasure he has had playing them in concert, he is delighted to have been able to bring them together for the public on this disc.

Adrien La Marca, viola
Thomas Hoppe, piano

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