Wonderful World Christian-Pierre La Marca

• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 (Arr. by Stéphane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca):
• 1 Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 (Arr. by Stéphane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca) 03:02
• Harold Arlen (1905 - 1986): Over the Rainbow (Arr. by Stéphane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca):
• 2 Arlen: Over the Rainbow (Arr. by Stéphane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca) 03:39
• Michel Portal (b. 1935): Habanera:
• 3 Portal: Habanera 04:28
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949): 4 Lieder, Op. 27:
• 4 Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op. 27: No. 4, Morgen! 03:54
• Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950): Lost in the Stars (Arr. by Thomas Enhco & Christian-Pierre La Marca):
• 5 Weill: Lost in the Stars (Arr. by Thomas Enhco & Christian-Pierre La Marca) 04:03
• Frank Loesser (1910 - 1969): Guys and Dolls:
• 6 Loesser: Guys and Dolls: I've Never Been in Love Before 04:17
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937): Summertime (Arr. by Christian-Pierre La Marca & Baptiste Trotignon):
• 7 Gershwin: Summertime (Arr. by Christian-Pierre La Marca & Baptiste Trotignon) 04:11
• Philip Glass (b. 1937): The Hours:
• 8 Glass: The Hours: The Poet Acts 04:04
• Fazil Say (b. 1970): Four Cities:
• 9 Say: Four Cities: No. 1, Sivas 05:59
• 10 Say: Four Cities: No. 2, Hopa 04:47
• Thomas Enhco (b. 1988): Prelude (Of Wind and Water):
• 11 Enhco: Prelude (Of Wind and Water) 05:38
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): The Bohemian Forest, Op. 68:
• 12 Dvořák: The Bohemian Forest, Op. 68: Silent Wood 05:30
• Ariel Ramírez (1921 - 2010): Alfonsina y el mar (Arr. by Christian-Pierre La Marca):
• 13 Ramírez: Alfonsina y el mar (Arr. by Christian-Pierre La Marca) 05:04
• Nikolaï Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908): The Tale of Tsar Saltan:
• 14 Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumblebee 01:12
• Carlos Guastavino (1912 - 2000): La rosa y el sauce (Arr. by Christian-Pierre La Marca):
• 15 Guastavino: La rosa y el sauce (Arr. by Christian-Pierre La Marca) 02:28
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921): Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125:
• 16 Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: No. 13, Le cygne 03:08
• Nili Hadida (b. 1986), Benjamin Cotto (b. 1985): You Want My Money (Arr. by Nili Hadida, Benjamin Cotto & Christian-Pierre La Marca):
• 17 Hadida, Cotto: You Want My Money (Arr. by Nili Hadida, Benjamin Cotto & Christian-Pierre La Marca) 03:17
• Johnny Mercer (1909 - 1976), Henry Mancini (1924 - 1994): Moon River (Arr. by Stéphane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca):
• 18 Mercer, Mancini: Moon River (Arr. by Stéphane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca) 02:58
• Ludovico Einaudi (b. 1955): I giorni (Arr. by Stéphane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca):
• 19 Einaudi: I giorni (Arr. by Stéphane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca) 05:31
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992): Las cuatro estaciones porteñas:
• 20 Piazzolla: Las cuatro estaciones porteñas: No. 2, Invierno porteño 07:08
• Patricia Petibon (b. 1970), Thierry Escaich (b. 1965), Christian-Pierre La Marca (b. 1983): Awake of Nature (improvisation):
• 21 Petibon, Escaich, Marca: Awake of Nature (improvisation) 03:15
• Nils Frahm (b. 1982): No. 1, Ambre (Arr. by Stéphane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca):
• 22 Frahm: Wintermusik: No. 1, Ambre (Arr. by Stéphane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca) 04:16
• Patricia Petibon, Christian-Pierre La Marca, Thierry Escaich: Between Man and Nature (improvisation):
• 23 Petibon, Marca, Escaich: Between Man and Nature (improvisation) 02:06
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): Six Morceaux pour piano, Op. 51:
• 24 Tchaikovsky: Six Morceaux pour piano, Op. 51: No. 6, Valse sentimentale 02:27
• Traditional: Celtic Valse:
• 25 Traditional: Celtic Valse 03:01
• Traditional, Cécile Corbel (b. 1980), Alan Stivell (b. 1944): Brian Boru Renaissance:
• 26 Traditional, Corbel, Stivell: Brian Boru Renaissance 02:54
• Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959): From Jewish Life, B. 54:
• 27 Bloch: From Jewish Life, B. 54: No. 1, Prayer (Arr. by Christopher Palmer) 05:02
• Baptiste Trotignon: Fly:
• 28 Trotignon: Fly 03:55
• George David Weiss (1921 - 2010), Bob Thiele (1922 - 1996): What a Wonderful World (Arr. by Stéphane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca):
• 29 Weiss, Thiele: What a Wonderful World (Arr. by Stéphane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca) 02:39
• Total Runtime 01:53:53

Info for Wonderful World

In this humanistic ode to nature, French cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca presents a packed programme on the theme of saving the planet. He has invited a host of artists from all over the international music scene to add their voices to that of his own eloquent instrument, in a unique and unprecedented project of solidarity.

The cello, in the hands of Christian-Pierre La Marca, has often been compared to the human voice, in its handling of the melodic lines and curves, its flexibility, its lyrical intensity. Here it is mirrored in the voices of sopranos Sabine Devieilhe and Patricia Petibon, as well as the clarinet of Michel Portal, the pianos of Thomas Enhco, Baptiste Trotignon, Nathanaël Gouin and Thierry Escaich, the accordion of Félicien Brut and the contrabass of Édouard Macarez, as well as the pop duo Lilly Wood & The Prick.

In addition, an ensemble of musicians from the Orchestre de Paris lends its support, with bespoke arrangements of a variety of pieces ranging through Harlen’s ‘Over the Rainbow’, Fauré’s song ‘Après un rêve’, ‘Summertime’ by Gershwin, ‘The Swan’ by Saint-Saëns, ‘I giorni’ by Ludovico Einaudi, ‘The Hours’ by Philip Glass and Kurt Weill’s ‘Lost in the Stars’.

As la Marca concludes, “This ode to nature is primarily a hymn to the idea of sharing. What I wanted - as well as bringing this programme to fruition - was to have a musical adventure alongside exceptional artists from different worlds and horizons. After all, isn’t that our mission as artists? To share with our audience, to move, to awaken consciences across the world?”

"A classy and eminently creative offering that should appeal to those in the market for smooth, genre-straddling late-night listening." (Gramophone)

Christian-Pierre La Marca, cello
Michel Portal, clarinet
Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
Patricia Petibon, soprano
Thomas Enhco, piano, violin
Thierry Escaich, organ
Orchestre de Paris

Christian-Pierre La Marca „Young cellist in ascension“ (Diapason), Christian-Pierre La Marca is playing an extensive and challenging repertoire and is described as „a young man who already ranks among the masters of the cello“ (La Croix).

Christian-Pierre began playing the cello in Aix-en-Provence before studying in Paris with Jean-Marie Gamard and Philippe Muller. He continued his education with Frans Helmerson in Cologne, Steven Isserlis in London and alongside attended masterclasses by Mstislav Rostropovich, Heinrich Schiff, Anner Bylsma or Gary Hoffman. Christian-Pierre is encouraged by a circle of prolific artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Thomas Quasthoff, Leif Ove Ansdsnes, Maria Joao Pires, Artemis Quartet or Seiji Ozawa.

Christian-Pierre has performed across the world: Paris (Louvre, Orsay, Salle Pleyel, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Châtelet), Londres (Southbank Center), Bruxelles (Bozar, Flagey), Vienna (Musikverein, Konzerthaus), Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Berlin (Philharmonie), Hamburg (Laeizshalle), Frankfurt (Alte Oper), Schwarzenberg (Kaufmann Hall), Genève (Victoria Hall), Monaco (Opéra Garnier), Venice (La Fenice), Saint-Petersburg (Mariinsky Concert Hall), Moscow (Conservatory), New York (92nd), Delhi (Imperial), Osaka (Izumi Hall), Tokyo (Oiji Hall), Melbourne (Arts Center) and Sydney (Angel Place).

He has appeared as a soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Les Siècles, Orchestre de Mulhouse, Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Brussels Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Wiener Concert-Verein, Sinfonia Varsovia, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Slovak National Radio Orchestra, Malaga Philharmonic, Kunming Symphony Orchestra, barock ensembles Les Ambassadeurs and Il Giardino Armonico under the baton of François-Xavier Roth, Emmanuel Krivine, Augustin Dumay, Pascal Rophé, Gérard Korsten, Christopher Warren-Green, Antoni Ros-Marba, Clemens Schuldt, Giovani Antonini or Alexis Kossenko.

Highly sought after in chamber music, Christian-Pierre plays with Renaud Capuçon, Augustin Dumay, Lawrence Power, Edgar Moreau, Michel Portal, Romain Guyot, Thierry Escaich, Lise de la Salle, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Adam Laloum, Cédric Tiberghien, Jean-Marc Luisada, Eric Le Sage, Philippe Cassard, David Kadouch, Jean Rondeau, Modigliani, Carducci, Hermès Quartets and singers Philippe Jaroussky, Bernarda Fink, Julie Fuchs, Karine Deshayes, Isabelle Druet, Patricia Petibon at major festivals (Verbier, Ravinia, Santander, Bad Kissingen, Meklenburg Vorpommern, Trondheim, Oxford, Printemps des Arts in Monaco, Pablo Casals, Aix-en-Provence, La Roque d’Anthéron, La Grange de Meslay, Auvers-sur-Oise, La Folle Journée in Nantes, Saintes, Montpellier, Menton...). Christian-Pierre is a founding member of the renowned Trio Dali, very active on the international scene, and actively promotes contemporary music collbarotating with composers including Peteris Vasks, Gyorgy Kurtag, Thierry Escaich, Philippe Hersant, Olivier Greif, Jean-Louis Florentz or Nicolas Bacri.

An exclusive recording artist for Sony Classical, his discography includes the complete Bach Cello Suites, unanimously praised by international press (« there is [...] a sovereign sense of balance, a kind of natural classicism which makes pointless any quarrel of style And all this at 29, in the cellists’s Bible ! » Le Figaro) and L'Heure Exquise, a tribute to the French melody. His new album (2016), Cantus, offers a reinterpretation of the sacred repertoire, cleverly comprising original works and transcriptions from pieces by Bach, Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Fauré or Barber, with Les Ambassadeurs under Alexis Kossenko and Thierry Escaich, Adrien La Marca, Philippe Jaroussky, Patricia Petibon. His recordings with the Trio Dali have all been acclaimed by critics. The latest, devoted to Mendelssohn trios, recently received a 'CHOC' Classica ("We stay in admiration in front of the supreme elegance of their playing, powerful and non grandiloquent").

Christian-Pierre curates with his brother Adrien La Marca the Artistic Direction of « Les Musicales de Pommiers » festival. He is also Artistic Adviser of « Les Concerts de la Gaité » at the Theater La Gaité-Montparnasse in Paris.

He plays a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume cello from 1856.