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“Discover ”Cabinet of Curiosities”, Etienne Gara's second album for Warner Classics with Delirium Musicum!
From the depths of this magical chest comes music revealing a myriad of facets reflecting the color of our artistic universe. From Baroque music to the music of tomorrow, with side trips to films scores and folk songs, this acoustic mosaic embraces our exhilarating and creative world.”
Violinist Étienne Gara and pianist Sonia Achkar, hailed for their passionate and intelligent playing, join forces on this album of French compositions that pushed the boundaries of audiences’ listening experiences at the time of their origin. In his review of Poulenc’s violin sonata, Camille Saint-Saëns describes how its unsuspecting audience was seduced: “…a magic floats above everything, encompassing the whole work, causing the crowd of usual listeners to accept the unimagined audacity as something quite normal.” Today the four pieces selected for this program are universally recognized as enduring masterworks, staples of the classical music repertoire that have retained all of their original capacity to surprise and certainly their power to seduce.
On this recording, Étienne Gara plays the magnificent 1714 Stradivarius “Leonora Jackson.” Its wonderful tone and colors make it one of the most sought after violins for performance.
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“In a world where climate change is at the heart of our attention, these eight delightfully unhinged seasons are scattered across a wildly singular time. They cast an artistic blur on our perception of what has always seemed taken for granted, unshakeable: the seasons with their established climates, our perception of time and space, Vivaldi's Four Seasons…”
Delirium Musicum and Artistic Director violinist Etienne Gara's debut album for Warner Classics.