Une rencontre Marie Ythier, Marie Vermeulin & Samuel Bricault

• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): 5 Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102:
• 1 5 Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102: No. 1, Mit humor "Vanitas vanitatum" 03:23
• 2 5 Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102: No. 2, Langsam 03:38
• 3 5 Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102: No. 3, Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen 04:11
• 4 5 Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102: No. 4, Nicht zu rasch 02:06
• 5 5 Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102: No. 5, Stark und markiert 02:57
• Tristan Murail (b. 1947):
• 6 Attracteurs étranges 09:01
• 7 Une lettre de Vincent 07:47
• Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73:
• 8 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: No. 1, Zart und mit Ausdruck 03:31
• 9 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: No. 2, Lebhaft, licht 03:14
• 10 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: No. 3, Rasch und mit Feuer 04:03
• Tristan Murail:
• 11 C’est un jardin secret, ma sœur, ma fiancée, une fontaine close, une source scellée... (Version for Cello) 04:34
• A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15):
• 12 A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15): No. 1, Von fremden Ländern und Menschen 02:02
• 13 A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15): No. 2, Curiose Geschichte 01:10
• 14 A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15): No. 3, Hasche-Mann 00:33
• 15 A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15): No. 4, Bittendes Kind 00:50
• 16 A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15): No. 5, Glückes genug 00:41
• 17 A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15): No. 6, Wichtige Begebenheit 01:01
• 18 A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15): No. 7, Träumerei 02:35
• 19 A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15): No. 8, Am Camin 00:59
• 20 A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15): No. 9, Ritter vom Steckenpferd 00:48
• 21 A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15): No. 10, Fast zu ernst 01:33
• 22 A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15): No. 11, Fürchtenmachen 02:09
• 23 A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15): No. 12, Kind im Einschlummern 02:07
• 24 A Rereading of Kinderszenen (After R. Schumann's Op. 15): No. 13, Der Dichter spricht 02:07
• Total Runtime 01:07:00

Info for Une rencontre

Metier Records, the new-music label of Divine Art Recordings Group, has a fascinating new recording bringing together music by Robert Schumann and Tristan Murail. The album, to be released in June 2019, will be titled ‘Une rencontre’ (‘An encounter’) and is a meeting of Romantic and contemporary music, climaxed by the premiere recording of Murail’s ‘revisit’ to Schumann’s Kinderszenen, a transcription written especially for the cello soloist Marie Ythier.

Marie Ythier is a superb cellist based in Paris who specializes in modern music; her four published recordings to date include ‘Le geste augmenté’ for solo cello and electronics (Evidence Classics). She is already the dedicatee of a dozen works and has worked with many major composers and conductors She has won several international prizes and is currently Professor of Cello at the CRD Paris Conservatoire as well as giving masterclasses in France, Asia and South America. On this new album she is accompanied by two fine French artists, Samuel Bricault (flute) and Marie Vermeulin (piano).

Stephen Sutton, CEO of the Divine Art group; said –‘I am honoured that Marie has signed with Métier for this wonderful album bringing together works by two great composers whose styles are necessarily very different but also complementary. And I am grateful to Tristan for introducing Marie to us. Our album of his spectral piano music played by Marilyn Nonken is the best selling title in the Metier catalogue.”

Marie Ythier, cello
Marie Vermeulin, piano
Samuel Bricault, flute

Marie Ythier
A classical musician, also committed to premiering works by composers of her generation, cellist Marie Ythier has already recorded four CDs, including le Geste Augmenté, for cello solo and live electronics that features works dedicated to her (Evidence Classics, Harmonia Mundi world distribution, November 2015) all critically acclaimed. Trained at the Paris and Lyon Conservatoires – CNSM, she graduated with a master’s degree (soloist with honours) studying in Anne Gastinel’s class, obtained a postgraduate Artist Diploma from the Paris Conservatory and participated in masterclasses with Philippe Muller, Heinrich Schiff, Miklos Perenyi and Gary Hoffman. She regularly performs in prestigious French and international venues and festivals (Paris Philharmonie, Dijon Auditorium. Kuhmo Festival, FIMC Lima, Suona Francese/Suona Italiano, the festival Messiaen au Pays de la Meije, CMMAS of Morelia, CENART of Mexico, KKL Luzern…).Marie Ythier has collaborated with composers such as Ivo Malec, Gilbert Amy, Tristan Murail, Pierre Boulez… and has performed as a soloist under the direction of renowned conductors, including Pierre Boulez and Peter Csaba.

A devoted pedagogue, she teaches at the conservatory in Aulnay-sous-Bois, the 15th district conservatory in Paris, is guest professor at the National Conservatory in Lima (Peru) and gives master classes in France, Asia, and Latin America.

With her wide musical experience, Marie Ythier is an artist whose eclecticism and open mindedness are revealed in the particular interest that she gives to new music. She gladly plays repertoire from all periods, both as a chamber musician and as a soloist.

She has received prizes from numerous national and international competitions (1st prize at the Zonta Clubs cello competition, award winner from the Société Générale Mécénat Musical, Meyer Foundation, Adami…). Marie Ythier was a laureate of the Francis and Mica Salabert Foundation and the Fondation de France in 2015, was named Associated Artist by Adami, received sponsoring from Monceau Assurances in 2017, was a laureate of the foundation Cordes Sensibles for her disc Une Rencontre in 2018, and will be artist in residence at Singer-Polignac Foundation until 2020. She is now also a member of Collège Contemporain.

Since 2019, Marie Ythier has played a Bernardel cello, loaned to her by the association Talents et Violoncelles.

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