Simone Dinnerstein - Broadway - Lafayette (Ravel, Lasser, Gershwin) (2015) [Official Digital Download]

Simone celebrates the time-honoured link between France and America through 3 different composers - Maurice Ravel, George Gershwin and Philip Lasser.

Featuring the world-premiere recording of piano concerto ‘The circle and the child’ by composer Philip Lasser (whose mother is French and father is American) who wrote the concerto especially for Simone Dinnerstein in 2012. The concerto is an amalgam of both French and American musical sound worlds while being based on a chorale by Bach “Ihr Gestirn’, Ihr hohlen Lüfte” (You stars in heaven, you vaulted sky).

The title and cover artwork refer to the New York subway station and alludes to the French-American connection as the Marquis de Lafayette and his French troops helped the American colonists oust the British during the American revolution.

TRACKLIST

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

01. Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: I. Allegramente
02. Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
03. Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: III. Presto

Philip Lasser (b.1963)

04. The Circle and the Child-Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: I. Poco Allegro
05. The Circle and the Child-Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: II. Chorale and Child
06. The Circle and the Child-Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: The Circle and the Child: III. Circles

George Gershwin (1898-1937)

07. Rhapsody in Blue

Philip Lasser

08. Starry Night-Nocturne for Margaret

PERSONNEL
Simone Dinnerstein (piano)
MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kristjan Järvi (conductor)