Eric Le Sage
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Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos & Piano Concerto
RecommendedEric Le Sage (piano), Frank Braley (piano)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Leige, Stéphane Denève
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Building a Library, May 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, June 2023, Also Recommended (Piano Concerto in C sharp minor)
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Special offer. Four Hands
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Bruce Liu (piano), David Fray (piano), Beatrice Rana (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Gautier Capuçon (piano), Juliette (piano), Michel Dalberto (piano), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Momo Kodama (piano), Mariam Batsashvili...
One of Tharaud’s aims is to reveal repertoire which has been largely lost, and in this respect he is resoundingly successful...Everything here has charm, and radiates what should always be the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Instrumental Choice
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Listeners who know Dichterliebe intimately, and think they know the Schumanns pretty well, will discover many fresh delights. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Choral & Song Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Nino Rota: Chamber Music
Daishin Kashimoto, Emmanuel Pahud, Eric Le Sage, Paul Meyer, François Meyer, Gilbert Audin, Benoît de Barsony, Joaquín Riquelme García, Claudio Bohórquez, Olivier Thiery, Aurélien Pascal
[Rota] spent several decades working on-and-off on his five-movement Nonetto and, as such, it offers a tribute to the Italian composer’s changing styles. It receives a glorious outing here at... —
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Nouveauté
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Musique de chambre
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Each is played with terrific dexterity and fluidity. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Chamber
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The playing sparkles. None of these pieces will challenge the intellect, but each in turn tickles the senses. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2015, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, June 2021, Also Recommended - K452
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Performances here are of the highest order, with Erik Le Sage, who gave the concerto's premiere, on glittering form and the RSNO on their toes throughout. Chandos's SACD recording is vividly... —
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Vienne 1900
Eric Le Sage (piano), Zvi Plesser (cello), Daishin Kashimoto (violin), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
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Le Sage offers consistently limpid playing, so unmistakeably French...Everywhere the pacing sounds utterly natural: Le Sage and the Ebene are the most persuasive guides through sometimes daunting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Chamber
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 17
Eric Le Sage (piano), Gävle Symphony Orchestra, François Leleux
You can tell much about an interpretation from the opening bars of K491. There’s a polish to the legato strings, the wind answering in kind, and Le Sage’s entry is sensitive and beautifully... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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