International Release: February 14, 2025

PHANTASMAGORIA | Works by Franz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 | Cantique d’amour No. 10, from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 | Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418

Between Lise de la Salle and Franz Liszt, is an affinity, one could say a love story, that has lasted for more than twenty years. For her second album, recorded in 2005 when she was only seventeen, she had him paired with Bach (V5006). Six years later (V5267, 2011), she recorded her first all-Liszt album, a rather dark disc, where the tragic and relentless Funérailles and Après une lecture du Dante rubbed shoulders with the heartbreaking nudity of Nuages gris and Lacrymosa. Unrolling this Ariadne's thread once again, the French pianist now defends two of the greatest masterpieces, surprisingly complementary, of the most cosmopolitan composer of European Romanticism: the Piano Sonata in B minor, and the Réminiscences de Don Juan.

New Single: Listen to CANTANDO ESPRESSIVO from Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178.

1CD - V8602 naïve (believe group)

“A journey to explore the different ways in which dance takes possession of the body”  Lise de la Salle

AMERICA - Gershwin (when do we dance?), Art Tatum (tea for two), Bolcom (graceful ghost rag), Fats Waller (vipers drag) | ARGENTINA - Piazzolla (libertango), Ginastera (argentine dances op.2) | SPAIN - Falla (ritual fire dance, from el amor brujo) | FRANCE - Ravel (valses nobles et sentimentales), Saint-Saëns (étude en forme de valse) | HUNGARY - Bartók (romanian folk dances sz.56) | RUSSIA - Stravinsky (tango), Scriabin (waltz op.38), Rachmaninoff (polka italienne)

1CD - V5468 naïve (believe group)

“Lise de la Salle and Christian-Pierre La Marca deliver a romantic round trip 'Paris-Moscow'” Franceinfo: Culture

Fauré: Pavane, Op.50; Elégie, Op.24; Sicilienne op.78; Berceuse op.16; Papillon op.77 | Saint-Saëns: 'Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix' (Samson et Dalila, Op.47) | Massenet: 'Pourquoi me réveiller' (Werther) | Stravinsky: 'Mavra' (Russian Song) | Rachmaninov: Sonata for cello and piano in G Minor Op. 19 | Prokofiev: March (The Love of the three oranges, Op.33)

cello/piano duets with Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello)

1CD 5809622 Sony Classical

* with Thomas Enhco (piano four hands)

1CD - V5444 naïve (believe group)

“The pianist, Lise de la Salle, is considerate to her partners whilst giving full expression to Rachmaninov’s confident piano writing. The recording is superb, full and warm yet clear, with the cello tone beautifully caught and the resonant decay of the lower reaches of the piano sounding outstandingly natural.” MusicWeb International

Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque No. 1; Trio élégiaque No. 2

with Bartlomiej Niziol (violin) & Claudius Herrmann (cello)

1CD PHR0107 Philharmonia Records/SFR Radio 2

“Along with Rachmaninov’s world famous Piano Concertos No. 2 and 3, the recording also includes the young componist’s and piano virtuoso’s Opus 1 as well as the 4th Piano Concerto, written in American exile, and the virtuosic «Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini». With her special talent for the finest tonal nuances, Lise de la Salle is an ideal interpreter of these late-Romantic masterpieces of piano music.”

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1-4; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43

with Philharmonia Zürich & Fabio Luisi (cond.)

3CD PHR0104 Philharmonia Records - Live Recording

“I find it hard to associate images with music, but the one who comes to mind when I think of Schumann is the van Gogh of Starry Night” Lise de la Salle

Schumann: Kinderszenen op.15 | Abegg Variations op.1 | Fantasie op.17

1CD - V5364 ldls/naïve (believe group)

Ten years already!
Happy recording anniversary, Lise

Mozart: sonata in d major | Rachmaninov: études-tableaux - allegro agitato | Bach: chromatic fantasia and fugue in d minor | Chopin*: piano concerto no.2 - maestoso | Ravel: une barque sur l’océan (miroirs) | Prokofiev: montagues and capulets (romeo & juliet op.75) ; toccata | Shostakovich**: piano concerto no.1 - lento | Liszt: mazeppa (12 études d'exécution transcendante) | Liszt/Schubert: ständchen, s.560
+ DVD: lise de la salle | liszt - schumann au théâtre des bouffes du nord - a film by Jean-Philippe Perrot

* with Staatskapelle Dresden & Fabio Luisi (cond.)
** with Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, Lisbon & Lawrence Foster (cond.)

1CD - V5310 naïve/radio bremen (believe group)
+ DVD Sombrero&co/TVR 35 Bretagne/Mezzo

"She is as poised and refined in miniatures as she is in her large-scale offerings and, wherever you listen, you will hear Liszt-playing of a special distinction." Gramophone Magazine

Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante - Années de pèlerinage II, s.161 | Lacrymosa (mozart), s.550 | Ballade no.2 in b minor, s.171 | Liebeslied (schumann), s.566 | Mazeppa, from 12 études d’exécution transcendante, s.139 | Nuages gris, s.199 | Ständchen, in d minor (schubert), s.560 | Funérailles, from harmonies poétiques et religieuses, s.173 | Isoldes liebestod (wagner), s.447

1CD - V5267 naïve/Radio Bremen (believe group)

"the young French pianist Lise de la Salle enchants with her performance of the concerto, for which she's joined by Staatskapelle Dresden and their conductor Fabio Luisi." Classic FM

Chopin: Four Ballades, Op. 23/38/47/52 | Piano Concerto no.2 in F Minor, Op.21

with Staatskapelle Dresden & Fabio Luisi (cond.)

1CD - V5215 naïve (believe group)

“Close your eyes and try to imagine a succession of tableaux... These are two very special and touching musical voyages.” Lise de la Salle

Mozart: Rondo in A minor KV 511; Sonata in D major KV 284; Twelve variations in C major on “Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman” KV 265 | Prokofiev: Toccata op.11; Sonata no.3 in D minor op.28; Six pieces from Romeo & Juliet op.75
+ DVD: "Lise de la Salle, Majeure !" - a film by Jean-Philippe Perrot

2CD V5080 naïve (believe group)
+ DVD Mezzo/PMP Pénélope/naïve

“At only 23, she is already making a name for herself, particularly through her recording of first concertos of Liszt, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.” Bachtrack.com

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no.1 for piano, trumpet* and strings in c minor, opus 35 | Liszt: Piano Concerto no.1 in e flat major, s.124 | Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no.1 in d flat major, opus 10

with Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, Lisbon
Lawrence Foster (cond.)
* Gábor Boldoczki (trumpet) appears courtesy of sony classical

1CD V5053 naïve (believe group)

“In addition to the richness and balance of the programme, the pianist has lost none of her technique and has acquired greater artistic maturity.” Resmusica.com

Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903 | Bach/Liszt: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 (Transcription By Liszt) | Liszt: St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots, S.175/2; Sonetto 104 Del Petrarca [Années De Pélerinage, II: Italie] (S 161); La Lugubre Gondola No. 1 (S 200); Mephisto Waltz no.1, S.514

1CD V5006 naïve (believe group)

“Lise grasps the meaning of every score and makes it her own with that dazzling, impetuous perception that belongs only to artists of the highest rank!” Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux (Translation: Charles Johnston)

Rachmaninov: Études-tableaux op.39 nos.1 & 2, op.33 nos.2, 6 & 9 | Ravel: Sonatine, Miroirs

1CD V4936 naïve (believe group)

MY FAVORITE CHOPIN

CD1 & 2 - Préludes | Sonate n°2 | Études op. 25
Grigory Sokolov (piano)
CD3 - Chopin: Four Ballades, Op. 23/38/47/52 | Piano Concerto no.2 in F Minor, Op.21
Lise de la Salle (piano), Staatskapelle Dresden & Fabio Luisi
CD4 - Impressions on Chopin
Leszek Mozdzer (piano)

4CD V5394 naïve (believe group) 

LES MUSIQUES DE MONET

Composers - Chausson | Debussy | Fauré | Ravel | Saint-Saëns

Artists - Lise de La Salle (piano), Philippe Cassard (piano), Anne Gastinel (cello), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Susan Manoff (piano), Gerard Poulet (violin), Michel Moragues (flute), Dominique Desjardins (double bass), Isabelle Moretti (harp), Pascal Moragues (clarinet), Noel Lee (piano), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Daniel Blumenthal (piano), Bernard Kruysen (baritone), Bernard Ringeissen (piano), Ophelie Gaillard (cello), Bruno Fontaine (piano), Jos van Immerseel (piano)...

1CD V5255 naïve (believe group)