Sarah Christ – Un Bal (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Dances are among the valuable “raw materials” that composers of all epochs have incorporated into their works. Baroque suites are based on dance forms from various countries, classical symphonies usually contain a minuet or a dance movement, and in the nineteenth century, composers of emerging musical nations not only made use of folk songs, but also, and above all, of the dances of their native regions in order to form an independent language. With this album, harpist Sarah Christ shows that dance is as rich in moods as it is in forms: on her CD Un bal – named after the second movement of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique – we hear the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, which moves wonderfully freely within the framework of strict baroque models; the melancholy elegance in Chopin’s and Debussy’s waltzes; the folklore and rusticity in the pieces of Ferenc Farkas and Manuel de Falla; and the melancholy of Astor Piazzolla’s tangos.

Tracklist:
01. Sarah Christ – Farkas: Danses hongroises du 17ème Siècle: I. Danse du Prince de Transylvanie (02:28)
02. Sarah Christ – Farkas: Danses hongroises du 17ème Siècle: II. Danse Hongroise (01:25)
03. Sarah Christ – Farkas: Danses hongroises du 17ème Siècle: III. Chorea (02:51)
04. Sarah Christ – Farkas: Danses hongroises du 17ème Siècle: IV. Danse “Lapockás” (00:47)
05. Sarah Christ – Farkas: Danses hongroises du 17ème Siècle: V. Chorea (02:19)
06. Sarah Christ – Farkas: Danses hongroises du 17ème Siècle: VI. Danse de Lázár Apor (01:46)
07. Sarah Christ – Debussy: Valse romantique, L. 71: Tempo di valse. Allegro Moderato (04:18)
08. Sarah Christ – Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14a: II. Un Bal (06:54)
09. Sarah Christ – Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium (01:53)
10. Sarah Christ – Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: II. Allemande (04:24)
11. Sarah Christ – Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: III. Corrente (03:11)
12. Sarah Christ – Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande (05:22)
13. Sarah Christ – Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: V. Menuet I & II (03:01)
14. Sarah Christ – Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: VI. Gigue (02:37)
15. Sarah Christ – Falla: Spanish Dance No. 1 in A Minor from ‘La Vida Breve’ (03:59)
16. Sarah Christ – Chopin: Waltz No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 69/2 (04:08)
17. Sarah Christ – Chopin: Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64/1 ‘Minute Waltz’ (02:19)
18. Sarah Christ – Chopin: Waltz No. 19 in A Minor, KK IVb/11 (02:34)
19. Sarah Christ – Piazzolla: Milonga del Ángel (05:59)
20. Sarah Christ – Piazzolla: La Muerte del Ángel (03:20)
21. Sarah Christ – Piazzolla: Resurrección del Ángel (07:48)
22. Sarah Christ – Chopin: Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. 69/1 ‘L’Adieu’ (03:37)
23. Sarah Christ – Tschaikowski: The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Waltz of the Flowers (02:46)