Cinema - Laurent Korcia

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Album Summary

Performers

• Baptiste Vay (Viola)
• Arnaud Guittet (Oboe)
• Florian Frere (Cello)
• Guillaume Schilemme (Violin)
• Mathieu Serrano (Double Bass)
• Julien Szulman (Violin)
• Edouard Guittet (French Horn)
• Alexis Baldos (Clarinet)
• Fujiko Hemming (Piano)
• Mathieu Gonet (Piano)
• Camille (Voice)
• Michael Wendeberg (Piano)
• Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Vincent Peirani (Accordion)
• Pierre Boussaguet (Double Bass)
• Aurélie Becuwe (Flute)

Conductors

• Gonet, Mathieu
• Wendeberg, Michael

Ensemble

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Composers

• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Ennio Morricone (Composer/Conductor) (1928 - )
• Lalo Schifrin (Composer) (1932 - )
• Laurent Korcia (1964 - )
• Charlie Chaplin (Stage & Screen) (1889 - 1977)
• Larry Kusik
• Frank Churchill (1901 - 1942)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Stéphane Grappelli (1908 - 1997)
• John Williams (Film Composer) (1932 - )
• Franco Mannino (1924 - 2005)
• Heinz Provost (1891 - )
• Enriqué Granados (1867 - 1916)
• Henry Mancini (1924 - 1994)
• Shigeru Umebayashi (1951 - )

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Laurent Korcia (violin); Midori Hayashi (violin); Isabelle Sajot (cello); David Walter (oboe); Matthieu Gonet (piano); Pierre Boussaguet (acoustic bass, double bass).

Recording information: Studios Guillaume Tell, Paris, France (08/2008-09/2008).

French violinist Laurent Korcia takes another big step into the classical crossover realm with Cinema, an album on which he performs movie music. His definition of movie music is broad, including any music that happens to have been featured in a motion picture, even if it's really a classical evergreen like Vivaldi's "L'Estate (Summer) -- III. Presto," heard in the 2001 film The Affair of the Necklace or Carlos Gardel's "Por una Cabeza," interpolated into 1992's Scent of a Woman. Korcia also finds room for two Jascha Heifetz arrangements of songs from Porgy and Bess, usually thought of as Gershwin's folk opera, although, as Korcia points out, it was made into a film "which was banned." (Well, not exactly. Otto Preminger's 1959 movie was released, but it is not well thought of, and the Gershwin estate has not licensed it since.) All of this material is well played, of course, but the best tracks feature music actually written for the movies, even if it is familiar. Korcia's "Moon River" is lovely, as is his "Speak Softly, Love," and the version of "Some Day My Prince Will Come," with French recitation and English singing by Camille, is charming. Best of all is "Mission Impossible," which Korcia re-imagines as a trio with accordionist Vincent Peirani and double bass player Pierre Boussaguet. This album should make a good introduction to an excellent classical violinist willing to stretch himself in the direction of contemporary and popular music. ~ William Ruhlmann

Includes por una cabeza (from scent of a women) (gardel) / by various composers.

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Works Details

Morricone, Ennio : Cinema Paradiso :: Theme

• Performers: Michael Wendeberg (Piano); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Conductor: Michael Wendeberg
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1988

Gershwin, George : Porgy and Bess :: It Ain't Necessarily So

• Performers: Michael Wendeberg (Piano); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Conductor: Michael Wendeberg
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1935

Provost, Heinz : Intermezzo :: Theme

• Performers: Michael Wendeberg (Piano); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Conductor: Michael Wendeberg
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Schifrin, Lalo [Composer] : Mission Impossible, music for the television series :: Theme

• Performers: Vincent Peirani (Accordion); Pierre Boussaguet (Double Bass); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1966

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"

• Performers: Baptiste Vay (Viola); Arnaud Guittet (Oboe); Florian Frere (Cello); Guillaume Schilemme (Violin); Mathieu Serrano (Double Bass); Julien Szulman (Violin); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Enriqué Granados (1867 - 1916) : Danse espagnole, Op. 37/5 :: 2

• Performers: Michael Wendeberg (Piano); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Conductor: Michael Wendeberg
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888-1890

Korcia, Laurent : Tribulations, for violin, accordion & double bass (after themes from the film l'Homme de sa vie)

• Performers: Vincent Peirani (Accordion); Pierre Boussaguet (Double Bass); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Stéphane Grappelli (1908 - 1997) : Les Valseuses :: Going Places

• Performers: Baptiste Vay (Viola); Arnaud Guittet (Oboe); Florian Frere (Cello); Guillaume Schilemme (Violin); Aurélie Becuwe (Flute); Edouard Guittet (French Horn); Alexis Baldos (Clarinet); Mathieu Serrano (Double Bass); Julien Szulman (Violin); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1974

Mancini, Henry : Breakfast at Tiffany's

• Performers: Michael Wendeberg (Piano); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Conductor: Michael Wendeberg
• Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1960

Chaplin, Charlie : Smile (as used in the film "Modern Times" ) (spurious; by Geoffrey Persons)

• Performers: Vincent Peirani (Accordion); Pierre Boussaguet (Double Bass); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: circa 1936

Chaplin, Charlie : A King in New York, film score :: Weeping Willows

• Performers: Vincent Peirani (Accordion); Pierre Boussaguet (Double Bass); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Running Time: 1 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1957

Williams, John : Schindler's List :: Theme

• Performers: Michael Wendeberg (Piano); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Conductor: Michael Wendeberg
• Notes: Composition written: 1993.
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1993

Korcia, Laurent : Fuzjko's Waltz, for violin & piano

• Performers: Fujiko Hemming (Piano); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Umebayashi, Shigeru : In the Mood for Love :: Yumeji's Theme (In the Mood for Love)

• Performers: Michael Wendeberg (Piano); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Conductor: Michael Wendeberg
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Kusik, Larry : Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from The Godfather)

• Performers: Michael Wendeberg (Piano); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Conductor: Michael Wendeberg
• Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Nino Rota (Composer) (1911 - 1979).
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.

Gershwin, George : Porgy and Bess

• Performers: Michael Wendeberg (Piano); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Conductor: Michael Wendeberg
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1935

Mannino, Franco : L' Innocente, film score

• Performers: Michael Wendeberg (Piano); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Conductor: Michael Wendeberg
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1976

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40

• Performers: Michael Wendeberg (Piano); Laurent Korcia (Violin)
• Conductor: Michael Wendeberg
• Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1874

Churchill, Frank : Some Day My Prince Will Come (for Disney's Snow White)

• Performers: Mathieu Gonet (Piano); Baptiste Vay (Viola); Arnaud Guittet (Oboe); Florian Frere (Cello); Guillaume Schilemme (Violin); Mathieu Serrano (Double Bass); Julien Szulman (Violin); Laurent Korcia (Violin); Camille (Voice)
• Conductor: Mathieu Gonet
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1937