de la Salle; Lise

But Can You Dance To This?

Jed Distler

Lise de la Salle’s “When Do We Dance?” presents a guided world tour of dance-inspired works, starting in the Unites States and Argentina, crossing the

A (mostly) Lackluster Rachmaninov Concerto Cycle

Jed Distler

To paraphrase Mark Twain’s famous comment about Wagner’s music, this live Rachmaninov concerto cycle with pianist Lise de la Salle and the Philharmonia Zurich under

Lise De La Salle’s Oddly Unsatisfying Schumann

Jed Distler

Judging from this Schumann recital, Lise de la Salle seems to have evolved from the remarkably talented 14-year-old prodigy on her debut release to a

Liszt: Piano works/de la Salle

Jed Distler

Lise de la Salle’s highly accomplished virtuosity and innate sense of drama easily lend themselves to Franz Liszt’s wide-ranging piano idiom. The opening Dante Sonata

Ravel; Rachmaninov: Sonatine, Miroirs; Etudes/de la Salle

Jed Distler

This music doesn’t exactly suffer from catalog underexposure, yet Lise de la Salle’s clear, direct, and musically sound performances are worth your attention. Pedaling sparingly,