Lavinia Meijer - Voyage (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de Lune (Transcribed for Harp)
02. Introduction et Allegro, M. 46
03. Gymnopédie No. 1
04. Comptine d'un autre été: l'après-midi
05. La Valse des monstres
06. La Fille aux cheveux de lin, L. 117
07. La Valse d'Amélie
08. Gnossienne No. 1
09. Gnossienne No. 2
10. Gnossienne No. 3
11. Gnossienne No. 5
12. Bruyères, L. 123
13. Dances for Harp and Orchestra, L. 103: 1. Danse sacrée
14. Dances for Harp and Orchestra, L. 103: 2. Danse profane
15. Sur le fil


Harpist Lavinia Meijer was born in 1983 in South Korea, but raised in the Netherlands by adoptive parents. She has toured all over the globe with many leading orchestras including the Residentie Orkest, the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. She released several albums on the Channel Classics label, including her interpretations of work by Handel, Bach, and Scarlatti on the 2004 release 1685. In 2009 she received one of the most prestigious awards in The Netherlands: the Dutch Music Prize. She released the album Metamorphosis/The Hours in 2012, which featured works by Philip Glass. This also earned Meijer gold record status for classical music from The Dutch Association of Producers and Importers of Video & Audio Media.

Since signing with Sony Classical and releasing an album of music by European crossover composer Ludovico Einaudi in 2014, Meijer has emerged as one of the world's best-known harpists. As usual with Einaudi, that album was a commercial success, but had a mixed critical reception. On her next album, Voyage, Meijer mixed classical standards with music from the soundtrack to the film Amélie, by French composer Yann Tiersen. Her 2015 live album In Concert showcased her interest in both contemporary composition and vernacular genres. Meijer returned to Glass in 2017 with The Glass Effect, featuring not only music by Glass himself but also compositions by younger composers, some of them (such as rock musician Bryce Dessner) from outside the classical sphere. Those composers included Meijer herself, who arranged music from Glass' Koyaanisqatsi for harp. Meijer has experimented with the traditional concert setting, sometimes performing solo concerts in candle-lit rooms.

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