Stephanie Clausell - Soiree a Montpellier

Stephanie Claussen's newest solo harp album 'Soirée à Montpellier' ("evening in Montpellier") captures the essence of a French city which is at once ancient and chic, charming and wild.   While living in the medieval center of Montpellier, France for two years, Claussen heard accordion music on the tram; carousel music as she passed through the main plaza to buy groceries; classical music pouring out the open windows of the music school; Gregorian chant at the cathedral. In 'Soirée', Claussen took these various 'snap shots'  and interpreted them on solo harp, selecting the pieces which she felt best captured the musical atmosphere of Montpellier. The result is gloriously relaxing and unexpectedly fresh.

1) Valse. Op. 128 No. 2
2) Douce Dame Jolie
3) Romanza
4) Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D Minor
5) Maid on the Shore
6) Cercle Circassien
7) Moss Wood and Thicket
8) O the Deep Deep Love of Jesus
9) Lord Galway's Lamentations / the Wind That Shakes the Barley
10) Hungarian Dance No. 11 in D Minor
11) You Are My Hiding Place
12) Bolada de Aficionado
13) Vater Unser I'm Himmelreich
14) First Arabesque