Ophélie Gaillard
AP001 - 1CD - 54' - Oct 22, 2009
Ophélie Gaillard is renowned for her multi-faceted approach to her interpretations (Bach Suites on Baroque Cello, Victoires de la Musique 2002, Vivaldi Sonatas, ..Baroque Cello, Britten Suites, Modern Cello, Complete Fauré etc.). After a concert at London's Wigmore Hall, she met the American composer and arranger Craig Leon (who has made a name for himself with a disc of arrangements of Famous Melodies for Violin and Orchestra performed by Joshua Bell).
Craig Leon asked her to record an album for cello and orchestra, with arrangements of famous pieces and melodies, from Satie to Fauré, including Chopin and Italian opera. The recording took place at the end of 2008 at Abbey Road with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Ophélie Gaillard left her usual rigorous interpretation behind and let her Goffriller cello sing magnificently, making way for a splendid programme.
1. CLAUDE DEBUSSY La fille aux cheveux de lin (Prélude nº8)
2. ANTONIN DVORAK Song to the Moon («Rusalka»)
3. EDVARD GRIEG Solveig’s song («Peer Gynt»)
4. VINCENZO BELLINI Ah, non credea mirarti («La Sonnambula»)
5. GAETANO DONIZETTI Una furtiva lagrima («L’Elisir d’Amore»)
6. GIACOMO PUCCINI O mio babbino caro («Gianni Schicchi»)
7. ERIC SATIE Gymnopédie nº1
8. ERIC SATIE Gnossienne nº1
9. GABRIEL FAURE Pavane op.50
10. GABRIEL FAURE Après un rêve
11. FREDERIC CHOPIN Mazurka op.67 n°4
12. FREDERIC CHOPIN Nocturne op.9 nº2
13. SERGUEI RACHMANINOV Vocalise op.34 nº14
14. PIOTR ILLITCH TCHAIKOVSKI Valse Sentimentale
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