Ophélie Gaillard
AP142 - 1CD - 69' - Mar 22, 2017
Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, the United States, land of freedom, open to the world, a democracy concerned with human rights, attracted emigrants of all origins. Rightly or wrongly, the young nation, in full economic expansion, embodied a land of redemption for the composers brought together by Ophélie Gaillard.
After Alvorada, her globe-trotting cello leads us in the footsteps of Bloch, Korngold, Prokofiev, Chava Alberstein and Giora Feidmann, singing their exile, whether suffered or deliberately chosen. She makes us vibrate to the sound of a film score (Korngold's Concerto), a prayer (From Jewish Life), an Hebraic narrative (Schelomo), a lullaby, a wedding dance... The spirit of celebration, tenderness, religious meditation: so many facets of daily life and the culture of several generations of Jewish immigrants, related by Ophélie Gaillard's humanistic bow.
1. ERNEST BLOCH Schelomo “Hebraic Rhapsody” for Cello and Orchestra © G. Schirmer
2. ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD Concerto in One Movement for Cello and Orchestra in C op. 37 © Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG
3. ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD The Dead City - Pierrot’s aria op. 12 © Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG
4. SERGEI PROKOFIEV Ouverture on Jewish Themes op. 34
ERNEST BLOCH From Jewish Life*
5. Prayer
6. Supplication
7. Jewish Song
8. Wedding Dance (trad.)
9. CHAVA ALBERSTEIN Sarah Sings a Lullaby to Little Isaac*
10. Freilechs (trad.), Sim Shalom, (Paikov Yeshayahu), Azoy Tantzmen in Odessa (trad.)*
* Arranged by Cyrille Lehn
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