‘I have never composed so much in my life. If I ask myself the reasons for such profusion, I realise that it is because I have nothing else in my life but music. If I stop composing, I die’, Olivier Greif wrote after finishing his Trio in 1998. This CD presents two deeply moving works by a true citizen of the world, indifferent to the aesthetic confrontations that marked the half-century of his life. 1950-2000: between these two dates lay ‘a convoluted path through shadows and light, where hope and despair are intertwined like two lianas issuing from a single stump’ (Brigitte François-Sappey). This title was released for the first time in 2006.
OLIVIER GREIF [1950-2000] Sonate de Requiem op.283 pour violoncelle et piano for cello and piano (1979-1993) · Molto lento - Allegro (11'38) · Notturno (6'43) · Presto vivo - Più lento (6'01) · Quasi cadenza (7'52) Trio / Piano Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle (1998) · De profundis (8'49) · Java (7'16) · Romanze (9'26) · Alla breve (4'19)
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