Emmanuelle Bertrand
CELLO
Olivier Greif
Sonate de Requiem
Harmonia Mundi, 2013Emmanuelle Bertrand, cello
Pascal Amoyel, piano
Antje Weithaas, violin
‘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.
GRIEF, Olivier (1950-2000)
Sonate de Requiem op.283 for cello and piano (1979-1993)
Trio for piano, violin and piano (1998)
Press
BBC Music Magazine, September 2013
Superbly committed playing ****
Le Monde, 2013
Le violoncelle pur et passionné d’Emmanuelle Bertrand, le violon délié d’Antje Weithaas, le piano profond de Pascal Amoyel livrent ici une évidence, celle d’une œuvre avec laquelle l’histoire de la musique se doit désormais de compter.