Composer: John Luther Adams, Henriette Hilda Bosmans, Antonín Dvořák, Ross Edwards, Edward William Elgar, Gabriel Urbain Fauré, Jacques Offenbach, Camille Pépin, David Popper, Max Richter, Peteris Vasks
Performer: Olivia Gay
Orchestra: Orchestre National de Cannes
Conductor: Benjamin Levy
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Fuga Libera
Catalogue: FUG807
Release: 2022
Size: 693 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Elgar: Chanson de nuit et chanson de matin, Op. 15
01. No. 2, Chanson de matin (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by Robin Melchior)
02. Fauré: Papillon for Cello and piano, Op. 77
Adams: Three High Places
03. No. 2, The Wind at Maclaren Summit
04. Offenbach: Rêverie au bord de la mer (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by Heinz Geese)
05. Edwards: Water Spirit Song for Solo Cello
Dvořák: From the Bohemian Forest for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68, B. 133
06. No. 5, Silent Woods
07. Popper: Elfentanz, Op. 39 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by Nicolas Krauze)
08. Richter: On the Nature of Daylight (Transcr. for Cello and Orchestra by Olivia Gay)
09. Pépin: Gris brume for Cello and Piano
10. Vasks: Musique du soir for Cello and Organ
Bosmans: Impressions
11. No. 3, Nuit calme for Cello and Piano
Elgar: Chanson de nuit et chanson de matin, Op. 15
12. No. 1, Chanson de nuit
The forest has always been an important place for Olivia Gay. She wanders through the woods alone, listening not only to its silence but also to its murmurs. It is a place of creation where her cellist’s instincts are awakened and where she can find peace and quiet outside the city. She joined forces with the Office national des forêts (ONF) in 2022 to raise public awareness of such spaces by inviting spectators to concerts given in the heart of the forest or in natural site. This album continues this project and includes works by Jacques Offenbach, Camille Pépin, Edward Elgar, John Luther Adams and Max Richter; the programme as a whole is under the aegis of Antonin Dvořák’s magnificent Silent Woods, which also lent its name to this initiative.