Recording in Athens, Greece and drawing on their mythology, cellist Emmanuel Cremer performs five solo works under the title Five songs of Athens, each piece presenting a unique take on solo cello performace from deeply resonant to confrontationally acoustic, in both intensely active playing or thoughtful ruminations, a tour de force of exceptional expression.
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UPC: 3491570060124
Label: Fou Records
Catalog ID: FR-CD 47
Squidco Product Code: 32596
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2022
Country: France
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded in Athens, Greece, in March, 2019.
""... none of us saw the island with our eyes, nor the great rolling waves towards the shore, before our ships with rowers' benches had landed there. So we pulled in all the sails and went down to the shore of the sea, then, having fallen asleep, we waited for the divine Eos. ...O my friends, I hear a woman, goddess or mortal, sing with delight inside this palace weaving a great web... So let's hasten to call it... ...Our men, having tasted this sweet fruit like honey, no longer wanted come back and tell us what they found. They only dreamed of staying among this people and, gorged with lotuses, they forgot their return..."-texts taken from the Odyssey, according to the translations of Homer
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• Show Bio for Emmanuel Cremer "Emmanuel Cremer, cellist, leads an activity of improviser that allowed him to perform on many European and American scenes. Notably with Raymond Boni, Joe McPhee, the Méandres group, Manuchello septet, Famoudou Don Moye (Art Ensemble of Chicago), Jean-Marc Montera, clarinetist Isabelle Duthoit, or Barre Phillips (in all Emir). Studied composition and arrangement at the University of Montreal led him to work for the theater (the mezzanine, Paris), film music (13 Tzameti, Mk2), the Blue Note label with Troublemakers and orchestra Sofia Symphony (album Express way, Blue Note-EMI). He was a resident of the OMI International Art Center in New York in 2010." ^ Hide Bio for Emmanuel Cremer
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Track Listing:
1. Ste-Croix-de-Caderle / Aonva / Brissels 10:10
2. Mythes et utopie 5:13
3. Infini sans Terre 10:05
4. Meli 4:33
5. Deep In Chimaeras Space 10:09
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