The Best Of Ophélie Gaillard Ophélie Gaillard

• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Préludes, Livre I, L. 117:
• 1 Debussy: Préludes, Livre I, L. 117: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by C. Leon) (44,1 kHz) 02:42
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007:
• 2 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude (96 kHz) 02:40
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): Waltz in A Minor, KK Ivb No. 11:
• 3 Chopin: Waltz in A Minor, KK Ivb No. 11: Waltz in A Minor, KK IVb No. 11 (Arr. for Cello by E. Stern & O. Gaillard) (44,1 kHz) 02:31
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): Pavane, Op. 50 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by C. Leon):
• 4 Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by C. Leon) (44,1 kHz) 05:21
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531:
• 5 Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531: II. Largo (96 kHz) 04:04
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): Aus dem Böhmerwald, Op. 68:
• 6 Dvořák: Aus dem Böhmerwald, Op. 68: No. 5, Waldesruhe (96 kHz) 05:36
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992): Grand Tango:
• 7 Piazzolla: Grand Tango: I. Tempo di tango (Arr. for Cello by G. Sivak) (96 kHz) 03:26
• Nicola Fiorenza (1700 - 1764): Cello Concerto No. 1 in F Major:
• 8 Fiorenza: Cello Concerto No. 1 in F Major: III. Largo (96 kHz) 02:29
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (Transc. for Cello and Ensemble by Ophélie Gaillard):
• 9 Bach: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (Transc. for Cello and Ensemble by Ophélie Gaillard) (88,2 kHz) 02:32
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Romance oubliée, S.527 (Arr. for Cello and Piano by O. Gaillard):
• 10 Liszt: Romance oubliée, S.527 (Arr. for Cello and Piano by O. Gaillard) (44,1 kHz) 03:27
• Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 9:
• 11 Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Andante (Arr. for Cello by C. Leon) (44,1 kHz) 04:20
• Vinicius de Moraes (1913 - 1980), Toquinho (b. 1946): Tarde em itapuã (Arr. for Cello by G. Sivak):
• 12 Moraes, Toquinho: Tarde em itapuã (Arr. for Cello by G. Sivak) (96 khz) 02:59
• Gabriel Sivak (b. 1979), Toquinho: Canto da sereia:
• 13 Sivak, Toquinho: Canto da sereia (96 khz) 02:26
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835): I Capuleti e i Montecchi:
• 14 Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Oh! Quante volte (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by F. Chaslin) (96 kHz) 04:24
• Antonio Vivaldi: Andromeda liberata, RV Anh. 117:
• 15 Vivaldi: Andromeda liberata, RV Anh. 117: Sovvente il sole (96 khz) 09:21
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788): Symphony in E Minor, Wq 178:
• 16 Bach: Symphony in E Minor, Wq 178: I. Allegro assai (192 kHz) 04:05
• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946): 7 Canciones Populares Españolas:
• 17 Falla: 7 Canciones Populares Españolas: IV. Jota (Arr. for Cello and Ensemble by Ophélie Gaillard) (96 kHz) 03:25
• Juan Carlos Cobián (1896 - 1953): Nostalgias (Arr. for Cello and Ensemble by G. Sivak):
• 18 Cobián: Nostalgias (Arr. for Cello and Ensemble by G. Sivak) (96 kHz) 04:58
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959): Bachianas brasileiras No. 5:
• 19 Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: I. Ária (Arr. for Soprano and Cello Ensemble by Ophélie Gaillard) (96 kHz) 05:41
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): String Sextet in D Minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence":
• 20 Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D Minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence": II. Adagio cantabile e con moto (88,2 kHz) 10:28
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957): Die tote Stadt, Op. 12, Act II:
• 21 Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12, Act II: Tanzlied des Pierrot (96 kHz) 04:14
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114:
• 22 Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: IV. Finale. Allegro (88,2 kHz) 04:24
• Erik Satie (1866 - 1925): 3 Gymnopédies:
• 23 Satie: 3 Gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by C. Leon) (44,1 kHz) 02:57
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in C Major, H. 659:
• 24 Bach: Symphony in C Major, H. 659: I. Allegro assai (192 kHz) 02:23
• 25 Bach: Symphony in C Major, H. 659: II. Adagio (192 kHz) 02:49
• James Oswald (1711 - 1769): She's Sweetest When She's Naked (Solo Version):
• 26 Oswald: She's Sweetest When She's Naked (Solo Version) (96 kHz) 00:59
• Charles Avison (1709 - 1770): Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D Minor (After Domenico Scarlatti):
• 27 Avison: Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D Minor (After Domenico Scarlatti): I. Largo (96 kHz) 02:47
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in B Minor, H. 661:
• 28 Bach: Symphony in B Minor, H. 661: III. Presto (96 kHz) 03:45
• Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805): Cello Concerto in D Major, G. 479:
• 29 Boccherini: Cello Concerto in D Major, G. 479: III. Allegro (96 kHz) 06:15
• Total Runtime 01:57:28

Info for The Best Of Ophélie Gaillard

Ophélie Gaillard offers an eclectic repertoire, ranging from Baroque to contemporary music. She performs as a soloist, with her ensemble Pulcinella, as well as with renowned artists, depending on the works being presented. Highly dedicated to musical transmission, she regularly leads orchestra academies from her cello and shares the stage with prestigious ensembles such as the Swiss Cellists and the Young Talents of the Ponticello-Genève festival. Her varied programs, such as "Napoli!" and "A Night in London", reflect her commitment to bridging different eras and styles.

With over thirty albums to her name, cellist and conductor Ophélie Gaillard has received international critical acclaim for the richness of her recordings, which span a vast repertoire, from Bach to Britten, Strauss to Fauré, and Vivaldi to Hersant. She has accumulated millions of streaming listens, exploring a wide range of musical universes, from Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern music to Latin American popular music.

Ophélie Gaillard, cello

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Ophélie Gaillard
… could we read in the editorial published in the Diapason magazine of June 2011, (Ophélie Gaillard was awarded the Diapason d’Or for the Suites of Bach). The English Newspapers also underlined this appreciation. In August 2011, The Strad magazine wrote that “Gaillard was at the top “ whereas in 2007 The Times already welcomed her “wizard fingering, big lyrical heart, and kaleidoscope of colors”.

This brilliant Franco-Swiss musician embodies an insatiable curiosity, a taste for risk and an immoderate appetite for the whole of the concertante cello repertoire.

Voted “Revelation: Solo Instrumentalist of the Year” at the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2003, she has since then appeared in recital at many prestigious venues.

Ophélie Gaillard is a child of Baroque. From a very young age, she was specialized in the early and classical cellos and soon shared the stage with Christophe Rousset, Emmanuelle Haïm and Amaryllis. Then, in 2005, she found Pulcinella, a collective of virtuosos with a passion for performance practice on period instruments. The recordings devoted to Vivaldi, Boccherini and Bach reaped excellent ratings and several awards.

In 1998, she was the winner of the Leipzig Bach Competition. Then, in 2000 she recorded Bach’s complete Cello Suites for the Ambroisie label and enjoyed a great critical acclaim. She renewed that exploit in 2011, this time for the Aparté label, and received maximum ratings from Diapason, Strad magazine, etc.

Ophélie Gaillard also performs modern and contemporary works. She has made successful recordings of Britten’s complete cello suites or Pierre Bartholomée’s Oraison.

The Romantic repertoire is not neglected: she has successfully recorded the complete cello works of Schumann, Fauré, Chopin and Brahms.

She appears as a soloist with the Orchestre de Cannes-Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur, the Polish Radio Orchestra (Gabriel Chmura), the Orchestre de Picardie (Edmon Colomer), the European Camerata, the Franz Liszt Orchestra of Budapest, the New Japan Philharmonic under the baton of Werner Andreas Alpert, the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse, the Romanian Radio Orchestra or else, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of James Judd.

Her solo album Dreams, made with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, proved to be a great public success.

A sought-after teacher, she regularly gives master classes in Europe, Asia and in Latin and Central America. She is invited as a member of the jury at the ARD competitions and is a professor at the Haute Ecole de Musique of Geneva (HEM) since 2014.

She is regularly heard on radio (France Musique, France Culture, France Inter, Radio Classique, Espace 2, BBC Radio 3) and often appears on television (France 2, Mezzo, Arte).

In December 2015, her double-CD album Alvorada won over a vast audience and was named a ‘Star Recording’ by The Strad magazine. This programme, blending ‘highbrow’ and popular Spanish and South-American music went on tour in 2016 through France, Italy (MiTo festival), and Mexico (Cervantino Festival), in particular with the Brazilian singer Toquinho.

After the international success of her first album (Diapason d’Or in 2014, special recognition from the Strad magazine, concerts in France and Germany…), a second recording of CPE Bach for the Aparté Label will be released in 2016 with the Pulcinella Orchestra and incensed by the press (Diapason d’Or, Choc de la Musique Classica, ffff Télérama, Gramophone …).

She was invited to play for the prestigious concert series given at the honour court of the Prince’s Palace of Monaco. She subsequently recorded her next disc Exils (expected release in Spring 2017) around the concertos of Korngold and Bloch with the Philharmonic orchestra of Monte Carlo and supervised by James Judd.

Ophélie Gaillard plays a cello by Francesco Goffriller (1737), generously loaned to her by CIC, and also a Flemish violoncello piccolo (anonymous).

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