CRÉATION 2022
SHENG
GREGOIRE ROLLAND
Record produced by Anima Nostra
Performers
Direction : Christopher Gibert
Orgue : Thomas Ospital
Soprani : Anaïs RABARY, Amandine BONTEMPS , Camille SUFFRAN
Alti : Lucile RENTZ, Coline LEMARCHAND, Laure ILEF
Ténor : Malo EVRARD, Thibault GIVAJA, Steve ZHENG
Basse : Maxime SAIU, Cédric BAILLERGEAU, Xavier BAZOGE
ABOUT THIS DISC
“From the very first pieces on the CD, we see [...] the emergence of a harmonic universe of astonishing clarity, allowing the listener to be transported by multiple variations in color, always at the service of a well-defined poetic idea.
We can also perceive the strength of a formal discourse, specific to each of the pieces, which takes us on a sonic voyage exploiting periods of suspended time populated by silences and long holds as much as denser progressions.
The diversity of the sources chosen, whether a short Gregorian phrase, a sonority drawn from the Chinese language or a philosophical support from this civilization, to which the composer feels particularly close, ensure an aesthetic renewal of the various pieces on the album. [...]
From the first to the last piece on this recording, the first creative trajectory of a composer who knows how to draw on a multi-faceted heritage, while transforming and revitalizing it in a spirit of freedom that I detected over a decade ago."
Thierry Escaich