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For his latest ATMA Classique recording, horn player Louis-Philippe Marsolais has chosen a selection of chamber music by Clara and Robert Schumann composed for various instruments, some of which have been transcribed for horn. He is joined by pianists Philip Chiu and David Jalbert, and cellists Stéphane Tétreault and Cameron Crozman.

Olivier Greif was an outstanding composer and pianist who died before his time. His complex, charismatic personality made an impression on every artist who encountered him. A keen duty of remembrance has animated them ever since, now relayed by a young generation who have been captivated by his vibrant, tragic and yet radiant music. Olivier Greif was born in Paris on the 3 rd of January, 1950, to Jewish, Polish émigré parents. (His father, a pianist, and survivor of Auschwitz, became a neuropsychiatrist.) Olivier entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of ten. At the age of seventeen, he obtained his first prize for composition in Tony Aubin’s class, then going on to hone his skills in New York with Luciano Berio. From the age of eleven until he was thirty-one, he composed highly individualistic works (including Chants de l’Âme in 1979), outside current trends.

This 100% Graubünden production presents the rich musical life of this region with Philippe Bach at the head of the Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden, for a first collaboration with Claves.

Signaling a return to the folk-led roots of her early-'90s albums, Ma Signature is the tenth studio LP from Quebec singer/songwriter Lynda Lemay. Produced by husband Michael Weisinger, the 2006 follow-up to her rock opera Un Éternel Hiver features 16 stripped-down acoustic arrangements based on the theme of motherhood, including lead single "Une Mère" and a tribute to her idol, Charles Aznavour.

Vive La Chanson (10-disc box set) released Membran Music Ltd. in 2006. French chanson (French song translated) - the founder of the world music genre in music chanson. In this direction, performed their hits unrivaled Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf, Gilbert Becaud…