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Deutsche Grammophon releases new Camille Thomas ?Voice of Hope? / The Violin Channel

Voice of Hope, Camille Thomas's second album for Deutsche Grammophon is out now. The Franco-Belgian cellist's programme pays tribute to people's ability to triumph over adversity, create harmony in place of chaos, and overcome hatred with love. It presents the world premiere recording of Fazil Say's concerto Never Give Up, a response to terrorist attacks in Paris and Istanbul written for and premiered by Thomas, and also includes an exquisite selection of songs, prayers and laments, Bruch's Kol Nidrei, Purcell's "When I am laid in earth" and Ravel's Kaddisch among them.

Recorded with conductors Mathieu Herzog and Stéphane Denève and the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, the disc also features; Dvořák's ‘Songs My Mother Taught Me‘, John Williams' ‘Schindler's List' and Massenet's ‘Pourquoi me réveiller'.

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‘‘I've always been fascinated by the raw, physical emotion that a voice can convey and with each note I produce on my cello, I have always tried to reproduce a human voice – one that sings, talks, murmurs, shouts and loves …" Camille has this week told The Violin Channel.

 

"So for me it was an obvious choice to accompany Fazil Say's Cello Concerto ‘Never Give Up' with songs where the strength of the music has the power to replace words …" she has said.

 

‘‘Music should always carry the powerful messages of peace, love and hope and that is why I have dedicate this album to UNICEF … my dearest wish is that it can bring hope to the future and lives of children."