Cinéma

Description

Cinéma offers new unique arrangements of major hits such as "Naruto", "Demon Slayer", "The Witcher" and "The Hunger Games", as well as iconic French music like "Amélie" and "Les Choristes", and beloved classics by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Dmitri Shostakovich and Astor Piazzolla. The album also includes two world premiere recordings by Oscar-winning composers Anne Dudley and Rachel Portman. Anne Dudley wrote her new work especially for Esther Abrami and Rachel Portman reworked her music for "Le Petit Prince" with Esther in mind. Esther Abrami came to the violin through her grandmother, has Jewish roots, and established a particularly emotional connection from childhood with the films "Life is Beautiful" and "The Diary of Anne Frank", hence their inclusion in Cinéma. Another particularly moving piece on the album is a new arrangement of the protagonist's theme "Zeyn" from the Lebanese social drama "Capernaum". This Oscar-nominated film from 2018 tells the story of a young boy's survival in the slums of Beirut. Composer and film producer Khaled Mouzanar wrote this new arrangement especially for Esther Abrami. Esther Abrami worked closely with various arrangers to create her own arrangements for Cinéma. With stunning clarity, virtuosity and expression, she brings this repertoire to life with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Ben Palmer. For two of the album's pieces, Esther Abrami chose a very different type of instrumentation. In one of them, "Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi", taken from "Amélie" and originally written for piano, Esther incorporated a loop station and thus accompanies herself on the violin. In another piece, young guitarist Marcin is her duet partner in Astor Piazzolla's "Libertango", taken from "Le Pont du Nord". For the recording of Cinéma, Esther Abrami chose the legendary Smecky Studios in Prague, one of the most active film score recording studios in the world. In its 80 years of existence, many famous composers have recorded film scores there, including Rachel Portman, Daniel Pemberton, Philip Glass, Howard Shore, Alexandre Desplat, Bear McCreary, Johann Johannsson and Brian Tyler.