Gautier Capucon - Gaïa (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Gautier Capuçon’s cello becomes the voice of the Earth in an inspired album of world premiere recordings: Gaïa. Uniting seventeen original contributions by sixteen contemporary composers, this project sets out to explore humanity’s relationship to nature through a multifaceted lens, drawing from different musical genres, aesthetics, and cultural influences as well as the formidable contrasts of the natural world.

“Each track gives its own voice to the cello, immersing us in the power and depth of nature and the Earth, the source of life,” Gautier explains. “In each piece, it is the Earth that expresses itself in music: sometimes fragile, sometimes majestic, always essential. … This album is also a song of warning, a hymn to this threatened beauty, a prayer for future generations.”

Taking its name from the Greek goddess of Earth and mother of all life, Gaïa showcases diverse new works by some of the most innovative composers of the modern age, from luminaries in the field—such as Max Richter, Ludovico Einaudi, and Joe Hisaishi—to brilliant emerging talents, including Armand Amar, Jasmine Barnes, Olivia Belli, Quenton Blache, Michael Canitrot, JB Dunckel, Missy Mazzoli, Gabriela Montero, Nico Muhly, Xavier Foley, and Ayanna Witter-Johnson.

TRACKLIST

1. Gautier Capuçon - Sequence for Gaïa
2. Gautier Capuçon - Towards the Forest
3. Gautier Capuçon - Wake
4. Gautier Capuçon - Forever Home
5. Ludovico Einaudi - Air
6. Gautier Capuçon - Prélude
7. Gautier Capuçon - Boreas
8. Gautier Capuçon - Towards the Light
9. Gautier Capuçon - Tàmâr Mĕtūshelāḥ
10. Gautier Capuçon - Ambition
11. Gautier Capuçon - Sur le lac du Bourget
12. Gautier Capuçon - Life in Sunshine
13. Gautier Capuçon - Side Piece
14. Gautier Capuçon - Of Wind and Rain
15. Gautier Capuçon - Toro Tsa Kwa
16. Gautier Capuçon - The Usual Illusion
17. Gautier Capuçon - Never Say Never



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