‘The dreamer! That double of our existence, that chiaroscuro of the thinking being’, wrote Gaston Bachelard in 1961. ‘The old is dying, the new cannot be born, and in that chiaroscuro, monsters appear’, adds Antonio Gramsci. Sandrine Piau has chosen to use these two quotations as an epigraph to her new recording: ‘My family and friends know about this obsession that never leaves me completely. The antagonism between light and darkness. The chiaroscuro, the space in between…’

A symphonic album featuring the works of composer David Lampel (1959), performed by two leading French orchestras (the Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra and the Victor Hugo Burgundy Franche-Comté Orchestra). For this recording, two renowned soloists, Emmanuelle Bertrand on cello, and Marie-Josèphe Jude, have been invited.