Olivier Greif
Olivier Greif (3 January 1950, Paris – 13 May 2000, Paris) was a French composer of Polish-Jewish parentage. His father was an Auschwitz survivor, which led Greif to compose a number of Holocaust-themed works, including Todesfuge and Lettres de Westerbork, a song cycle which uses letters written by Etty Hillesum. From 1976 onward he followed the spiritual path of Hindu teacher Sri Chinmoy.
Greif began composing at the age of 9 and studied at the Paris Conservatoire and the Juilliard School. He is best known for his solo piano music and songs for voice. He left over 360 works completed at his death, along with several still in progress.
His career was spent teaching composition and directing music festivals such as the Académie-Festival des Arcs.
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Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ, BWV Anh.73 - Version Played on Piano - Coincidentia Oppositorum: Piano Works by Bach, Liszt & Greif -
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Ballade No. 2 in B Minor, S. 171 - Coincidentia Oppositorum: Piano Works by Bach, Liszt & Greif -
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Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 303 "Codex Domini": I. Varsovie / Prague - Coincidentia Oppositorum: Piano Works by Bach, Liszt & Greif -
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Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 303 "Codex Domini": II. Münich - Coincidentia Oppositorum: Piano Works by Bach, Liszt & Greif -
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Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 303 "Codex Domini": III. - Coincidentia Oppositorum: Piano Works by Bach, Liszt & Greif -
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Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S. 173: No. 3. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude. Moderato - Coincidentia Oppositorum: Piano Works by Bach, Liszt & Greif -
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Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S. 173: No. 3. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude. Andante - Più sostenuto, quasi Preludio - Coincidentia Oppositorum: Piano Works by Bach, Liszt & Greif -
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Three Poems of Li T'ai Po (Piano Sonata No. 18), Op. 76: I. Poem by the Bridge at Ten-Shin. Andante - Coincidentia Oppositorum: Piano Works by Bach, Liszt & Greif -
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Three Poems of Li T'ai Po (Piano Sonata No. 18), Op. 76: II. The River Song - Coincidentia Oppositorum: Piano Works by Bach, Liszt & Greif -
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Three Poems of Li T'ai Po (Piano Sonata No. 18), Op. 76: III. The Jewel Stairs' Grievance. Andante - Coincidentia Oppositorum: Piano Works by Bach, Liszt & Greif -
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Cantata "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd", BWV 208: No. 9. Aria, "Schafe können sicher weiden" (Arr. for Solo Piano by Egon Petri). Andante piacevole - Coincidentia Oppositorum: Piano Works by Bach, Liszt & Greif -
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From Jewish Life, B. 55: I. Prayer - Prières de violoncelle -
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Oi Akashe, Op. 170 - Prières de violoncelle -
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Méditation, Op. 16 - Prières de violoncelle -
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Prière, Op. 22 - Prières de violoncelle -
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Prière, Op. 158 - Prières de violoncelle -
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Solo pour violoncelle seul - Prières de violoncelle -
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Andante religioso, d'après un Thème hébraïque - Prières de violoncelle -
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Salat Babilya (Babilonian Prayer) for Cello solo - Prières de violoncelle -
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Abend-Gebet, WoO 63 - Prières de violoncelle -
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Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58, MWV Q 32: III. Adagio - Prières de violoncelle -
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Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande - Prières de violoncelle -
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Threnody for Cello Solo - Prières de violoncelle -
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Threnos for Cello - Prières de violoncelle -
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Quatuor pour la fin du Temps: V. Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus - Prières de violoncelle -
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