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Wen-Sinn Yang (cello) String Academy Bozen, Georg Egger This Hybrid SACD re-issue includes four Concertos for cello and orchestra by Luigi Boccherini. They are the most well known among Boccherini’s twelve Cello Concertos (G.479, G.480, G.482, G.483) but have been recorded in the less usual original version. They are performed by the cellist Wen-Sinn Yang with the String Academy Bozen and Georg Egger. Luigi Boccherini was born in Lucca, Italy in 1743, and spent much of hi early life studying the cello. Although not as popular or well-recorded as many others, Boccherini’s 12 cello concertos represent some of the best examples of music for the instrument during the late baroque and classical periods. The Swiss-Taiwanese cellist Wen-Sinn Yang made his debut for the Avie label in April, recording ‘Virtuoso Works for Solo Cello’ by Kodály, Ysaÿe, Cassadó and others (AV2160). Yang has made many appearances as a soloist with Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Lorin Maazel. The South Tyrolean orchestra String Academy Bozen includes some of the best musicians from Austria, Germany and Italy and is conducted by its leader, violinist Georg Egger. "A sweetness of tone and purity of line ... quite disarming" International Record Review | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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“This disc is a winner, the first of a series of all 12 Boccherini cello concertos, beautifully performed on modern instruments but with concern for period practice and superbly recorded.
Each concerto has its individual delights, but the formula in all four works is similar, with strong, foursquare first movements, slow movements that sound rather Handelian, and galloping finales in triple time.
Many collectors will be concerned about the Boccherini Cello Concerto beloved of generations in Grützmacher's corrupt edition. Many years ago Jacqueline du Pré was questioned about choosing it for her recording: she promptly justified herself, saying, 'But the slow movement is so lovely.' She was quite right, as her classic recording makes clear, but that movement was transferred from another work, in fact No 7 in G, one of the four works here.
Tim Hugh's dedicated account of this lovely G minor movement is a high spot of this issue, with rapt, hushed playing not just from the soloist but also from the excellent Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Anthony Halstead. Hugh offers substantial cadenzas not just in the first movements of each work, but in slow movements and finales too, though none is as extended as the almost two minute meditation in the G minor slow movement. Halstead, as a period specialist and a horn virtuoso as well as a conductor, matches his soloist in the dedication of these performances, clarifying textures and encouraging Hugh to choose speeds on the fast side, with easily flowing slow movements and outer movements which test the soloist's virtuosity to the very limit, without sounding breathless.
Not just for those who know only the old Grützmacher concerto, all this will be a delightful discovery.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “Tim Hugh approaches the music with lightness of touch and exemplary technique. There are cadenza-like flourishes above written accompaniments: notably in 4(i), which require, and get, extremely precise ensemble. The cellist brings unshowy virtuosity to these cheerful works.” Hi-Fi News | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Bach, C P E: | Trio in B minor for flute, violin and basso continuo, Wq 143 Aurele Nicolet (flute), Josef Suk (violin), Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord) | Bach, J S: | Adagio (from Toccata, Adagio & Fugue, BWV564) arr. A. Siloti Tatjana Schatz (piano) Trio Sonata in G major, BWV1038 Aurele Nicolet (flute), Josef Suk (violin), Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord) | Banner: | Sonata in C major Edgar Krapp (organ) | Beethoven: | Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1 Asa Amintajeva (piano) | Boccherini: | Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, G. 479 RIAS-Sinfonietta Berlin, Leopold Hagen | Brahms: | Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 No. 2 Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105 No. 1 Sapphische Ode, Op. 94 No. 4 Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby) Liebestreu, Op. 3 No. 1 Minnelied Op. 71 No. 5 Tatjana Schatz (piano) | Bruch: | Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster | Couperin, F: | Pastorale arr. G. Cassado Tatjana Schatz (piano) | Dvorak: | Waldesruhe (Silent woods) for cello and orchestra, Op. 68 No. 5 Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster Rondo in G minor for cello & orchestra, Op. 94, B. 181 Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster | Francoeur: | Cello Sonata in E major Asa Amintajeva (piano) | Gabrielli: | Sonata for cello & basso continuo in G major Sonata for Cello and b.c. in A major Edgar Krapp (organ) | Glazunov: | Chant du Ménestrel, Op. 71 Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster Spanish Serenade, Op. 20 No. 2 Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster Mélodie for cello & orchestra in D major, Op. 20/1 Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster | Handel: | Trio Sonata, HWV 386a in c minor, Op. 2 No. 1a Trio Sonata, HWV 387 in G minor, Op. 2 No. 2 Aurele Nicolet (flute), Josef Suk (violin), Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord) Sonata No. 3 in C major Tatjana Schatz (piano) | Haydn: | Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1 RIAS-Sinfonietta Berlin, Leopold Hagen Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Woldemar Nelsson | Khachaturian, K: | Cello Sonata Karen Khachaturian (piano) | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words for Cello & Piano, Op. 109 Tatjana Schatz (piano) Song without Words for Cello & Piano, Op. 109 Tatjana Schatz (piano) | Messiaen: | Louange à l'Éternité de Jesus (from Quatuor pour la fin du temps) Karen Khachaturian (piano) | Mozart: | Serenade No. 7 in D major, K250 'Haffner' - Rondo arr. F. Kreisler Tatjana Schatz (piano) | Picinetti: | Sonata in C major Edgar Krapp (organ) | Popper: | Concert Etude Op. 55/2 Concert Etude in F sharp minor for solo cello Tatjana Schatz (piano) | Prokofiev: | Masks from ‘Romeo and Juliet' arr. Grunes/Geringas Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 2, Op. 64b: Dance of the Antilles Girls arr. D. Geringas The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118: Waltz arr. S. Knuschewitzky The Love for Three Oranges: March arr. Rostropovich Adagio for cello & piano (from Cinderella), Op. 97bis arr. S. Prokofiev Tatjana Schatz (piano) Cello Concertino in G minor, Op. 132 Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Woldemar Nelsson Adagio for cello & piano (from Cinderella), Op. 97bis Asa Amintajeva (piano) The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118: Waltz Asa Amintajeva (piano) | Respighi: | Adagio con variazioni for cello and orchestra Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster | Rimsky Korsakov: | Serenade for cello & piano (or cello & orchestra), Op. 37 Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster | Saint-Saëns: | Romance in F major, Op. 36 Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster Allegro Appassionato in B minor Op. 43 Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster | Scarlatti, A: | Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor Cello Sonata No. 2 in C minor Cello Sonata No. 3 in C Major Edgar Krapp (organ) | Schmitt, F: | Chant élégiaque, Op. 24 Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster | Schumann: | Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 Tatjana Schatz (piano) Stücke im Volkston (5), Op. 102 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Tatjana Schatz (piano) Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 Tatjana Schatz (piano) | Sibelius: | Earnest Melodies (2) for violin or cello & orchestra, Op. 77 Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster | Tchaikovsky: | Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster Nocturne for cello & small orchestra (or cello & piano), Op. 19 No. 4 arr. P. Tchaikovsky & W. Fitzhagen Douce rêverie (No. 21 from Album for the Young, Op. 39) arr. J Klengel Tatjana Schatz (piano) Nocturne for cello & small orchestra (or cello & piano), Op. 19 No. 4 Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 for cello & orchestra (or cello & piano) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 for cello & orchestra (or cello & piano) Asa Amintajeva (piano) | Telemann: | Trio TWV 42:E4 in E major for flute, violin & b.c. Aurele Nicolet (flute), Josef Suk (violin), Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord) | Vivaldi: | Cello Concerto in C minor, RV401 RIAS-Sinfonietta Berlin, Leopold Hagen | Vlassov: | Ballade in E minor Asa Amintajeva (piano) |
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