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As imaginative and delightful as many of Lidström’s flights of fancy are, he ultimately stays true to the opera’s tragic tone…I was struck by the distinct vocal quality of Lidström’s playing... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2018 More…

Release Date: 1st Jun 2018
Catalogue No: BIS2289
Label: BIS
Length: 59 minutes

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Lidström: Rigoletto Fantasy

Work length30:13

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Mats Lidström (cello)
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Recorded: December 2016
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London, United Kingdom

I. Introduction and the Duke's Aria "Questa o quella"

Track length2:35

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II. Caro nome che il mio cor

Track length3:36

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III. Tutte le feste al tempio

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IV. Figlia! Mio padre!

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V. Scorrendo uniti remota via

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VI. La donna è mobile

Track length2:18

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VII. Venendo, mi vede alcuno?

Track length3:38

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VIII. Cortigiani vil razza, dannata

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IX. Miei signori, perdono, pietate

Track length4:31

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X. Solo, difforme, povero

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XI. O tu che la festa audace hai turbato

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Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107

Work length29:41

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Mats Lidström (cello)
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Recorded: December 2016
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London, United Kingdom

I. Allegretto

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II. Moderato

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III. Cadenza

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IV. Allegro con moto

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Vladimir Ashkenazy and Mats Lidström began their collaboration in London in the 1980s, during Ashkenazy’s tenure at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra where Lidström was principal cellist. They have since appeared together in concert as well as on disc, including a recording of concertos by Kabalevsky and Khachaturian on BIS. They are here reunited, in front of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, in a performance of what has become a true modern classic: Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1. The concerto was composed in 1959, during the so-called Khruschev Thaw, but even though Soviet censorship and repression had relaxed somewhat following the death of Stalin, the approval from the mighty Composer’s Union was still needed before any public performances could take place. When the concerto was performed before the Union’s committee, Vladimir Ashkenazy – then in his early twenties – was present and has recounted how nervous and uncomfortable Shostakovich appeared while observing the reactions of the committee.

The disc opens with Mats Lidström’s own Rigoletto Fantasy, based on Verdi’s opera. Inspired by virtuosic violin pieces such Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy, and with professional experience from the orchestra pit of the Royal Swedish Opera, Lidström has selected a string of highlights from Rigoletto, including of course the Duke’s La donna è mobile and Gilda’s Caro nome, joining them together in a virtuosic, dramatic and moving narrative.

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July 2018

As imaginative and delightful as many of Lidström’s flights of fancy are, he ultimately stays true to the opera’s tragic tone…I was struck by the distinct vocal quality of Lidström’s playing in the Shostakovich. These two works seemed like very strange bedfellows on paper; but time and time again in the concerto I was reminded of Rigoletto’s tormented laments.

July 2018

The cadenza is masterfully choreographed before the finale commands the stage. Cascading scalic flurries bring proceedings to a fever- pitch conclusion. Both dramatic and tender, Lidström’s performance has a depth that makes you listen afresh to this familiar concerto.

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