Nicolas Altstaedt’s starting point for Blackbirds was the magnificent Second Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969): “On reading through the work for the first time, I immediately thought: why is this never played? Astonishing, how with just a few notes she can make a whole world appear.”
Pianist and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev conducts the Swedish Radio Orchestra and accompanies his friend in a work composed two years earlier: Benjamin Britten’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, as well as a work by Morton Feldman from 1960, Durations II.
Next comes a sonata by Sándor Veress, one of Altstaedt’s favorite composers, this time for solo cello: composed in 1967, this landmark work in the solo cello repertoire completes this overview of music from the 1960s, which concludes with a live recording of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s famous Blackbird, recorded with Thomas Dunford on lute and vocals, in a church in Portugal as the bells strike midnight.
Nicolas Altstaedt, Violoncello
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Maxim Emelyanychev, Conductor & Piano
Tracklist
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Additional information
| Label | |
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| SKU | ALPHA1213 |
| Qualities | DSD 512 fs, DSD 256 fs, DSD 128 fs, DSD 64 fs, DXD 24 Bit, WAV 96 kHz |
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| Artists | Maxim Emelyanychev, Nicolas Altstaedt, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra |
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| Mastering | Martin Kistner |
| Recording Engineer | Hugo Romano Guimarães, Ines Kamman, Jens Braun, Philipp Nedel |
| Editing | Hugo Romano Guimarães, Ines Kamman, Jens Braun, Philipp Nedel |
| Release Date | April 14, 2026 |
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