Oskar Falta presents Ysaÿe-Henze-Bloch: Works for Solo Cello, a One Microphone Recording featuring selected soliloquies for cello alone. Written in the troubled aftermaths of the two great world wars that have shaken the first half of the twentieth century.
Eugène Ysaÿe's meditative, deeply intimate Sonata, a cello twin of his more celebrated opus for solo violin, represents one of the cornerstones of the renaissance of the modern solo cello repertoire and an obvious homage to Bach.
Henze's expressive and at times grotesque Serenade, divided into brief characteristic movements, allows a sunray to shine through the ashes of destruction, perhaps in the hope of a brighter future to come.
Finally, the inquisitive three Suites by Bloch offer a tragic retrospect – a dark-timbered dream of European nostalgia. Written in exile at the end of his life, inspired by the artistry of the Canadian cellist Zara Nelsova, they form a bridge between the old continent and Bloch's American exile.
Oskar Falta, Cello
Tracklist
Total time: 58:35
1.
Grave
04:39
2.
Intermezzo
03:22
3.
In modo di recitativo
01:26
4.
Finale con brio
02:57
5.
Adagio rubato
00:55
6.
Poco allegretto
01:05
7.
Pastorale
00:45
8.
Andante con moto
00:45
9.
Vivace
00:50
10.
Tango
01:11
11.
Allegro marciale
00:42
12.
Allegretto
00:43
13.
Menuett
01:11
14.
Prelude
02:33
15.
Allegro
01:56
16.
Canzona
02:45
17.
Allegro
02:41
18.
Prelude
02:56
19.
Allegro
04:43
20.
Andante tranquilo
05:00
21.
Allegro
04:57
22.
Allegro deciso
01:19
23.
Andante
02:26
24.
Allegro
02:46
25.
Andante
02:02
26.
Andante
02:00
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Oskar Falta presents Ysaÿe-Henze-Bloch: Works for Solo Cello, a One Microphone Recording featuring selected soliloquies for cello alone. Written in the troubled aftermaths of the two great world wars that have shaken the first half of the twentieth century.
Eugène Ysaÿe's meditative, deeply intimate Sonata, a cello twin of his more celebrated opus for solo violin, represents one of the cornerstones of the renaissance of the modern solo cello repertoire and an obvious homage to Bach.
Henze's expressive and at times grotesque Serenade, divided into brief characteristic movements, allows a sunray to shine through the ashes of destruction, perhaps in the hope of a brighter future to come.
Finally, the inquisitive three Suites by Bloch offer a tragic retrospect – a dark-timbered dream of European nostalgia. Written in exile at the end of his life, inspired by the artistry of the Canadian cellist Zara Nelsova, they form a bridge between the old continent and Bloch's American exile.
Oskar Falta, Cello