Elgar & Tchaikovsky - Cello Works

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Elgar & Tchaikovsky - Cello Works

Label Pentatone

Artists Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Johannes Moser, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR)

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Disillusioned. Grieving. Lamenting. And sinking down into the underworld of the low E. This is how Edward Elgar begins his Cello Concerto, Op. 85. Without further ado, the first five recitative-like bars draw the listener mercilessly into a deeply emotional mood of leavetaking, from which there is no escaping. Twenty years after breaking through as a composer thanks to his Enigma Variations, Elgar achieved a subsequent and final creative climax with his Cello Concerto. The concerto is a swan-song to the world that preceded the “Great War”, as the English term World War I. A world that was lost for ever after four years of widespread slaughter in the trenches, of orgies of violence, of total contempt for all that was human.

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Total time: 01:04:39

1. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 - I. Adagio - Moderato

07:53

2. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 - II. Lento - Allegro molto

04:21

3. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 - III. Adagio

04:57

4. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 - IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro ma non troppo

11:00

5. Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33, TH 57 (Original Version) - Thema. Moderato assai qu

00:53

6. Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33, TH 57 (Original Version) - Theme. Moderato simplice

00:56

7. Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33, TH 57 (Original Version) - Var. 1, Tempo della them

00:51

8. Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33, TH 57 (Original Version) - Var. 2, Tempo della them

02:55

9. Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33, TH 57 (Original Version) - Var. 3, Andante

02:23

10. Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33, TH 57 (Original Version) - Var. 4, Allegro vivo

01:13

11. Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33, TH 57 (Original Version) - Var. 5, Andante grazioso

01:50

12. Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33, TH 57 (Original Version) - Var. 6, Allegro moderato

02:01

13. Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33, TH 57 (Original Version) - Var. 7, Andante sostenut

03:46

14. Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33, TH 57 (Original Version) - Var. 8 & Coda. Allegro m

02:02

15. 6 Morceaux, Op. 19, TH 133 - No. 4, Nocturne (Version for Cello & Orchestra)

04:22

16. String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11, TH 111 - II. Andante cantabile (Version for Cello & String

06:54

17. Pezzo capriccioso in B Minor, Op. 62, TH 62

06:22

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Additional Information

Label

Pentatone

SKU

PTC5186570

Qualities

FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz, DSD 64

Channels

2ch Stereo

Artists

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Johannes Moser, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR)

Composers

Elgar, Tchaikovsky

Conductors

Andrew Manze

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

DSD 64

Instruments

Cello, Orchestra

Release Date

February 10, 2017

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Reviews

Audiophile Audition

Fritz Balwit

"This is a recording that realizes the special affinity between these two composers who straddle the late-Romantic/Edwardian boundary. German cellist Johannes Moser and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande deliver an especially fine Cello Concerto in E minor as well as the original version of Peter Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations, Op. 33. To this are added substantial cello encores of by the latter composer.

In the concerto, the cello enters famously in mid-sob. One is doubly startled. First, one doesn’t know how know to react seeing a grown man cry. Second, we are overwhelmed by the vivid presence of the multichannel surround sound. We wonder how we got seated among the orchestra itself and whether we will be discovered and sent back to our seats. The entry of the orchestra gives us a complete and detailed sonic image. The Adagio certainly takes us inward into a sadness beyond the personal realm. Even so, the first lyrical subject brings a consoling reprieve. The orchestra, too, seems to be determined to stave off the darkest thoughts. Herr Moser, is careful to keep his vibrato from lugubrious overstatement, which is for the best. Make no mistake, this is music to evoke images of the desolation of Ypres and the Somme. It is not unreasonable to credit Tchaikovsky in the construction of this expressive language.

A compelling pairing of two works by like-minded composers, delivered in stunning DSD. This is a truly great recording which should not be missed."

Source: www.audaud.com

Elgar & Tchaikovsky - Cello Works

Elgar & Tchaikovsky - Cello Works

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