Genre(s):
Instrumental
Period(s):
20th Century; Contemporary
Label:
Orfeo
Catalogue No:
C984191
Barcode:
4011790984124
Release Date:
11/2019
Available Format(s):
CD

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After J. S. Bach’s solo cello suites in the early 18th century, the genre experienced a fallow period until Zoltán Kodály set the pace with a monumental sonata for solo cello in 1915. It inspired a variety of similar works, but Kodály’s 30-minute sonata still stands “like Mount Everest”, to quote Daniel Müller-Schott, the soloist on this recording. His programme also includes music by Prokofiev, Hindemith, Henze, Crumb and Casals, and features a work of his own for the first time: Cadenza continues the tradition of compositions that other cellists have always added to their recital programmes. “Here, you can recognise influences of the solo works that have influenced me over the years. In Cadenza, the contrasting elements of the world of my instrument appear in the closest space – the cello in pure lyricism, just as sequences catapulting themselves into the highest registers in rhythmical savagery and immediately concluding the movement after a final culmination.” (Daniel Müller-Schott)


Kodály, Zoltán

Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8
1.     I. Allegro maestoso ma appassionato
09:30
2.     II. Adagio (con grand espressione) - Con moto - Tempo I - Più mosso
10:46
3.     III. Allegro molto vivace
11:58

Prokofiev, Sergey

Sonata for Solo Cello in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 134
4.     Sonata for Solo Cello in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 134: I. Andante (completed by V. Blok)
07:10

Hindemith, Paul

Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 25, No. 3
5.     I. Lebhaft, sehr markiert (mit festen Bogenstrichen)
01:48
6.     II. Mässig schnell, gemächlich (durchweg sehr leise)
01:28
7.     III. Langsam
03:55
8.     IV. Lebhafte Viertel (ohne jeden Ausdruck und stets pianissimo)
00:37
9.     V. Mässig schnell (sehr scharf markierte Viertel)
02:16

Henze, Hans Werner

Serenade for Cello
10.     I. Adagio rubato
00:39
11.     II. Poco allegretto
00:57
12.     III. Pastorale
00:38
13.     IV. Andante con moto, rubato
00:31
14.     V. Vivace
00:35
15.     VI. Tango
00:51
16.     VII. Allegro marciale
00:44
17.     VIII. Allegretto
00:48
18.     IX. Menuett
00:59

Müller-Schott, Daniel

Cadenza
19.     Cadenza
03:08

Crumb, George

Cello Sonata
20.     I. Fantasia
03:13
21.     II. Tema pastorale con variazioni
04:40
22.     III. Toccata
02:27

Casals, Pablo

El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds) (version for cello solo)
23.     El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds) (version for cello solo)
02:57

Total Playing Time: 01:12:35