Schumann - Cello Concerto, Works for Cello & Piano
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Label: Nimbus
Cat No: NI5916
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 2nd June 2014
Contents
Works
Adagio and Allegro, op.70 (version for cello and piano)Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129 (arr. cello and string orchestra by Arthur Lilienthal)
Fantasiestucke (3), op.73 (version for cello and piano)
Liederkreis, op.39
Stucke (5) im Volkston, op.102
Artists
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)John York (piano)
Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Conductor
Niklas WillenWorks
Adagio and Allegro, op.70 (version for cello and piano)Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129 (arr. cello and string orchestra by Arthur Lilienthal)
Fantasiestucke (3), op.73 (version for cello and piano)
Liederkreis, op.39
Stucke (5) im Volkston, op.102
Artists
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)John York (piano)
Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Conductor
Niklas WillenAbout
The latest work on this CD is the Cello Concerto in A minor from 1850. In the worrying years leading to the composer’s death, he was having trouble getting works published but a welcome approach came in 1853 from the publishing house Breitkopf with a fee of 20 Louis d’or for a few of Schumann’s latest pieces, including the cello concerto which they particularly liked. The composer tantalizingly offered them a version with string quintet, and a piano reduction along with a full orchestral score, but the last two never materialized.
Raphael Wallfisch was inspired by this intriguing concept and he asked the distinguished Swiss composer Arthur Lilienthal to adapt the full score for strings. The result, heard on this recording, and which Raphael has performed many times in concert, lends fresh clarity and lightness to the texture, allowing the soloist even more freedom, especially at the low dynamic levels the composer calls for. Raphael has played it with very small orchestras, often without conductor, which emphasizes even more the pure chamber qualities of this wonderful work.
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