Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Alisa Weilerstein
Album info
Album-Release:
2016
HRA-Release:
22.09.2016
Label: Decca
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Artist: Alisa Weilerstein, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Pablo Heras-Casado
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
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- 1 1. Allegretto 05:54
- 2 2. Moderato 11:12
- 3 3. Cadenza 06:24
- 4 4. Allegro con moto 04:30
- 5 1. Largo 14:30
- 6 2. Allegretto 04:12
- 7 3. Allegretto 14:09
Info for Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
It was in Shostakovichs First Cello Concerto that cellist Alisa Weilerstein prompted the Los Angeles Times to marvel: Weilersteins cello is her id... She and the cello seem simply to be one and the same. Alisa returns with Shostakovichs cello masterworks Concertos 1 & 2.
Composed for the virtuosic cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, the coupling and contrasting of these two arresting works is irresistible: the anti-heroic, relentless, emotionally suppressed First Concerto set alongside the sarcasm and isolation of the Second.
Weilersteins interpretation is underpinned by her meeting Rostropovich a close friend of the composer when she was 22, playing Shostakovich for him and absorbing his advice and wisdom.
Her outstanding rapport with conductor Pablo Heras-Casado and the Symphonieorchester Bayerischen Rundfunks is evident in this new recording.
„Weilerstein's technique was so rock-solid and her tone so magisterial.“ (The Daily Telegraph)
“Weilerstein follows outstanding Decca recordings of the Elgar and Dvorak concertos with this pairing, which illustrates her depth and range...Heras-Casado and the Bavarians match the sardonic bite of her playing: this is one of the best accounts ever recorded of a work we don’t hear often enough in concert.” (Sunday Times, UK)
“Pablo Heras-Casado is accompanied by the fabulous Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra which is in every respect lean and transparent, phrasing with the soloist in one breath. It has become a purification in the best sense of the word that sheds new light on these two such important musical creations of the 20th century. A little bit of nostalgia and sense of romantic history form the beautiful finishing touch of the recording.”
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
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Booklet for Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2