Andrzej Bauer; Polish National Radio Sym Orchestra
Release Date: 19 March 2021
Label: NIFCCD
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5906395034567
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
Classic and modern cello masterworks from Schumann to Lutoslawski, performed by cellist Andrzej Bauer. Andrzej Bauer is professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, where he is in charge of cello classes.
BBC Music Magazine's Concerto Choice: "From the skittish opening solo, Bauer has made the concerto very much his own, and conductor and orchestra match him in a riveting and vividly recorded performance."
The cello is the instrument perhaps most strongly associated in the general awareness with romantic music. Regarded as the closest in its sound to the human voice, it can sing quite beautifully, enchanting the listener with its timbre and conveying a range of human emotions.
This disc prepared by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute could well stimulate reflection on this subject, as it contains two works by giants of romantic music, Robert Schumann's Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 and Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 for cello and orchestra, as well as the Cello Concerto by the greatest Polish composer of the second half of the twentieth century, Witold Lutoslawski.
Andrzeij Bauer says of this new recording:-
"My fascination with masterworks of the Romantic cello literature dates from a time when I was not entirely able to play them. I would listen endlessly to the records available in the 70s and record radio programmes onto spools of tape.
The Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by Witold Lutoslawski is for me the most important masterwork for cello and orchestra of the twentieth century.
I had the good fortune to perform the Concerto several times under the composer's baton and enjoyed many conversations with the Maestro. The culmination of my contacts with Witold Lutoslawski, and perhaps the most important concert experience of my life, was a performance with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra at its marvellous Gasteig venue."
Tracklisting
Cyprien Katsaris
Vadym Kholodenko
Ewa Poblocka
Maria Joao Pires
Halina Czerny-Stefanska
Ewa Poblocka
Mateusz Kowalski; Lorenzo Coppola; {oh!} Orkiestra; Martyna Pastuszka
Eric Guo, Oh! Orchestra, Vaclav Luks
Yoichi Sugiyama
David Rabinovich
Badische Staatskapelle, Georg Fritzsch
Badische Staatskapelle, Georg Fritzsch
Badische Staatskapelle, Georg Fritzsch
Roberto Prosseda, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nir Kabaretti
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Peter Szilvay, Aage Richard Meyer, Cam Kjoll, Ruth Potter
Joshua Bell
