Release Date: 07 June 2019
Label: Avie
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 822252240627
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Description
On his solo debut recording, acclaimed American cellist Matthew Zalkind dazzles in music by J. S. Bach, Michael Brown and Zoltán Kodaly, whose works have a strong sense of kinship, each one exploring the vast expressive and technical possibilities of the solo cello.
For his solo debut solo recording, acclaimed American cellist Matthew Zalkind has chosen three works which, he explains, "have an especially strong sense of kinship, each of which explores the vast expressive and technical possibilities of the solo cello." Johann Sebastian Bach's cello suites represented such a high level of achievement that until Kodaly composed his Sonata nearly 200 years later, barely a single significant work was written for solo cello. The Suite of 2012 by Michael Brown, a close friend and colleague of Zalkind's, was influenced by both the earlier pieces and provides a perfect bridge between them.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"impressive refinement … eloquent phrasing … singing tone … fine technique" – The New York Times
"darts around the instrument fearlessly … The sharply etched passagework in the Bach was startling, surpassing that of many world-class cellists." – Washington Post
Tracklisting
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Christopher Tyler Nickel, Sarah Jackson
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Bruce Wolosoff
Charles Owen
Proteus Ensemble; Stephen Shellard
Benjamin Hochman
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Nora von Marschall
Lea Suter
Aart Bergwerff
Ran Jia
Johannes Krahl
Elke Volker
Henry Fairs
Pieter van Dijk
