The Voice Of Casals

Description

Roger Morello s a violoncellist of the twenty-first century who does not want to forget all that the twentieth century gave to his instrument and to music. And here he does so in the form of a discographic homage to the immortal person of Pau Casals.
Roger Morello has intercalated three sarabands from the Suites for Cello Solo by Johann Sebastian Bach. The first is the one included in the Suite No. 1, whose prelude served as primary material for the work by Marc Migo. The second saraband that appears is the one from the Suite No. 2, which is in the key of D minor, and the third is the E flat major saraband. Along with these pieces, we encounter the Suite for Cello Solo by Gaspar Cassado - a renowned Casals pupil and one of the most legendary violoncellists of the twentieth century as well as a composer. Along with this piece, Morello has added his cello arrangement of an original work for viola da gamba from Les voix humaines by Marin Marais, which is the piece that lends this album its title.
Side by side with these historical references that have become timeless, Roger Morello includes two contemporary works. One of them is formed by the Variations on the name of Casals by Marc Migo, a work commissioned by Morello himself, to whom it is also dedicated.
The other contemporary composition that Morello wanted to include on this album is a work that he commissioned from Elisenda FAbregas, who in turn dedicated it to him. It has Catalan dances as its title and consists of four dances.