034571280028

Saint-saens: Cello Concertos

Natalie Clein; Andrew Manze: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA68002

Release Date:  01 September 2014

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571280028

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    Natalie Clein adds a remarkable collection of Saint-Saens’ music for cello and orchestra to her impressive discography. Clein first came to prominence when she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year award in 1994; it is appropriate that she performs the music of an extraordinary child prodigy.
    The first cello concerto has always been one of Saint-Saens’ most popular pieces, Casals choosing it for his London debut in 1905. It is a gloriously playful piece that carries the listener along on a melodic and emotional rollercoaster, from the jaunty opening to the eloquence of the second movement minuet, with a persistent yearning threading its way throughout. The second concerto will be less familiar to listeners. The soloist for whom it was written, Joseph Hollman, was an energetic, muscular player and Saint-Saens seems here to turn his back on the suave style of the first concerto. When Saint-Saens’ pupil and friend Gabriel Faure chose the concerto as a Conservatoire test piece, the composer was duly grateful, but admitted ‘it will never be as well known as the first; it’s too difficult’. This it certainly is, with many solo passages, huge leaps and runs that require two staves to accommodate them, and a large amount of doublestopping. Natalie Clein meets these challenges with marvellous technique, musicianship and the passion for which she has become so well known.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor Op 33 Allegro non troppo [5'53]
      • 2. Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor Op 33 Allegretto con moto [5'02]
      • 3. Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor Op 33 Tempo primo [8'53]
      • 4. Cello Concerto No.2 in D minor Op 119 Allegro moderato e maestoso - Andante sostenuto [11'27]
      • 5. Cello Concerto No.2 in D minor Op 119 Allegro non troppo - Cadenza - Tempo 1 - Molto allegro [6'26]
      • 6. La muse et le poète Op 132 [15'39] with Antje Weithaas violin
      • 7. Allegro appassionato Op 43 [3'57]
      • 8. Le cygne [2'31] Natalie Clein cello, Julia Lynch, Judith Keaney piano