Saint-Saens / Clein / Manze / BBC Scottish So: Romantic Cello Concerto 5 - COMPACT DISCS

Saint-Saens / Clein / Manze / BBC Scottish So: Romantic Cello Concerto 5 - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Romantic Cello Concerto 5 Artist: Saint Saens Clein Manze BBC Scottish So Label: Hyperion Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 034571280028 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2014 09 09 Number of Discs: 1 Natalie Clein adds a remarkable collection of Saint Sans' 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

Title: Romantic Cello Concerto 5
Artist: Saint-Saens / Clein / Manze / BBC Scottish So
Label: Hyperion
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 034571280028
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2014-09-09
Number of Discs: 1

Natalie Clein adds a remarkable collection of Saint-Saëns' 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-Saëns' 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 it's 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-Saëns seems here to turn his back on the suave style of the first concerto. When Saint-Saëns' pupil and friend Gabriel Fauré 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 double-stopping. Natalie Clein meets these challenges with marvelous technique, musicianship and the passion for which she has become so well known.

Tracks:
1.1 Cello Concerto No 1 in a Minor Op 33 -Allegro Non Troppo
1.2 Cello Concerto No 1 in a Minor Op 33 -Allegretto Con Moto
1.3 Cello Concerto No 1 in a Minor Op 33 -Tempo Primo
1.4 Cello Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 119 -Allegro Moderato E Maestoso Andante Sostenuto
1.5 Cello Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 119 -Allegro Non Troppo Cadenza Tempo 1 Molto Allegro
1.6 La Muse Et Le Pote Op 132 [15'39] with Antje Weithaas Violin - Antje Weithaas/ Natalie Chen/Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra
1.7 Allegro Appassionato Op 43
1.8 Le Cygne Natalie Clein Cello, Julia Lynch, Judith Keaney Piano - Natalie Chen/Julia Lynch/Judith Keaney