Britten: Three Suites for Solo Violoncello

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Written between 1964 and 1971 for Britten's friend Mstislav Rostropovich, these suites exploit every resource of the instrument and require utmost technical, intellectual, and musical proficiency from the player. Though they share a certain austerity and love of sound effects, each has its own character and structure. The first frames three pairs of contrasting movements with a recurring ostinato; the second opens with declamatory conversations between the cello's low and high registers and demands pyrotechnics-like chords, double stops, simultaneous bowing, and plucking; the third alternates plucked and bowed passages and features extreme contrasts of character, dynamics and moods. Young Jean-Guihen Queyras, a multiple prizewinner with a burgeoning European career, surmounts all these formidable hurdles without strain, playing with an unfailingly beautiful, pure, variable tone, and total authority and involvement. --Edith Eisler

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Britten: Three Suites for Solo Violoncello
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ASIN: B00000DG0B
Release Date: 1998-10-27

Tracks:

  1. Ste No.1, Op.72: Canto Primo. Sostenuto E Largamente
  2. Ste No.1, Op.72: I. Fuga. Andante Moderato
  3. Ste No.1, Op.72: II. Lamento. Lento Rubato
  4. Ste No.1, Op.72: Canto Secondo. Sostenuto
  5. Ste No.1, Op.72: III. Ser. Allegretto: Pizzicato
  6. Ste No.1, Op.72: IV. Marcia. Alla Marcia Moderato
  7. Ste No.1, Op.72: Canto Terzo. Sostenuto
  8. Ste No.1, Op.72: V. Bordone. Moderato Quasi Recitativo
  9. Ste No.1, Op.72: VI. Moto Perpetuo E Canto Quarto. Presto
  10. Ste No.2, Op.80: I. Declamato. Largo
  11. Ste No.2, Op.80: II. Fuga. Andante
  12. Ste No.2, Op.80: III. Scherzo. Allegro Molto
  13. Ste No.2, Op.80: IV. Andante Lento
  14. Ste No.2, Op.80: V. Ciaccona. Allegro
  15. Ste No.3, Op.87: I. Intro. Lento
  16. Ste No.3, Op.87: II. Marcia. Allegro
  17. Ste No.3, Op.87: III. Canto. Con Moto
  18. Ste No.3, Op.87: IV. Barcarola. Lento
  19. Ste No.3, Op.87: V. Dialogo. Allegretto
  20. Ste No.3, Op.87: VI. Fuga. Andante Espressivo/VII. Recitativo. Fantastico
  21. Ste No.3, Op.87: VIII. Moto Perpetuo. Presto
  22. Ste No.3, Op.87: IX. Passacaglia. Lento Solenne
  23. Ste No.3, Op.87: Mournful Song (Under The Little Apple Tree). Molto Semplice-Autumn. Vivace...

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Written between 1964 and 1971 for Britten's friend Mstislav Rostropovich, these suites exploit every resource of the instrument and require utmost technical, intellectual, and musical proficiency from the player. Though they share a certain austerity and love of sound effects, each has its own character and structure. The first frames three pairs of contrasting movements with a recurring ostinato; the second opens with declamatory conversations between the cello's low and high registers and demands pyrotechnics-like chords, double stops, simultaneous bowing, and plucking; the third alternates plucked and bowed passages and features extreme contrasts of character, dynamics and moods. Young Jean-Guihen Queyras, a multiple prizewinner with a burgeoning European career, surmounts all these formidable hurdles without strain, playing with an unfailingly beautiful, pure, variable tone, and total authority and involvement. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars AMAZING !!!.......2007-04-06

I've seen Queyras twice , at Sala São Paulo . He's an amazing cellist . His youth face tranforms itself when he plays .
I love his Britten's interpretations !
Great Album !!!!

5 out of 5 stars For connoisseurs only.......2002-04-26

Why has nobody else given this recording five stars? It's the same on rec.music.classical and the like: everybody recommends Rostropovitch and all sorts of other cellists, and I never see Queyras mentioned. But this is inexplicable! As Amazon's Edith says, he plays with "unfailingly beautiful, pure, variable tone, and total authority and involvement". These are fascinating and lovely works, subtle and introspective: and listening to this recording you feel as though Queyras is sitting right beside you. What's more, the price is excellent. Conclusion: only buy this CD if you're sure you're going to appreciate it. Otherwise don't spread the word, and leave the stock for people who really know what's worth listening to!

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