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Britten - Cello Symphony, Cello Suite | Onyx ONYX4058

Britten - Cello Symphony, Cello Suite

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Label: Onyx

Cat No: ONYX4058

Barcode: 0880040405825

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 31st May 2010

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Contents

Artists

Pieter Wispelwey (cello)
Flanders Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Seikyo Kim

Works

Britten, Benjamin

Cello Suite no.1, op.72
Symphony for cello and orchestra, op.68

Artists

Pieter Wispelwey (cello)
Flanders Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Seikyo Kim

About

Britten’s Cello Symphony is at the end of a chain of works written for Rostropovich, starting with Myaskovsky’s cello sonata in 1949. Rostropovich played the sonata at a recital at which Prokofiev was present, and Prokofiev immediately agreed to write a work for him. His Sinfonia Concertante was premiered with Shostakovich in the audience, who, in turn composed his 1st cello concerto for Rostropovich. Now it was Britten’s turn, and the composer called on Rostropovich at his hotel the next day to discuss the proposed composition.

Premiered in 1963, the title of the work accurately describes the nature of the music. Although having a virtuoso solo part, the orchestra is an equal. As in a symphony, the opening movement is spacious and the thematic material of the last two movements is shared, making them form an elaborate finale. 

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