Auerbach: Celloquy

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Label
Cedille
Release Date
February 26, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      AUERBACH, LERA
    • PERFORMER
      Aznavoorian, Auerbach
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 26, 2013
    • UPC
      735131913720
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CDR 137
    • LABEL
      Cedille
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1 in C Major: Andante

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    2. No. 2 in A Minor: Allegro

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    3. No. 3 in G Major: Andante misterioso

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    4. No. 4 in E minor: Allegro ossessivo

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    5. No. 5 in D Major: Moderato

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    6. No. 6 in B Minor: Tragico

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    7. No. 7 in A Major: Vivo ma non troppo

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    8. No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor: Grave

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    9. No. 9 in E Major: Vivace

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    10. No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor: Adagio sognando

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    11. No. 11 in B Major: Allegro

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    12. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor: Adagio

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    13. No. 13 in G flat major: Andantino grazioso

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    14. No. 14 in E flat minor: Allegretto scherzando

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    15. No. 15 in D-Flat Major: Allegro con brio

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    16. No. 16 in B flat minor: Tempo di valzer

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    17. No. 17 in A-Flat Major: Allegro ritmico

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    18. No. 18 in F Minor: Andantino

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    19. No. 19 in E-Flat Major: Allegro appassionato

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    20. No. 20 in C Minor: Giocoso

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    21. No. 21 in B-Flat Major: Dialogo

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    22. No. 22 in G Minor: Andante nostalgico

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    23. No. 23 in F Major: Adagio sognando

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    24. No. 24 in D Minor: Vivo

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    25. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    26. II. Lament: Adagio

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    27. III. Allegro assai

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    28. IV. Con estrema intensita

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach

    29. Postlude for Cello and Piano (arr. of 24 Preludes for Cello and Piano, Op. 47: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor: Adagio)

      Composer: Lera Auerbach

      Performer: Ani Aznavoorian, Lera Auerbach


Lera Auerbach’s music has been compared to that of Shostakovich, and with good reason. She remains committed to a fresh use of tonality, without denying herself the full resources of modern technique. The 24 Preludes for cello and piano follow the traditional journey through all the major and minor keys. There are passionate adagios, a sardonic reference to the Magic Flute Overture (Prelude No. 14), waltzes, scherzos, laments, and giddy allegros. The scoring for cello and piano is clever and handled with a keen ear for color and timbre.

Best of all, the performances are sensational. Auerbach is a superb pianist, and she handles her own frequently virtuosic writing with aplomb. Ani Aznavoorian plays a mean cello, both here and in the Cello Sonata. As Auerbach points out in her notes, the two instruments are equal partners in this latter work, a gripping emotional outpouring that concludes with a lament marked “with extreme intensity”. The preceding third movement is a wild toccata that recalls similar moments in Shostakovich’s Eighth quartet and Eighth symphony. Auerbach also makes evocative use of microtones both here and occasionally in the preludes as well. It’s an interesting addition to her expressive arsenal, particularly when they appear in a tonal context.

The program concludes with a brief Postlude for cello and piano, actually a “deconstruction” of the twelfth Prelude. Grim and eerie, it closes the program on a note of mysterious unease. The sonics are gorgeous, with perfect balances and a very realistic perspective. Fans of good contemporary chamber music will want to own this; it repays repeated listening and reveals Auerbach as a true force in today’s music.

-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com