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Cello Solo Journey / Luciano Tarantino
Brilliant Classics

Cello Solo Journey / Luciano Tarantino

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Luciano Tarantino
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Aug 02, 2019
Catalog #
BRI95964
UPC
5028421959641

About

When the Catalan cellist Pablo Casals revived the solo suites of Bach in the first decades of the last century, he reminded both audiences and composers of the huge potential of his instrument to hold the stage in its own right, no less than a violin or a piano. Inspired by his charisma, and that of his successors such as Tortelier and Rostropovich, many modern composers have followed Bach’s example. The Italian cellist presents music by ten of them on this exciting debut album for Brilliant Classics. Tortelier and Rostropovich are represented by their own, little-known but highly imaginative works – a Circus Suite and an innocently titled but fearsomely challenging study respectively. Carter Brey, the principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic, has also written for the instrument with inside knowledge, in a tango of big, seductive gestures preceded on Tarantino’s album by Latin-themed showpieces from Albeniz, Piazzolla and Rogerio y Taguell. Each half of the album is brought to a reflective close with a soliloquy by the modern Italian composer Giovanni Sollima. The cello’s melancholy moods are further explored by Ilse de Ziah and Sebastian Diezig, but Tarantino has chosen and ordered his repertoire to display the cello’s expressive range to its fullest. Mixing familiar and little-known composers, it’s a perfect introduction to the ever-expanding universe of solo cello music beyond Bach. Born in 1977, Luciano Tarantino is a performer and teacher with his origins in Puglia, in the far south of Italy. He has played with many of today’s greatest conductors and founded a music festival in the region of his birth. On this recording he plays a fine 1736 cello by Antonio Testore.

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 I. En Piste 00:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. En Piste
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Paul Tortelier
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  2. 2 II. Poneys 03:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Poneys
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Paul Tortelier
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  3. 3 III. L'Escamoteur 01:57
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. L'Escamoteur
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Paul Tortelier
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  4. 4 IV. Paillettes 02:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Paillettes
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Paul Tortelier
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  5. 5 V. L'Hypnotiseur 01:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. L'Hypnotiseur
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Paul Tortelier
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  6. 6 VI. Haute voltage 03:39
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Haute voltage
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Paul Tortelier
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  7. 7 VII. Dejà fini … 01:39
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Dejà fini …
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Paul Tortelier
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  8. 8 Sonata for Solo Cello in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 134: I. Andante (completed by V. Blok) 07:59
    Track
    8
    Title
    Sonata for Solo Cello in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 134: I. Andante (completed by V. Blok)
    Duration
    07:59
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  9. 9 Study in E-Flat Major 03:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    Study in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Mstislav Rostropovich
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  10. 10 I. Quasi cadenza 01:45
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Quasi cadenza
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Alexander Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  11. 11 II. Tempo risoluto 01:17
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Tempo risoluto
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Alexander Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  12. 12 III. Largo 01:38
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Alexander Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  13. 13 IV. Vivace 01:40
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Vivace
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Alexander Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  14. 14 Toccata capricciosa, Op. 36 07:05
    Track
    14
    Title
    Toccata capricciosa, Op. 36
    Duration
    07:05
    Composer
    Miklós Rózsa
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  15. 15 Alone 04:33
    Track
    15
    Title
    Alone
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Giovanni Sollima
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  16. 16 Suite Española No. 1, Op. 47: V. Asturias (arr. for cello) 07:07
    Track
    16
    Title
    Suite Española No. 1, Op. 47: V. Asturias (arr. for cello)
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  17. 17 Tango Etudes: Etude No. 3 (arr. for cello) 03:40
    Track
    17
    Title
    Tango Etudes: Etude No. 3 (arr. for cello)
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  18. 18 Suite Espagnole No. 1: Flamenco 02:16
    Track
    18
    Title
    Suite Espagnole No. 1: Flamenco
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Rogerio y Taguell
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  19. 19 Tango para Ilaria 03:23
    Track
    19
    Title
    Tango para Ilaria
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Carter Brey
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  20. 20 Solace in Darkness 05:10
    Track
    20
    Title
    Solace in Darkness
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Ilse de Ziah
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  21. 21 Blues, Op. 1 01:43
    Track
    21
    Title
    Blues, Op. 1
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Sebastian Diezig
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  22. 22 Lamentatio 08:11
    Track
    22
    Title
    Lamentatio
    Duration
    08:11
    Composer
    Giovanni Sollima
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino