PENTATONE
Lutoslawski & Dutilleux: Cello Concertos / Moser, Sondergard, Berlin Radio Symphony
$21.99
Details
- Composer
- LUTOSLAWSKI DUTILLEUX
- Artist
- Moser, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Sondergard
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- PENTATONE
- Released
- Nov 16, 2018
- Catalog #
- PTC5186689
- UPC
- 827949068966
About
This album features cello concertos by Witold Lutoslawski and Henri Dutilleux performed by the multiple prize-winning German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conducted by Thomas Søndergård. These works, premiered in 1970, are two of the biggest gems of the twentieth century, the golden age of the cello. While equally virtuosic and engaging, both pieces showcase different aspects of the musical landscape of the late twentieth century. Lutoslawski’s concerto explores the possibilities of chance composition in the form of a duel between the solo cello and a ferocious orchestral accompaniment, in which the individual ultimately prevails. In comparison, soloist and ensemble work together more smoothly in Henri Dutilleux’ “Tout un monde lontain”. In this “cello concerto”, the composer invokes a mystical “world from afar”, inspired by Baudelaire quotes and full of allusions to French musical greats such as Debussy and Messiaen, while simultaneously sounding unmistakably Dutilleuxian. This is Moser’s fourth album as an exclusive PENTATONE artist, after releases with the cello concertos of Dvorak and Lalo (2015), Elgar and Tchaikovsky (2017) and works for cello and piano by Rachmaninov and Prokofiev (2016, awarded with a diapason d’or and ECHO Klassik 2017). The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin has an even longer track record with PENTATONE, including albums with Vladimir Jurowski (Mahler/Strauss 2017, Schnittke 2015) Jakub Hruša (Bartók/Kodály 2018) and Marek Janowski (complete Wagner operas, 2011-2013).
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REVIEWS:
Playing with depth and naturalness but above all a sense of theatre, Moser shapes an animated performance of the Lutoslawski, together with Thomas Søndergård and the Berlin orchestra. With its allusion to the poetry of Charles Baudelaire, Dutilleux’s Tout un monde lontain is perhaps more mystical, and Moser allows it to unfold with hypnotic beauty.
– BBC Music Magazine
Moser maintains a keen focus over the eventful trajectory of the Lutoslawski. Many performances rather lose momentum in the Cantilena but Moser neither falters nor sells short this music’s rapt eloquence. In the Dutilleux, Moser eschews any emotional uniformity. Throughout both works, Thomas Søndergård propels the music forwards with a real sense for their vastly different yet equally inevitable destinations.
– Gramophone
Tracklist 9 tracks
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1 Introduction - 05:36
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Introduction -
- Duration
- 05:36
- Composer
- Witold Lutosławski
- Performer
- Johannes Moser
- Ensemble
- Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Thomas Søndergård
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2 4 Episodes - 07:14
- Track
- 2
- Title
- 4 Episodes -
- Duration
- 07:14
- Composer
- Witold Lutosławski
- Performer
- Johannes Moser
- Ensemble
- Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Thomas Søndergård
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3 Cantilena - 05:39
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Cantilena -
- Duration
- 05:39
- Composer
- Witold Lutosławski
- Performer
- Johannes Moser
- Ensemble
- Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Thomas Søndergård
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4 Finale 06:29
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Finale
- Duration
- 06:29
- Composer
- Witold Lutosławski
- Performer
- Johannes Moser
- Ensemble
- Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Thomas Søndergård
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5 I. Énigme 07:02
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Énigme
- Duration
- 07:02
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Performer
- Johannes Moser
- Ensemble
- Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Thomas Søndergård
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6 II. Regard 06:56
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Regard
- Duration
- 06:56
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Performer
- Johannes Moser
- Ensemble
- Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Thomas Søndergård
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7 III. Houles 04:27
- Track
- 7
- Title
- III. Houles
- Duration
- 04:27
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Performer
- Johannes Moser
- Ensemble
- Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Thomas Søndergård
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8 IV. Miroirs 05:22
- Track
- 8
- Title
- IV. Miroirs
- Duration
- 05:22
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Performer
- Johannes Moser
- Ensemble
- Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Thomas Søndergård
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9 V. Hymne 04:53
- Track
- 9
- Title
- V. Hymne
- Duration
- 04:53
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Performer
- Johannes Moser
- Ensemble
- Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Thomas Søndergård