Salonen & Saariaho: Works for Solo Cello / Smith
Details
- Composer
- SAARIAHO SALONEN
- Artist
- Wilhelmina Smith
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Ondine
- Released
- Mar 08, 2019
- Catalog #
- ODE 1294-2
- UPC
- 761195129425
About
This solo album by cellist Wilhelmina Smith features works for solo cello by Esa-Pekka Salonen and Kaija Saariaho. Both composers belong to a generation of modernist Finnish composers whose work has gained broad acceptance in musical culture throughout the world. While each composer has a clear individual artistic persona, as a group they are known for pushing sonic boundaries. In writing for strings and, in particular on this recording, the cello, Salonen and Saariaho exploit the outer reaches of the technical possibilities for both the instrument and the performer. Wilhelmina Smith is an artist of intense commitment, poetic insight and dazzling versatility. As a soloist and recitalist as well as a collaborative musician and festival director, Smith has consistently advocated for composers with whom she has developed vital relationships, to have their music creatively positioned within an intellectually engaging context and performed with the utmost passion and technical assurance.
Tracklist 16 tracks
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1 Yta III 07:46
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Yta III
- Duration
- 07:46
- Composer
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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2 I. knock 02:58
- Track
- 2
- Title
- I. knock
- Duration
- 02:58
- Composer
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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3 II. breathe 05:38
- Track
- 3
- Title
- II. breathe
- Duration
- 05:38
- Composer
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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4 III. shine 06:24
- Track
- 4
- Title
- III. shine
- Duration
- 06:24
- Composer
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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5 Sarabande per un Coyote (after G. Colombi's Chiacona) 03:04
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Sarabande per un Coyote (after G. Colombi's Chiacona)
- Duration
- 03:04
- Composer
- Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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6 Chiacona 02:46
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Chiacona
- Duration
- 02:46
- Composer
- Giuseppe Colombi
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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7 Dreaming Chaconne (after G. Colombi's Chiacona) 03:22
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Dreaming Chaconne (after G. Colombi's Chiacona)
- Duration
- 03:22
- Composer
- Kaija Saariaho
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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8 Petals 08:46
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Petals
- Duration
- 08:46
- Composer
- Kaija Saariaho
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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9 No. 1. Dolce, leggiero, libero 01:51
- Track
- 9
- Title
- No. 1. Dolce, leggiero, libero
- Duration
- 01:51
- Composer
- Kaija Saariaho
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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10 No. 2. Leggiero, molto espressivo 01:28
- Track
- 10
- Title
- No. 2. Leggiero, molto espressivo
- Duration
- 01:28
- Composer
- Kaija Saariaho
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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11 No. 3. Calmo, con tristeza 01:44
- Track
- 11
- Title
- No. 3. Calmo, con tristeza
- Duration
- 01:44
- Composer
- Kaija Saariaho
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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12 No. 4. Dolce, tranquillo 02:48
- Track
- 12
- Title
- No. 4. Dolce, tranquillo
- Duration
- 02:48
- Composer
- Kaija Saariaho
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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13 No. 5. Lento, misterioso 01:33
- Track
- 13
- Title
- No. 5. Lento, misterioso
- Duration
- 01:33
- Composer
- Kaija Saariaho
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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14 No. 6. Sempre poco nervoso, senza tempo 01:45
- Track
- 14
- Title
- No. 6. Sempre poco nervoso, senza tempo
- Duration
- 01:45
- Composer
- Kaija Saariaho
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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15 No. 7. Molto espressivo, energico 01:05
- Track
- 15
- Title
- No. 7. Molto espressivo, energico
- Duration
- 01:05
- Composer
- Kaija Saariaho
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith
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16 Spins and Spells 06:03
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Spins and Spells
- Duration
- 06:03
- Composer
- Kaija Saariaho
- Performer
- Wilhelmina Smith