Salonen & Saariaho: Works for Solo Cello / Smith

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Label
Ondine
Release Date
March 8, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SAARIAHO SALONEN
    • PERFORMER
      Wilhelmina Smith
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 08, 2019
    • UPC
      761195129425
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ODE 1294-2
    • LABEL
      Ondine
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Yta III

      Composer: Esa-Pekka Salonen

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    2. I. knock

      Composer: Esa-Pekka Salonen

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    3. II. breathe

      Composer: Esa-Pekka Salonen

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    4. III. shine

      Composer: Esa-Pekka Salonen

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    5. Sarabande per un Coyote (after G. Colombi's Chiacona)

      Composer: Esa-Pekka Salonen

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    6. Chiacona

      Composer: Giuseppe Colombi

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    7. Dreaming Chaconne (after G. Colombi's Chiacona)

      Composer: Kaija Saariaho

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    8. Petals

      Composer: Kaija Saariaho

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    9. No. 1. Dolce, leggiero, libero

      Composer: Kaija Saariaho

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    10. No. 2. Leggiero, molto espressivo

      Composer: Kaija Saariaho

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    11. No. 3. Calmo, con tristeza

      Composer: Kaija Saariaho

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    12. No. 4. Dolce, tranquillo

      Composer: Kaija Saariaho

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    13. No. 5. Lento, misterioso

      Composer: Kaija Saariaho

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    14. No. 6. Sempre poco nervoso, senza tempo

      Composer: Kaija Saariaho

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    15. No. 7. Molto espressivo, energico

      Composer: Kaija Saariaho

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith

    16. Spins and Spells

      Composer: Kaija Saariaho

      Performer: Wilhelmina Smith


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.