Myrios Classics
Shostakovich & Tsintsadze: Cello Concertos of 1966 / Hornung, Poga, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra
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Details
- Composer
- SHOSTAKOVICH TSINTSADZE
- Artist
- Hornung, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Poga
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Myrios Classics
- Released
- Nov 02, 2018
- Catalog #
- MYR023
- UPC
- 4260183510239
About
It is the year 1966, in the Soviet Union. While Shostakovich is enjoying the success of the world première of his Second Cello Concerto, the Georgian composer Sulkhan Tsintsadze is putting the finishing touches on his own new work. In their respective concertos, these two composers draw their own psychogram: a sombre landscape intermittently illuminated by rays of light, brightened up with a few prudent dabs of color here and there. German shooting star cellist Maximilian Hornung releases here his first album on the myrios classics label. Born 1986 in Augsburg, Hornung studied with David Geringas, Thomas Grossenbacher and Eldar Issakadze, to whom he dedicated the album. It was Issakadze who introduced him to the fascinating music of Sulkhan Tsintsadze, one of the most celebrated composers of Georgia. The musical link of Tsintsadze’s Second Cello Concerto to the late work of his Soviet colleague and contemporary, Dmitri Shostakovich is at the core of this gloomy, yet enchanting album. The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under the baton of the Latvian conductor Andris Poga provides perfect musical partnership.
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REVIEW:
Because both concertos were composed in 1966 we get a new-to-disc work by the more or less forgotten Georgian composer, Sulkhan Tsintsadze. It shares with fellow Georgian Giya Kancheli an inclination for melancholy and contemplativeness but stops well short of the latter’s violent dynamic contrasts. Play it a few times in a row and it will grow on you.
– Records International
Both works date from 1966 and both leave the soloist a huge degree of expressive liberty. Tsintsadze is very good at disguising folk roots in his music and Shostakovich, by this time, is an unassailable master. This is quite a cello feast.
– Norman Lebrecht
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REVIEW:
Because both concertos were composed in 1966 we get a new-to-disc work by the more or less forgotten Georgian composer, Sulkhan Tsintsadze. It shares with fellow Georgian Giya Kancheli an inclination for melancholy and contemplativeness but stops well short of the latter’s violent dynamic contrasts. Play it a few times in a row and it will grow on you.
– Records International
Both works date from 1966 and both leave the soloist a huge degree of expressive liberty. Tsintsadze is very good at disguising folk roots in his music and Shostakovich, by this time, is an unassailable master. This is quite a cello feast.
– Norman Lebrecht
Tracklist 8 tracks
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1 Episode I: Andante sostenuto 07:11
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Episode I: Andante sostenuto
- Duration
- 07:11
- Composer
- Sulkhan Tsintsadze
- Performer
- Maximilian Hornung
- Ensemble
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Andris Poga
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2 Episode II: Andante molto 06:04
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Episode II: Andante molto
- Duration
- 06:04
- Composer
- Sulkhan Tsintsadze
- Performer
- Maximilian Hornung
- Ensemble
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Andris Poga
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3 Episode III: Cadenza 03:55
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Episode III: Cadenza
- Duration
- 03:55
- Composer
- Sulkhan Tsintsadze
- Performer
- Maximilian Hornung
- Ensemble
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Andris Poga
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4 Episode IV: Finale: Presto 03:03
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Episode IV: Finale: Presto
- Duration
- 03:03
- Composer
- Sulkhan Tsintsadze
- Performer
- Maximilian Hornung
- Ensemble
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Andris Poga
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5 Episode V: Coda: Andante molto 02:19
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Episode V: Coda: Andante molto
- Duration
- 02:19
- Composer
- Sulkhan Tsintsadze
- Performer
- Maximilian Hornung
- Ensemble
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Andris Poga
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6 I. Largo 15:28
- Track
- 6
- Title
- I. Largo
- Duration
- 15:28
- Composer
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Performer
- Maximilian Hornung
- Ensemble
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Andris Poga
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7 II. Scherzo: Allegretto 04:31
- Track
- 7
- Title
- II. Scherzo: Allegretto
- Duration
- 04:31
- Composer
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Performer
- Maximilian Hornung
- Ensemble
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Andris Poga
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8 III. Finale: Allegretto 17:31
- Track
- 8
- Title
- III. Finale: Allegretto
- Duration
- 17:31
- Composer
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Performer
- Maximilian Hornung
- Ensemble
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Conductor
- Andris Poga