Cello/piano.Yehuda Hanani Dazzle and Nostalgia
Yehuda Hanani's charismatic playing and profound interpretations have brought him acclaim and reengagements throughout Europe, North and South America, the Orient and his native Israel.
Bach's Cello Suites are "blueprints for cellists of all generations," writes Yehuda Hanani in his introduction to this recording. There are more than 20 editions of them, "all claiming the mantle of truth," but the problems posed by four divergent manuscripts, none by Bach himself, all riddled with inaccuracies, as well as the absence of original bowings, dynamics, and tempo indications, give performers both the liberty and the responsibility "to make their own edition with each performance."
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Yehuda Hanani
Vivaldi: Six Sonatas for Cello
Exquisitely performed sonatas with breadth, vitality, richness and beautifully centered quality of tone production, uniform across all four strings. There is absolute security of intonation as he moves this gorgeous sound with ease.
Yehuda Hanani's charismatic playing and profound interpretations bring him acclaim and re engagements throughout Europe, North and South America, the Orient and his native Israel. An extraordinary recitalist, he is equally renowned for performances with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Radio Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, BBC Welsh Symphony, Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Hong Kong Symphony, Jerusalem Symphony, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, and Seoul Symphony among others. He has collaborated with prominent fellow musicians, including Leon Fleisher, Aaron Copland, Christoph Eschenbach, Itzhak Perlman and members of the Emerson, Vermeer, Muir, Julliard, Lark, Colorado, and Cleveland Quartets and the Cuarteto Latinoamericano. This distinguished artist made the first recording ever of the monumental Alkan Cello Sonata, receiving a Grand Prix du Disque nomination, and his other discs have won wide recognition.
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Matt Haimovitz & Itamar Golan
The Rose Album
Matt Haimovitz's poetic reminiscence, through musical associations, of his teacher and mentor, the legendary American cellist, Leonard Rose.
Matt Haimovitz's new album is a reminiscence, through musical associations, of his teacher and mentor, the legendary American cellist, Leonard Rose. Recorded at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Mass., The Rose Album boasts audiophile sound and high definition HDCD format. Pianist Itamar Golan joins Haimovitz in Schubert's incomparable Arpeggione Sonata and other romantic virtuoso romantic works, as well as a recent work of Robert Stern.
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Kate Dillingham, cello -The Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Haydn Cello Concertos, Nos. 1 & 2
Bernard Greenhouse world-renowned cellist and pedagogue describes the recording of the Haydn concerti as ". . . spectacular, exciting, splendid, clean as a whistle. Excellent, superb."
American cellist Kate Dillingham made her solo debut with orchestra in Russia in 1998. She was invited to perform as the featured soloist with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra The Seasons and with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. She has been described as "a polished performer with the kind of sensitive understanding that can transform merely brilliant playing into moving musical statement."
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Joyce Valentine
Reunion
Beautiful and emotionally charged music featuring piano and cello. Six original songs (composed for the reunion of two friends), six arrangements of well-known tunes, and two classic favorites.
Kathy Parsons had this to say about "Reunion" in her review for Solo Piano Publications:
"Reunion is a stunning album of piano and cello duets. Six of the pieces are originals by composer/pianist Joyce Valentine, and the other eight tracks are her arrangements of folk and classical pieces. Valentine and cellist Debbie Brooks became friends when both were students at the University of North Texas, and played piano and cello repertoire for hours at a time. Both artists have very extensive and impressive classical backgrounds, and this recording would have to be classified as contemporary classical - if it needs to be classified at all. The duet playing is seamless, and neither artist commands the spotlight. They play like the kindred spirits they have become from a long term friendship and from knowing each other intimately as musicians.
The CD opens with a graceful waltz called "Our Song", one of my favorite tracks. Both beautifully flowing and upbeat, this is a warm and elegant way to start this exceptional collection. "Reunion", the title song, was composed for a concert Valentine and Brooks performed in 1999, and celebrates their friendship with fluid lines that intertwine the two instruments and the souls of the two artists.
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