Composer: Henri Dutilleux, Witold Lutosławski
Performer: Christian Poltéra
Orchestra: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Jac van Steen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BIS
Catalogue: BISSACD1777
Release: 2010
Size: 601 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain
01. I. Enigme
02. II. Regard
03 .III. Houles
04. IV. Miroirs
05. V. Hymne
Dutilleux: Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher
06. No. 1. Un poco indeciso
07. No. 2. Andante sostenuto
08. No. 3. Vivace
Lutosławski: Cello Concerto
09. Introduction
10. 4 Episodes
11. Cantilena
12. Finale
13. Lutosławski: Sacher Variation
…Christian Poltéra inevitably courts comparison with the 1975 EMI disc of Rostropovich, for whom both works were written. …in technique there’s nothing to choose between them. …the most notable point of difference is the more leisurely reading here of ‘Miroirs’, the fourth movement of the Dutilleux piece. For me this works wonderfully, and after it Rostropovich’s version comes to sound slightly impatient (even though both recordings take the movement slower than the metronome mark).