Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Queen Elisabeth Competition
Catalogue: QEC2022
Release: 2022
Size: 4.84 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Lutosławski: Cello Concerto
01. I. Introduction
02. II. Four Episodes
03. III. Cantilena
04. IV. Finale
05. Widmann: 5 Albumblätter
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107
06. I. Allegretto
07. II. Moderato
08. III. Cadenza
09. IV. Finale (Allegro con moto)
CD 02
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Rondo (Allegro)
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major Hob. VIIb:1
04. I. Moderato
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Allegro molto
Boccherini: Sonata for Cello Solo and Basso in C Minor, G. 2
07. I. Adagio
08. II. Allegro
09. III. Allegretto
Boccherini: Sonata for Cello Solo and Basso in C Major, G. 15
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Larghetto
12. III. Allegro
13. Ysaÿe: Sonata for Solo Cello in C Major, Op. 28: Grave
CD 03
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
01. I. Allegro non troppo
02. II. Allegro
03. III. Largo
04. IV. Allegro
Franck: Sonata in A Major, FWV 8 (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Jules Delsart)
05. I. Allegretto ben moderato
06. II. Allegro
07. III. Recitativo-Fantasia (Ben moderato – Molto lento)
08. IV. Allegretto poco mosso
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D. 821 (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Gaspar Cassadó)
09. I. Allegro moderato
10. II. Adagio
11. III. Allegretto
CD 04
Ligeti: Sonata for Solo Cello
01. I. Dialogo (Adagio, rubato, cantabile)
02. II. Capriccio (Presto con slancio)
Britten: Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 65
03. I. Dialogo (Allegro)
04. II. Scherzo – Pizzicato (Allegretto)
05. III. Elegia (Lento)
06. IV. Marcia (Energico)
07. V. Moto perpetuo (Poco presto)
Schnittke: Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 129
08. I. Largo
09. II. Presto
10. III. Largo
11. Janssens: Wie aus der Ferne
12. Hindemith: 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 8: No. 2, Phantasiestück
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, op. 73
13. I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
14. II. Lebhaft, leicht
15. III. Rasch und mit Feuer
After two special years, this second edition of the Queen Elisabeth Competition dedicated to the cello has rediscovered the fervour of the audience and the extraordinary enthusiasm created each year by this major musical event in Belgium and abroad.
The 4-CD box set with the best moments of the 2022 Cello Competition highlights the great diversity of the repertoire for this instrument, even if it is resolutely turned towards 20th-century music, reflecting the performances offered by the candidates of this session.
It opens with the masterful performance of Lutosławski’s Concerto by the first laureate Hayoung Choi, followed by Jörg Widmann’s compulsory work by Marcel Johannes Kits (3rd Prize) and Shostakovich’s Concerto no.1 performed by Yibai Chen (2nd Prize), all accompanied by the Brussels Philharmonic under the baton of Stéphane Denève.
The second CD takes us back more than two centuries, with Haydn’s Concertos performed by Marcel Johannes Kits and Bryan Cheng (6th Prize), in the company of the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie conducted by Vahan Mardirossian; then come two Boccherini sonatas by Oleksiy Shadrin (4th Prize) and Taeguk Mun, heard during the first round.
Three great cello sonatas make up the third disc: Shostakovich firstly with Petar Pejčić (5th Prize), Franck with Stéphanie Huang and Schubert’s Arpeggione with Jeremias Fliedl. We then return mainly to the 20th century to close this box set with a disc including in particular the sonatas of Britten (Hayoung Choi), Ligeti (Yibai Chen) and Schnittke (Oleksiy Shadrin).
In a repertoire that will be new for some, the 12 laureates of this 2022 session present, thanks to their musical personalities, an original programme which will allow you to find some of the most beautiful moments of this Queen Elisabeth Competition.