Various Composers - 'Andante Cantabile' Cello Encores [Harrell/ Canino]
Not sure why this is called 'Andante Cantabile', i think it's a Tchaikovsky piece from his String Quartet 1, transcribed for cello and orchestra, but it's nowhere to be seen here, well i enjoyed these 22 short encore pieces today, it's a great little programme, with some out of the way pieces on it, this is my third time listening to this disc, though it's the first time it's appeared in my Blog.
Lynn Harrell is American, he's now 71, this disc was recorded back in 1988, the cover photo is by Christian Steiner, very well done, a beautiful portrait with cello, and the lettering is equally nice.
So of all these pieces, it was 1, 3-5, 7-8, 11-13, 15 & 17 that i loved the best, that's a lot of music to mention, loved the transcriptions of the French pieces, but ultimately i would like to pick one i would like to talk about, and that's 'An Die Musik' by Schubert, of course the piano plays the piano line, and the cello plays the vocal line, it's a beautiful tune, and if you know the words they're touching, it's in two stanzas, and the second is played more delicate than the first by the cello [1:16+], and at the end Harrell ekes out an extra ounce of pathos [2:00], the piano solo at the end of each verse is a real highlight [1:02-1:15 & 2:12-2:31], where Schubert has the piano making the most incredible pleas, a little masterpiece, each of the other short pieces is a little marvel also.
Here's Varoujan Bartikian playing 'An Die Musik' on YouTube.
Lynn Harrell is American, he's now 71, this disc was recorded back in 1988, the cover photo is by Christian Steiner, very well done, a beautiful portrait with cello, and the lettering is equally nice.
So of all these pieces, it was 1, 3-5, 7-8, 11-13, 15 & 17 that i loved the best, that's a lot of music to mention, loved the transcriptions of the French pieces, but ultimately i would like to pick one i would like to talk about, and that's 'An Die Musik' by Schubert, of course the piano plays the piano line, and the cello plays the vocal line, it's a beautiful tune, and if you know the words they're touching, it's in two stanzas, and the second is played more delicate than the first by the cello [1:16+], and at the end Harrell ekes out an extra ounce of pathos [2:00], the piano solo at the end of each verse is a real highlight [1:02-1:15 & 2:12-2:31], where Schubert has the piano making the most incredible pleas, a little masterpiece, each of the other short pieces is a little marvel also.
Here's Varoujan Bartikian playing 'An Die Musik' on YouTube.
