Solo [sound recording].
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: SK 64114 | Sony ClassicalPublication details: New York, NY : Sony Classical, p1999.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inContained works: - Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967. Sonatas, violoncello, op. 8
- O'Connor, Mark Appalachia waltz; arr
- Sheng, Bright, 1955- Tunes heard in China
- Tcherepnin, Alexander, 1899-1977. Suites, violoncello, op. 76
- Wilde, David Cellist of Sarajevo
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Bach showed that the cello can dance, but composers from Rossini to Shostakovich have favored it as an instrument of pensive reflection and brooding melancholy. The playful cover photo notwithstanding, SOLO features Yo-Yo Ma in five 20th century cello works of a serious nature, all with folk influence and all echoing at least a bit of the troubles of the times in which they were written. Mark O'Connor's wistful 'Appalachia Waltz' is the most relaxed piece, sounding like a back porch meditation on an overcast day. Bright Sheng's 'Seven Tunes Heard in China' is much edgier and abrasive in the Bartók manner, while David Wilde's 'The Cellist of Sarajevo' is an outpouring of unmitigated grief in arch form; lament unfolding into rage and then retreating into silence. Alexander Tcherepnin's Suite is an odd hybrid, a product of the Russian-born, widely traveled composer's interest in Chinese culture. Lastly, there is the masterful Sonata of Zoltán Kodály, a real heir to the Bach Suites in that it presents a self-contained world while stretching the cello to its limits.
"Silk Road Project"--Container.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Theodore Levin inserted in container.
The 1st work originally for violin.
Appalachia waltz : solo cello version / Mark O'Connor (4:25) -- Seven tunes heard in China / Bright Sheng (20:00) -- The cellist of Sarajevo : a lament in rondo form for solo cello, op. 12 / David Wilde (7:00) -- Suite for solo cello / Alexander Tcherepnin (7:00) -- Sonata for solo cello, op. 8 / Zoltán Kodály (28:00).
Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello.
Recorded Feb. 1-5, 1999, at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA, and June 23, 1999, at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.