Three composers, three masterworks of our time performed by three orchestras – and a central element, the moving spirit behind this fine project devoted to the concertante cello: Jean-Guihen Queyras, voted ‘Artist of the Year 2008’ in Diapason. Three sometimes very different, yet at the same time highly complementary ways of conceiving the concerto in the 21st century.
Jean-Guihen Queyras plays a cello by Gioffredo Cappa, 1696.
BRUNO MANTOVANI [1974-] · Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre (18'36) PHILIPPE SCHOELLER [1957-] The eyes of the wind Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre · I. Largo assai misterioso ma luminoso (8'56) · II. Allegretto subito (3'16) · III. Poco più Allegretto subito (3'12) · IV. A tempo (4'45) GILBERT AMY [1936-] Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre · I. Modéré, quasi improvisé (3'00) · II. Allegro giusto (6'25) · III. Aérien, suspendu, quasi senza tempo (3'27) · IV. "Solo" (2'35) · V. Assez vite (5'03) · VI. Lent, solennel (4'33) · VII. (4'58)
