Shostakovich Weinberg Lutoslawski Cello Concertos

Description: Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Add The Pom Shop to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General Interest Shostakovich; Weinberg; Lutoslawski: Cello Concertos We proudly annouce a new artist on Channel Classics: German/French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, renowned for his creativity and versatility, in captivating performances of repertoire on both gut and modern strings. On this first recording with Channel he combines music of three comtemporaries. Weinberg, for the western world a well-kept secret of the Soviet Union, was born in Warsaw. In 1939, with German troops at his heels, Weinberg fled to the Soviet Union where met Shostakovich, who he viewed as his teacher. With a considerable dash of klezmer music, particularly in the second movement, he seems to have added his own signature to his Cello Concerto. Shostakovich composed both his Cello Concertos for his good friend Mstislav Rostropovich. No. 1 contains one of the longest cadenzas of all solo concertos and a finale that is described as the will to live, as a conquest in the struggle for happiness. An enormous discipline in terms of form may be discerned in Lutoslawskis music. He had studied mathematics for several years, and in his works he aimed to create clearly perceptible forms and contours. In Stalinist Poland Lutoslawskis Little Suite was embraced and acclaimed as an exemplary model of realism. Review On this disc, the two composers cello concertos (Weinberg's only oneShostakovich's First) make an impressive vehicle for rising cellist Nicolas Altstaedt. This is one of only a few available recordings of the Weinberg, written in 1948 but left unplayed until after Stalin's death, and Altstaedt's muscular playing does justice to a distinctive, powerful piece. -- The Guardian 4/5 stars Erica Jeal Shipping Shipping is free for all customers in Australia. Your package will be safely taken care of & posted from England by means of Priority Airmail, which is air freighted to your nearest Australia Post Distribution Center (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or Perth), from where they are delivered to your address by Australia Post. Returns and refunds We operate a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are unhappy with the product for whatever reason, please contact us to arrange a return and refund. As shipping costs are not retrievable, we are unable to refund shipping costs. Feedback We use an automated eBay feedback response system. If you are happy with the product, please leave positive feedback and we will automatically leave positive feedback for you. If you are unhappy with the transaction for any reason, please contact us first to resolve. If you do leave negative or neutral feedback you waive your rights for support regarding any problems with us and open yourself up for possible retaliatory negative feedback. Please avoid making negative feedback remarks, contact us first if you have any problems! We are here to help! Contact Us Please contact us via eBay messages if you have any questions and our Customer Service team will be happy to assist you with any queries. Thank you. Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Copyright © 2017 The Pom Shop. All rights reserved.

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