Elgar / Gal - Cello Concertos
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Label: Avie
Cat No: AV2237
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 28th May 2012
Contents
Artists
Antonio Meneses (cello)Northern Sinfonia
Conductor
Claudio CruzWorks
Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85Cello Concerto, op.67
Artists
Antonio Meneses (cello)Northern Sinfonia
Conductor
Claudio CruzAbout
Bringing the Gál Concerto to light reveals the two works’ commonality. With beautiful, broad orchestral brushstrokes, neither is a dazzling virtuoso showpiece, rather both are lyrical, contemplative, elegiac. Both were written in the UK - Elgar’s in the Sussex countryside where he retired, Gál’s in Edinburgh where he settled after escaping Nazi persecution in the 1930s.
Elgar wrote his last major work in the aftermath of World War I, by which time his music had gone out of fashion - a circumstance difficult to fathom today. Gál’s Cello Concerto was completed in the years following World War II. Throughout his long career, Gál adhered steadfastly to his lyrical compositional style which was usurped by post-war modernism. Today his music is being rediscovered and appreciated anew. The Elgar regained popularity in the 1960s, the decade when the Gál was last performed. As Antonio says of the latter: “This concerto by Gál could be considered one of the greatest discoveries in a long time, at least in the cello repertoire. It's a really beautiful concerto!"
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