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Benjamin Britten - Benjamin Britten: Suites

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Number of Discs
1

Release Date
01/02/2019

Artist
Benjamin Britten

format
CD / Album

Label / Studio
Melodiya

Description

Melodiya presents a disc of Benjamin Britten's music for solo cello performed by Alexander Ramm. The most eminent English composer of the twentieth century who, after a two-hundred-year hiatus, again raised the musical tradition of Britain to the heights of the musical Olympus. The composer's connections with Russian music and musicians were significant, but Rostropovich was the one with whom Britten had the closest friendly and creative contact. Under the influence of the performer's art Britten returned to instrumental music, writing a 'Cello Symphony' and a 'Cello Sonata' for Rostropovich. The cycle of 'Suites for Solo Cello', which Dmitri Shostakovich ranked among the best chamber pieces, followed. For a decade, Britten worked on a cycle of three 'Cello Suites', in which he combined the compliance with Baroque examples (in particular, Bach's 'Cello Suites'), echoes of European 'neoclassicism' of the twentieth century and unlimited admiration for the art of Mstislav Rostropovich. Like Shostakovich's famous 'Eighth Quartet', Britten's 'Suites' (nos 2 and 3) contain self-citations from his other works, which help expose their figurative and symbolic programme; the last 'Suite' contains citations from Russian folklore and orthodox songs as a sign of a profound creative connection. The art of the greatest representative of the Russian cello school inspired many composers and brought to life one of the brightest creative pages of the genius British composer.

1) Canto Primo ()
2) I. Fuga ()
3) II. Lamento ()
4) Canto Secondo ()
5) III. Serenata ()
6) IV. Marcia ()
7) Canto Terzo ()
8) V. Bordone ()
9) VI. Moto Perpetuo E Canto Quarto ()
10) I. Declamato ()
11) II. Fuga ()
12) III. Scherzo ()
13) IV. Andante Lento ()
14) V. Ciaccona ()
15) I. Introduzione ()
16) II. Marcia ()
17) III. Canto ()
18) IV. Barcarola ()
19) V. Dialogo ()
20) VI. Fuga ()
21) VII. Recitativo ()
22) VIII. Moto Perpetuo ()
23) IX. Passacaglia ()

Album
Benjamin Britten: Suites

Publisher
Naxos Music UK

Main Format
CD

Explicit Lyrics
No

Keyword Index
Benjamin Britten: Suites | Benjamin Britten

Catalogue Number
MELCD1002568

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