Artist: Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk
Album: Salonen: Cello Concerto & Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2022
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 57:20
Total Tracks: 7
Total Size: 978 MB

Tracklist:

01. Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Dima Slobodeniouk – Salonen: Cello Concerto: I. (13:10)
02. Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Dima Slobodeniouk – Salonen: Cello Concerto: II. (09:24)
03. Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Dima Slobodeniouk – Salonen: Cello Concerto: III. (13:30)
04. Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Dima Slobodeniouk – Ravel: Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Cello, M. 73: I. Allegro (05:31)
05. Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Dima Slobodeniouk – Ravel: Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Cello, M. 73: II. Très vif (03:19)
06. Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Dima Slobodeniouk – Ravel: Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Cello, M. 73: III. Lent (06:29)
07. Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Dima Slobodeniouk – Ravel: Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Cello, M. 73: IV. Vif, avec entrain (05:53)

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Nicolas Altstaedt presents here his version of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s monumental Cello Concerto, originally composed for Yo-Yo Ma, and given its Finnish premiere by Altstaedt under the composer’s direction. In partnership with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Dima Slobodeniouk, he reveals its full expressive dimension here: “The first movement opens with what, in my sketchbook, was called “Chaos to line”’, says Esa-Pekka Salonen. Chaos, a metaphorical comet, a rhythmic mantra with congas and bongos, a wild dance… Salonen goes on to say of the third movement: “I imagined the orchestra as some kind of gigantic lung, expanding and contracting first slowly, but accelerating to a point of mild hyperventilation which leads back to the dance-like material”.

The coupling is the famous Ravel’s Duo (to give it the original title used at its premiere), which Nicolas Altstaedt and Pekka Kuusisto have been performing and refining ever since 2010, and which it was high time to record.