Blackbirds Nicolas Altstaedt, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Maxim Emelyanychev

• Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 - 1969): Cello Concerto No. 2:
• 1 Bacewicz: Cello Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro fantastico 06:00
• 2 Bacewicz: Cello Concerto No. 2: II. Adagio 04:47
• 3 Bacewicz: Cello Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro 06:07
• Morton Feldman (1926 - 1987): Durations II for Cello and Piano:
• 4 Feldman: Durations II for Cello and Piano 04:28
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Cello Sonata, Op. 65:
• 5 Britten: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: I. Dialogo 07:08
• 6 Britten: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: II. Scherzo 02:18
• 7 Britten: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: III. Elegia 05:40
• 8 Britten: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: IV. Marcia 02:04
• 9 Britten: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: V. Moto Perpetuo 02:37
• Sándor Veress (1907 - 1992): Sonata for Solo Violoncello:
• 10 Veress: Sonata for Solo Violoncello: I. Dialogo. Allegro Moderato 06:44
• 11 Veress: Sonata for Solo Violoncello: II. Monologo. Larghetto 04:28
• 12 Veress: Sonata for Solo Violoncello: III. Epilogo. Allegro 02:34
• Paul McCartney (b. 1942): Blackbird:
• 13 McCartney: Blackbird 03:39
• Total Runtime 58:34

Info for Blackbirds

Nicolas Altstaedt's starting point for this recording was the magnificent Second Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969): "On reading through the work for the first time, I immediately thought: why is this never played? Astonishing, how with just a few notes she can make a whole world appear." Pianist and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev conducts the Swedish Radio Orchestra and accompanies his friend in a work composed two years earlier: Benjamin Britten's Sonata for Cello and Piano, as well as a work by Morton Feldman from 1960, Durations II... Next comes a sonata by Sándor Veress, one of Altstaedt's favourite composers, this time for solo cello: composed in 1967, this landmark work in the solo cello repertoire completes this overview of music from the 1960s, which concludes with a live recording of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's famous Blackbird, recorded with Thomas Dunford on lute and vocals, in a church in Portugal as the bells strike midnight.

Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
Thomas Dunford, lute & vocals
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor & piano

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