Nicolas Altstaedt Salonen: Cello Concerto; Ravel: Sonata For Violin & Cello (2022)

Nicolas Altstaedt - Salonen: Cello Concerto; Ravel: Sonata for Violin & Cello (2022)

Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Dima Slobodeniouk, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra - Salonen: Cello Concerto; Ravel: Sonata for Violin & Cello (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 257 Mb | Total time: 57:22 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classique | # ALPHA627| Recorded: 2018, 2019

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 the Franco-German cellist 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’.
Nicolas Altstaedt - Salonen: Cello Concerto; Ravel: Sonata for Violin & Cello (2022)

Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Dima Slobodeniouk, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra - Salonen: Cello Concerto; Ravel: Sonata for Violin & Cello (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 257 Mb | Total time: 57:22 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classique | # ALPHA627| Recorded: 2018, 2019

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 the Franco-German cellist 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’.
Nicolas Altstaedt - Salonen: Cello Concerto & Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello (2022)

Nicolas Altstaedt - Salonen: Cello Concerto & Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello (2022)
FLAC tracks | 57:16 | 229 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Alpha Classics

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".
Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Dima Slobodeniouk - Salonen & Ravel (2022) [24/96]

Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Dima Slobodeniouk - Salonen: Cello Concerto & Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 57:20 minutes | 979 MB
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics, Official Digital Download

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 the Franco-German cellist under the composer’s direction.