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| 1. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104: I. Allegro |
| 2. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104: II. Adagio, ma non troppo |
| 3. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104: III. Finale: Allegro moderato |
| 4. The Water Goblin, Op. 107 |
| 5. In Nature's Realm, Op. 91 |
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Zuill Bailey's recording of J.S. Bach's Suites for Solo Cello was released in 2010 and went straight to the top of the "Billboard" classical chart. Last year he brought out a critically acclaimed CD devoted to music for cello and piano by Brahms. This, his latest release, features one of the most enduring works in the romantic repertoire, Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto. The orchestra on the disc, which also includes two of the composer's Symphonic Poems "The Water Goblin" and "In Nature's Realm", is the Indianapolis Symphony and the conductor is Jun Markl. Zuill Bailey made his Telarc debut early in early 2009 with a CD called 'Russian Masterpieces for Cello', a disc which featured music by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich. Towards the end of last year he joined forces with pianist Simone Dinnerstein in a critically acclaimed recording of Beethoven's complete works for piano and cello. Since then his recording of J.S. Bach's cello suites has been a massive success particularly in the USA where it spent four weeks in a row at No. 1 on the Billboard classical chart, and even made the top 30 in the New Artists chart. Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191 was written in 1894–1895 for his friend, the cellist Hanus Wihan. Dvorak wrote the concerto while in New York during his third term as the Director of the National Conservatory. Personnel: Zuill Bailey (cello), Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Jun Märkl (conductor)
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By Tintagel
Format:Audio CD
I had really high hopes for this recording after reading a number of very positive reviews. I must say that I agree with most things that are said, and anyone could easily live with this performance, but it is just occasionally trumped elsewhere, and sufficiently for me to feel that it's not my personal favourite.
The soloist digs into his part with gusto and, generally speaking, delivers everything that I could wish for. Only at the very end of the last movement, just before and during passage where the orchestra climbs through it's glorious, glowing upward scale does the soloist really get trumped by Rostropovich and Karajan. Rostropovich sings out those high, sustained notes as he descends through the last moments of his part with such beauty and emotional intensity that even Bailey can't match it. And then Karajan's Berlin Philharmonic strings cry with such ecstasy that the (excellent) Indianapolis Orchestra is left standing.
Other than that Bailey is, I think, a match for the glorious Slava.
It's the orchestra that, for me, puts this just behind that Vintage DG classic. Karajan's Berlin Philharmonic Strings are simply incomparable on this showing. They can cut through anything with such density of sound that all criticism is defeated. The Indianaoplis strings play beautifully with great accuracy and the right sound, but it sometimes simply isn't powerful enough to be heard properly. Even at the very beginning the strings sound like they are going to get lost, and at the very close of the entire work they do. There are some wonderful figurations in the Violins that don't really get heard. Another great moment in the BPO's favour comes in the finale when the Solo Violin and the Cello sing a lovely, very Bohemian Duet.... Read more ›
The soloist digs into his part with gusto and, generally speaking, delivers everything that I could wish for. Only at the very end of the last movement, just before and during passage where the orchestra climbs through it's glorious, glowing upward scale does the soloist really get trumped by Rostropovich and Karajan. Rostropovich sings out those high, sustained notes as he descends through the last moments of his part with such beauty and emotional intensity that even Bailey can't match it. And then Karajan's Berlin Philharmonic strings cry with such ecstasy that the (excellent) Indianapolis Orchestra is left standing.
Other than that Bailey is, I think, a match for the glorious Slava.
It's the orchestra that, for me, puts this just behind that Vintage DG classic. Karajan's Berlin Philharmonic Strings are simply incomparable on this showing. They can cut through anything with such density of sound that all criticism is defeated. The Indianaoplis strings play beautifully with great accuracy and the right sound, but it sometimes simply isn't powerful enough to be heard properly. Even at the very beginning the strings sound like they are going to get lost, and at the very close of the entire work they do. There are some wonderful figurations in the Violins that don't really get heard. Another great moment in the BPO's favour comes in the finale when the Solo Violin and the Cello sing a lovely, very Bohemian Duet.... Read more ›
By Precession
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These performers show some gusto in their performance, the orchestra is a good and keen one, and the cellist has a broad and full tone, but it doesn't seem as if either conductor or soloist is really in tune with this particular work. The opening, before the cellist enters, is grand in gesture but without the human sympathy the work asks for, and the cellist himself is too self-conscious, emphasing phrases with too much aplomb. The classic performance with Pierre Fournier and George Szell conducting the Berlin Philharmonic may be getting on for fifty years old, but the sound is good and the naturalness and beauty of the whole performance place it in a different realm from this one. It remains the standard recommendation from the BBC Record Review and from what I've heard for me too. For a more recent performance, there is a very good one by Rafael Wallfisch and the London SO with Charles Mackerras.
The overture In Nature which is also on this CD can be a very beautiful work, but this is rather a routine performance. The classic Karel Sejna performance is old mono, but there are also excellent stereo readings available from Charles Gerhardt with a London group and Seiji Ozawa with the Vienna Orchestra.
The overture In Nature which is also on this CD can be a very beautiful work, but this is rather a routine performance. The classic Karel Sejna performance is old mono, but there are also excellent stereo readings available from Charles Gerhardt with a London group and Seiji Ozawa with the Vienna Orchestra.
By D. Hamilton
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
superb orchestral tuttis, but slightly aberrant solo playing (it is a live performance after all). Finale was a bit of a disappointment.
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