Shostakovich / Hornung - Cello Concertos of 1966 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

It is the year 1966, in the Soviet Union. While Shostakovich is enjoying the success of the world première of his Second Cello Concerto, the Georgian composer Sulkhan Tsintsadze is putting the finishing touches on his own new work. In their respective concertos, these two composers draw their own psychogram a sombre landscape intermittently illuminated by rays of light, brightened up with a few prudent dabs of color here and there. German shooting star cellist Maximilian Hornung releases here his first album on the myrios classics tag. Born 1986 in Augsburg, Hornung studied with David Geringas, Thomas Grossenbacher and Eldar Issakadze, to whom he dedicated the album. It was Issakadze who introduced him to the fascinating music of Sulkhan Tsintsadze, one of the most celebrated composers of Georgia. The musical link of Tsintsadze's Second Cello Concerto to the late work of his Soviet colleague and contemporary, Dmitri Shostakovich is at the core of this gloomy, yet enchanting album. The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under the baton of the Latvian conductor Andris Poga provides perfect musical partnership. Album Tracks 1. Cello Concerto No. 2 Sulkhan 2. 1. Episode I Andante Sostenuto 00 07 11 3. 2. Episode II Andante Molto 00 06 04 4. 3. Episode III Cadenza 00 03 55 5. 4. Episode IV Finale Presto 00 03 03 6. 5. Episode V Coda Andante Molto 00 02 19 7. Cello Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 126 8. 6. I. Largo 00 15 28 9. 7. II. Scherzo Allegretto 00 04 31 10. 8. III. Finale Allegretto 00 17 31