Utwory na płycie:

• Vieuxtemps: Cello Concerto #1 In A Minor, Op. 46 - 1. Allegro Moderato
• Vieuxtemps: Cello Concerto #1 In A Minor, Op. 46 - 2. Andante
• Vieuxtemps: Cello Concerto #1 In A Minor, Op. 46 - 3. Allegro
• Vieuxtemps: Cello Concerto #2 In B Minor, Op. 50 - 1. Allegro
• Vieuxtemps: Cello Concerto #2 In B Minor, Op. 50 - 2. Adagio
• Vieuxtemps: Cello Concerto #2 In B Minor, Op. 50 - 3. Allegro Con Moto
• Ysaye: Meditation In B Minor, Op. 16, 'Poème'
• Ysaye: Sérénade In A, Op. 22

HENRY VIEUXTEMPS:
Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 46 [24'58]
1 Allegro moderato [12'50] 2 Andante [5'05] 3 Allegro [7'04]
Cello Concerto No 2 in B minor Op 50 [21'54]
4 Allegro [10'19] 5 Adagio [5'34] 6 Allegretto con moto [6'02]

EUGENE YSAYE:
7 Méditation in B minor ‘Poeme’ Op 16 [11'16]
8 Sérénade in A major Op 22 [6'56]

Hyperion’s blossoming Romantic Cello Concerto series welcomes back German virtuoso Alban Gerhardt for this sixth volume. Henry Vieuxtemps and Eugene Ysaye are of course best known for their blistering pyrotechnics on the violin, but each of this eminent teacher-and-pupil pairing also wrote two works little known today, alas for cello and orchestra, and what a revelation they are. The two Vieuxtemps Concertos contain all the elements familiar from their famous violin counterparts long-arched melodies alongside moments of outrageous virtuoso demands. The Ysaye works are shorter and make ideal companions.

Gerhardt rises to the formidable challenges presented by these composers. Sympathetic orchestral support comes from the Royal Flemish Philharmonic (compatriots of the two composers) and Josep Caballé-Domenech, making his Hyperion conducting debut