Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto, Piano Trio no 1 [1CD, DVD]

Klasyczna Muzyka Kameralna
premiera polska: 2016-04-11
kontynent: Europa
opakowanie: digipackowe etui
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Urodzony w Kanadzie, później związany głównie z Francją Jean-Guihen Queyras to niezwykle wszechstronny wirtuoz wiolonczeli barokowej i współczesnej, mający w dorobku imponującą liczbę wysoko cenionych rejestracji fonograficznych, w tym m.in. kompletów dzieł Beethovena, Bacha, Vivaldiego i Brittena z udziałem solowej wiolonczeli. Ceniony zarówno jako solista jak i kameralista. Występował z towarzyszeniem takich orkiestr jak Orchestre de Paris, NHK Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse-Romande, Netherlands Philharmonique, pod batutą Fransa Brüggena, Günthera Herbiga, Ivana Fishera, Philippe’a Herreweghe, Jiří Bělohlávka, Oliviera Knussena i Sir Rogera Norringtona.

Najnowsza płyta, tak jak dotychczasowe wydana w barwach cenionego wydawnictwa Harmonia Mundi przynosi dzieła jednego z ulubionych przez Queyrasa romantyka - Roberta Schumanna. Koncert wiolonczelowy Roberta Schumanna z towarzyszeniem Freiburger Barockorchester pod dyrekcją Pablo Heras-Casado i trio fortepianowe nr 1 w wykonaniu Queyrasa, Isabelle Faust i Aleksandra Melinikova.

Ciekawe zestawienie koncertu wiolonczelowego, przesyconego epickim rozmachem i kameralnego dzieła, napisanego na ogromnie popularną w epoce klasycyzmu i romantyzmu triową obsadę skrzypiec, wiolonczeli i fortepianu - trio fortepianowe nr 1, wybrzmiewa niebanalnie i zaskakująco harmonijnie.

Trzecia płyta z schumannowskim dorobkiem po "Violin Concerto Wo01, Piano Trio No. 3 Op. 110" HMC902196 i "Piano Concerto Op.54, Piano Trio No. 2 Op. 80" HMC902198, zdecydowanie potwierdza mistrzowską formę Queyrasa, Isabelle Faust i Aleksandra Melinikova.
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Editor's Info:
This final instalment in our trilogy devoted to the complete concertos and trios of Schumann spotlights the cello of Jean-Guihen Queyras. The Cello Concerto, though energetically championed by Clara Schumann, suffered from delays in publication and was not premiered until after the composer’s death. Interpreted in the same poetic spirit as its two predecessors, this third volume concludes an adventure that has changed for ever the way we listen to Schumann.

"The idea for this CD project arose during a tour on which we performed Robert Schumann’s Trio Op.80. As passionate admirers of the composer, we conceived the desire to place his works for piano, violin and cello in a broader context and to illuminate them mutually in order to allow listeners to gain a deeper understanding of his music. We soon agreed to play the pieces for this recording on a historical piano and stringed instruments with gut strings, using orchestral forces to match. Thanks to this, we expected our playing to be better balanced, better articulated, and more open-minded. Pablo Heras-Casado and the Freiburger Barockorchester sprang spontaneously to mind as the ideal partners for a project of this kind. And indeed they took up our idea enthusiastically and were keen and irreplaceable fellow-conspirators in the world of Schumann. Our shared journey into the magical world of this incomparable composer will remain with us as an exceptionally intense, happy and fulfilling experience." Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov, Jean-Guihen Queyras.

The Guardian
Recording schemes that might seem inspired in theory sometimes come unstuck in practice. The idea of Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov recording Schumann’s three piano trios and pairing them with his concertos for violin, cello and piano, all performed on instruments of the mid-19th century, certainly promised well, but the results have been distinctly uneven.

This final disc, though, is easily the most convincing of the set. Queyras gives an intimately conversational account of the Cello Concerto, never turning it into a virtuoso vehicle for its own sake, and persuades the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under Pablo Heras-Casado to give him equally gentle, refined support. In the D minor Trio, both his and Faust’s supplely expressive phrasing goes a long way towards mitigating Melnikov’s tendency to over-assertiveness, too, though the pianist’s playing is by no means one-dimensional and he conjures some delicate, silvery sonorities from the 1847 Streicher instrument that he has used throughout the series.
by Andrew Clements

muzycy:
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Freiburger Barockorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado: conductor

Isabelle Faust (violin)
Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano)

utwory:
Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado

Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63
Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano)
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)

wydano: 2016
more info: www.harmoniamundi.com