Find music by

Sign up for our newsletter




Dutilleux / Lutosławski

Composers
Genres
Performers
Orchestras / Ensembles
Instruments
Periods
Conductors
Label
Catalogue numberBIS-1777 SACD
Release date2009-11-25
Discs1
Orig. sample rate44100Hz
Total time70:04

All four works on this disc share Mstislav Rostropovich as a common denominator. As the dedicatee of Henri Dutilleux's Tout un monde lointain. and Witold Lutoslawski's Cello Concerto, in 1970 Rostropovich gave the first performances of both works, and six years later he was instrumental in commissioning a series of short seventieth-birthday tributes to the Swiss conductor and music patron Paul Sacher, to which both composers contributed. Quoting from the authoritative liner notes by the musicologist Arnold Whittal 'Lutoslawski and Dutilleux are near-contemporaries whose most characteristic music sounds very different. In Dutilleux's case, the hypnotic atmosphere, characteristic intensity and allusive expressiveness of his best compositions owe much to French literature, and it was his fascination with the poetry of Charles Baudelaire that led him to chose the title Tout un monde lointain from a poem which speaks of an utterly remote world of exotic places and sensations. While Dutilleux's music is concerned with echoing the abiding strangeness of the poet's ambiguous, erotic symbols and images, Lutoslawski's concerto offers musical drama of a very different kind: here the orchestra is much more adversarial, while the soloist might represent an independent-minded artist, determined to resist social conformity at all costs, and emerging from a titanic conflict at the end, bloody but unbowed.' These important scores, and the two solo pieces, are here performed by the Swiss cellist Christian Poltéra, who on three recent, highly acclaimed BIS releases has presented concertos and chamber works by Frank Martin, Arthur Honegger and Othmar Schoeck. A review in Gramophone likened Poltéra's 'inspirational intensity' in Martin's Concerto with that of the celebrated Du Pré/Barbirolli recording of the Elgar Concerto, while the reviewer of the Honegger disc in Fanfare described Poltéra as 'a resounding smash .his tone is lovely, technique lively, and he is able to sell this music like no others I have heard...'. Poltéra is here given expert support by the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jac van Steen.
 
  • STUDIO QUALITY
    File formats included in STUDIO QUALITY
    • FLAC 24-bit Stereo
    • FLAC 24-bit Surround 5.0
    • FLAC 16-bit Stereo
    • MP3 Stereo
  • CD QUALITY | MP3
    File formats included in CD QUALITY | MP3
    • FLAC 16-bit Stereo
    • MP3 Stereo
$ 14.35
 
Extra material for download
 
 
  Composer: Dutilleux, Henri
  Tout un monde lointain… for cello and orchestra 30:37
01 I. Énigme. Très libre et flexible 06:40 $ 1.40 USD
02 II. Regard. Extrêmement calme 07:45 $ 1.63 USD
03 III. Houles. Large et ample 04:36 $ 0.97 USD
04 IV. Miroirs. Lent et extatique 06:58 $ 1.46 USD
05 V. Hymne. Allegro 04:38 $ 0.97 USD
 
 
  Composer: Dutilleux, Henri
  Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher for cello solo 09:15
06 I. Un poco indeciso 03:38 $ 0.76 USD
07 II. Andante sostenuto 02:56 $ 0.62 USD
08 III. Vivace 02:41 $ 0.56 USD
 
 
  Composer: Lutoslawski, Witold
  Concerto for cello and orchestra 24:54
09 Introduction 05:28 $ 1.15 USD
10 Four Episodes 06:41 $ 1.40 USD
11 Cantilena 05:59 $ 1.26 USD
12 Finale 06:46 $ 1.42 USD
 
 
  Composer: Lutoslawski, Witold
13 Sacher Variation for cello solo 03:33 $ 0.75 USD
 
  Album total 70:04
ConductorSteen, Jac van
OrchestraORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
CelloPoltéra, Christian
ComposerDutilleux, Henri
Lutoslawski, Witold

Daily Deal
Top downloads
eClassical.com is a completely virtual record label and a secure online store open 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Customers and visitors can download classical music in high quality FLAC or MP3 and find out more about classical music.

Start page    24 Bit FAQ    Assistance    About eClassical    Classical News