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And: The Feast Is In Full Progress
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| The second cello concerto, entitled: "Y: la fiesta está en pleno apogeo - And: The feast is in full progress" (1993), is based on a poem by the Chuvash poet Gennadi Aigi. It was written in October 1968 as the poet's reaction to the brutal suppression of the Prague Spring in August of the same year - divine justice as a metaphor for Soviet power. "And: The fest is in full progress," the vision of a raging mass of people awaiting the Last Judgment, is transformed into music by Sofia Gubaidulina with gripping, immediate, expressive force, free of graphic patterns. A moment of glory not for the composer only but for David Geringas on cello, too. And as a delicious bonus on this CD: A complete recording of the Diez Preludios - Ten Preludes for Cello, originally written as a contribution to a cello tutor, in Vladimir Tonkha's inspired interpretation. Both cellists are the dedicatees of the works they perform. |
ARTISTS
David Geringas, cello; Vladimir Tonkha, cello
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Helsinki/Jukka-Pekka Saraste |
TRACKS
Y: la fiesta está en pleno apogeo - And: The feast is in full progress (1993)
Diez Preludios - Ten Preludes for cello (1974) |
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