Britten / Bach / Ligeti

Miklos Perenyi

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Cat No: 4764166

Release Date: 16 January 2012

Label: ECM New Series

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 028947641667

Genres: Classical Chamber Music

Description
The Hungarian MiklÃ³s PerÃ©nyi is recognised as one of the great cellists of his generation, with a distinctive, subtly nuanced sound matched by extraordinary musicality. Here he gives his first solo recital for ECM, performing notable works by Bach, Britten and Ligeti. It follows his brilliant performance, alongside AndrÃ¡s Schiff, in the award-winning recordings for the label of the Complete Music for Piano and Violoncello by Beethoven.

PerÃ©nyi plays Benjamin Britten's Third Suite for solo cello, op. 97 and Johann Sebastian Bach's Suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012, making plain their historical interconnection. Britten wrote his cello suites for Mstislav Rostropovich, inspired by hearing him playing the Bach suites. Rostropovich hailed all of Britten's cello suites as masterpieces but singled out the Third (written in 1971) for special praise: "sheer genius", in his words. Into the fabric of the thematic material Britten wove fragments of melodies from Russian folk songs, only allowing them to emerge fully in the final movement. On this disc, Bach's last cello suite follows Britten's, and PerÃ©nyi's Bach dances with elegance and energy.

The album concludes with a return to Hungary, and Gyorgy Ligeti's Sonata for solo cello of 1948-1953. Ligeti released the piece for publication only in 1979, so it figures in the chronology (as Paul Griffiths point out in the notes) both before and after the Britten. Meanwhile a significant piece in the contemporary repertoire, it's a powerful, heartfelt work from a composer who had himself studied the cello.

Personnel: MiklÃ³s PerÃ©nyi (cello)
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