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Weinberg, Dutilleux: Cello Concertos
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Weinberg, Dutilleux: Cello Concertos
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Weinberg, Dutilleux: Cello Concertos
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The two works for cello and orchestra here, the
, of
and
by
, are hardly common on concert programs; perhaps the
, taking the
-
language into serialist territory, is a bit better known. They are quite different, but they have a major trait in common: both were composed for the great Russian cellist
. Knowing this makes the two works snap into focus, so to speak; each has the kind of noble melody line that
brought to mind, and cellist
achieves a reasonable facsimile of the style. The
concerto might be termed a real find, departing considerably from the composer's general
inspiration. It is something of a sinfonia concertante, with the solo cello emerging in unexpected ways from other solo lines (sample the second and fourth movements). The
work has a melancholy that the serialist method cannot squash, and
gets lively support from the underrated
under conductor
. This is a release that will fill spaces on many shelves or hard drives, and it continues to mark the ascent of
into the general repertory. ~ James Manheim