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Out Of Italy
Phoebe Carrai, Beilang Zhu (cello), Charles Weaver (lute), Avi Stein (harpsichord)
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Chamber Choice
In this recording, the virtuoso Phoebe Carrai joins Beiliang Zhu to probe the art of London’s forgotten cello masters. The programme and its execution are equally superb, as Carrai and Zhu roll...
Out Of Italy
Phoebe Carrai, Beilang Zhu (cello), Charles Weaver (lute), Avi Stein (harpsichord)
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Chamber Choice
In this recording, the virtuoso Phoebe Carrai joins Beiliang Zhu to probe the art of London’s forgotten cello masters. The programme and its execution are equally superb, as Carrai and Zhu roll...
About
Out of Italy, headlined by eminent baroque cellist Phoebe Carrai and her protege Beliang Zhu, explores duos and sonatas by 18th century Italian composers who ventured northward throughout Europe to seek better fortune.
The 18th century experienced a mass migration of musicians from Italy - hitherto regarded as “the home of music” - seeking better fortunes in nations to the north. Giacobbe Basevi Cervetto, Giambatista Cirri and Francesco Geminiani went to London, Luigi Boccherini to Madrid. Antonio Vivaldi aimed for Dresden though never arrived, having died en route in Vienna. These Italian instrumentalists / composers and others are the focus of Out of Italy, a survey of sonatas and duos for two cellos and continuo by eminent baroque cellist Phoebe Carrai and Beiliang Zhu, many of them quite rare.
“full-bodied ... distinguished performances that offer a genuine point of view” - Classics Today (on Phoebe Carrai’s Bach Cello Suites, AV0021) ”elegant and sensual, stylishly wild” - The New Yorker (on Beiliang Zhu)
Contents and tracklist
- Beiliang Zhu, Charles Weaver, Charlie Weaver, Phoebe Carrai, Avi Stein
- Phoebe Carrai, Beiliang Zhu
- Phoebe Carrai, Charles Weaver, Beiliang Zhu, Beiligan Zhu, Avi Stein
- Beiliang Zhu, Charles Weaver, Phoebe Carrai, Avi Stein
- Beiliang Zhu, Phoebe Carrai
- Phoebe Carrai
- Beiliang Zhu, Phoebe Carrai
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineAugust 2019Chamber Choice
August 2019
In this recording, the virtuoso Phoebe Carrai joins Beiliang Zhu to probe the art of London’s forgotten cello masters. The programme and its execution are equally superb, as Carrai and Zhu roll out one world-premiere recording after another…Infusing this project are two ingredients rare in glitzy big-name recordings: the soloists’ long friendship (Zhu studied with Carrai) and their trust in non-canonical music.
July 2019
A mutual affection, warmth and sense of intimacy shines through in these sometimes virtuoso but mostly fun pieces. (The Boccherini is quite marvellous: picturesque, colourful and full of surprises.)
