Britten: Cello Symphony & Cello Sonata

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Bailey brings the requisite heft and grit to the first and third movements, and his Scherzo goes at an impressive lick...An impressive issue, though the competition is stiff. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 10th Feb 2014
Catalogue No: TEL3441202
Label: Telarc
Length: 55 minutes

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Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68

Work length35:08

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Zuill Bailey
North Carolina Symphony
Grant Llewellyn
Recorded: 2014

I. Allegro maestoso

Track length12:47

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II. Presto inquieto

Track length3:49

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III. Adagio

Track length10:36

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IV. Passacaglia: Andante allegro

Track length7:56

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Britten: Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65

Work length20:28

$5.50

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Natasha Paremski (piano), Zuill Bailey
Recorded: 2014

I. Dialogo

Track length7:37

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II. Scherzo – Pizzicato

Track length2:25

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III. Elegia

Track length5:52

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IV. Marcia

Track length2:06

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V. Moto Perpetuo

Track length2:28

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As part of the Britten 100 celebrations this recording features the outstanding cellist Zuill Bailey performing two of the composer’s major works, the Cello Symphony and the Cello Sonata. The North Carolina Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Grant Llewellyn, while Bailey’s partner in the Sonata is the rising Russian-born virtuoso Natasha Paremski.

With this release, American cellist Zuill Bailey adds a pair of major works for cello by Benjamin Britten to an impressive discography that includes critically-acclaimed recordings of J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites, the complete works for cello and piano by Beethoven (with Simone Dinnerstein), music for cello and piano by Brahms, the CD Russian Masterpieces for Cello and Orchestra, Dvorak’s Cello Concerto and in early 2013, a stunning recording of the Elgar concerto.

The Gramophone recently referred to Zuill Bailey as an “articulate, selfless and communicative musician”. He has built his reputation on deeply soulful performances of the great cello repertoire that eschew affectation and melodrama. Both pieces included on this disc were written in the early 1960s for Mstislav Rostropovich, one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century and one of Britten’s most important musical collaborators.

While Zuill Bailey, who started playing cello the year that Britten died, never had the luxury of working with Britten, the two are nonetheless kindred spirits of sorts, reaching across the millennial line to express the full range and depth of both human sentiment and musical colour. The result is one of the most vital recordings to come out of the Britten centenary.

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April 2014

Bailey brings the requisite heft and grit to the first and third movements, and his Scherzo goes at an impressive lick...An impressive issue, though the competition is stiff.

New York Times 29th January 2014

An exciting new recording — a live performance in vivid sound — couples the brilliant, searching American cellist Zuill Bailey with the fine conductor Grant Llewellyn and the North Carolina Symphony.

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