The present album features four works which have come to the forefront of repertoire for solo cello from the modern era. Arnold Bax's 'Rhapsodic Ballad' is his only solo piece for this instrument. It is dramatic, inventive and full of atmosphere. Likely the most often performed of his earlier works, Ligeti's 'Sonata for Solo Cello' has for over a decade been used as a test piece for the Rostropovich Competition in Paris. Dallapiccola's composition was written for the Spanish cellist Gaspar CassadÃ³. It is a substantial, powerful work, and an early serial composition of the composer, full of colourful effects and humour. Rohan de Saram gave the UK premiere of Arnold Bax's 'Rhapsodic Ballad' in 1967 and the first public performance of GyÃ¶rgy Ligeti's 'Sonata for Solo Cello' in 1979. From the age of twelve, Gaspar CassadÃ³ was de Saram's main cello teacher. de Saram met Luigi Dallapiccola several times when he came to CassadÃ³'s home in Florence specifically to work on 'Ciaccona, Intermezzo and Adagio'

Tracklist:

Rhapsodic Ballad
Sonata For Solo Cello: I. Dialogo
Sonata For Solo Cello: II. Capriccio
Ciaccona, Intermezzo E Adagio: I. Con Larghezza
Ciaccona, Intermezzo E Adagio: II. Intermezzo. Allegro, Con Espressione Drastica
Ciaccona, Intermezzo E Adagio: III. Adagio
Suite For Cello Solo In D Minor: I. Prelude - Fantasia
Suite For Cello Solo In D Minor: II. Sardana - Danza
Suite For Cello Solo In D Minor: III. Intermezzo E Danza Finale

UPC: 5060216341149
Label: First Hand
Release Date: 5.31.19
Format: CD

Bax / Rohan De Saram - Works for Solo Cello (CD)