Cello Concerto in D Minor | Cello Concerto No. 1 by Maja Bogdanović | RTS Symphony Orchestra

Maja Bogdanović | RTS Symphony Orchestra | Bojan Sudjić

Cello Concerto in D Minor | Cello Concerto No. 1

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917294927
Catnr: CC 72949
Release date: 21 April 2023
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Label
Challenge Classics

UPC
0608917294927

Catalogue number
CC 72949

Release date
21 April 2023

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About the album

Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns marked his time in a special way as one of the greats of the Romantic era in France.
In 1872, Saint-Saëns composed his first concerto for cello and orchestra, which belongs to the creative period in which the composer devoted himself to researching the limits of expression of the instrument.Known for the traditional form of his compositions, Saint-Saëns composed the concerto in three movements; however, he made it possible for the conductor to plan the performance so that they progress seamlessly as a unique whole, conceived through three separate sections.He achieved this by interweaving similar thematic materials within the sections, mostly at the level of orchestral transformation.

Saint-Saëns’ Allegro appassionato, composed for the cello and orchestra, is certainly one of the most beautiful compositions in the Romantic literature for the cello. This piece was written in 1876. It is assumed that it was composed with the idea of being performed as an “encore”.

The composer Edouard Lalo (1823-1892), a contemporary of Saint-Saëns, is another interesting figure of the French Romantic period. The Cello Concerto in D minor is today much loved by cellists around the world. Lalo composed it in 1877, in collaboration with the Belgian cellist Adolf Fischer, to whom he dedicated the work and who premiered it in the same year with great success. Although there is no explicit use of Spanish folk melody in it, the rhythmic and melodic characteristics of the musical material suggest the temperamental spirit of that country.

Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns hat seine Zeit als einer der Großen der französischen Romantik in besonderer Weise geprägt.
Im Jahr 1872 komponierte Saint-Saëns sein erstes Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester, das in die Schaffensperiode fällt, in der sich der Komponist der Erforschung der Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten des Instruments widmete. Saint-Saëns, der für die traditionelle Form seiner Kompositionen bekannt ist, komponierte das Konzert in drei Sätzen, ermöglichte es dem Dirigenten jedoch, die Aufführung so zu planen, dass sie nahtlos als ein einziges, durch drei getrennte Abschnitte konzipiertes Ganzes fortschreiten, was er durch die Verflechtung ähnlicher thematischer Materialien innerhalb der Abschnitte, meist auf der Ebene der orchestralen Transformation, erreichte.

Saint-Saëns' Allegro appassionato, komponiert für Cello und Orchester, ist sicherlich eine der schönsten Kompositionen der romantischen Celloliteratur. Dieses Stück wurde 1876 geschrieben. Es wird angenommen, dass es mit der Absicht komponiert wurde, als "Zugabe" aufgeführt zu werden.

Der Komponist Edouard Lalo (1823-1892), ein Zeitgenosse von Saint-Saëns, ist eine weitere interessante Figur der französischen Romantik. Das Cellokonzert in d-Moll ist heute bei Cellisten in aller Welt sehr beliebt. Lalo komponierte es 1877 in Zusammenarbeit mit dem belgischen Cellisten Adolf Fischer, dem er das Werk widmete und der es noch im selben Jahr mit großem Erfolg uraufführte. Obwohl es keine ausdrückliche Verwendung spanischer Volksmelodien enthält, lassen die rhythmischen und melodischen Merkmale des musikalischen Materials auf den temperamentvollen Geist dieses Landes schließen.

Artist(s)

Maja Bogdanovic

“Cellist Maja Bogdanović is the real thing; a true, soulful artist with a brazenly expressive sound who has a lot to show off, but who is never pretentious.” - New York Concert Review Following her stunning recital debut at Carnegie’s Weill Hall, the Strad hailed Maja Bogdanović for “an outstanding performance of exceptional tonal beauty and great maturity of interpretation.” Since then, she has taken her place among today’s foremost cellists.
Concert engagements have included the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Tokyo Philharmonic, Minas Gerais Symphony, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, RTS Serbian Symphony orchestra, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Symphony, Brasov Philharmonic, Timisoara Philharmonic, Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra, Morelia Philharmonic Orchestra, Salta Sinfonica, Cape Town Philharmonic, Johannesburg Philharmonic and KwaZulu Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban. In the USA, Ms. Bogdanović made her debut at the 2017 Grand Teton Music Festival under the baton of Cristian Macelaru. She has also performed with the Fort Worth Symphony, Spokane Symphony, Lubbock Symphony and Bakersfield Symphony.
An avid chamber musician, Maja Bogdanović is a frequent guest at leading chamber music festivals and the world’s leading venues, such as Kuhmo Festival in Finland, Amsterdamse Cello Biënnale, Festival de Radio France et Montpellier, Folle Journée/Nantes, Storioni Festival, the Stift International Chamber Music Festival in The Netherlands, and the Seoul International Chamber Music Festival, performing with artists such as Martha Argerich, Yuri Bashmet, Julian Rachlin, Nino Gvetadze, Daniel Rowland, Nemanja Radulović, Frederieke Saeijs, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Marianna Shirinyan and Anna Fedorova. Maja has produced several internationally-released CDs for the Lyrinx and Nimbus labels and her recital disc ‘Eastern wind’ (Orchid Classics) with pianist Maria Belooussova, dedicated to Glière and Rachmaninoff, received rave reviews. Maja’s latest CD release (Challenge Records) with violinist Daniel Rowland, ‘Pas de deux’, includes world premiere recordings of works by Penderecki, Vasks, Sollima and Nisinman, and was described as ‘a magical meeting of cello and violin’ by leading Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad.
Within her wide repertoire, Maja Bogdanović devotes a special place to contemporary music. She has premiered works of Nicolas Bacri, Sofia Gubaidulina, Krzysztof Penderecki, Philip Sawyers, Eric Tanguy, Benjamin Yusupov, Natasha Bogojević, Isidora Žebeljan and others.
Her collaboration with Krzysztof Penderecki began with the Belgrade Philharmonic in 2008, and with the Slovenian Philharmonic in Ljubljana, where she performed his Cello Concerto No. 2 under the baton of the composer. This led to several further collaborations, such as with the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, the Orchestra National des Pays de la Loire and the Krakow Philharmonic.

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RTS Symphony Orchestra

Bojan Sudjić (conductor)

Composer(s)

Camille Saint-Saëns

Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist. He was a musical prodigy, writing his first pieces of music at the age of four and making his concert debut at the age of ten. During this concert he astonished the audience by playing one of the 32 piano sonatas of Beethoven at its request. After his studying at the Conservatory of Paris he followed a career as a church organist at Saint-Merri and later La Madeleine in Paris. He was also a successful freelance composer and pianist in France and abroad.
Saint-Saëns initially helped to introduce German composers such as Robert Schumann and Richard Wagner in France. However, from 1870 onwards anti-German sentiments began to arise in France as a result of the Franco-Prussian War, which enhanced support for the idea of a pro-French musical society. In 1871 Saint-Saëns consequently founded the Société Nationale de Musique together with Romain Bussine, that was devoted to the promotion of French music and organised concerts on which young composers could perform their works.
Saint-Saëns was a keen traveler, and made 179 trips to 27 different countries during his life. He favoured Algeria and Egypt, were he gained inspiration for compositions such as the Suite Algérienne and the Fifth Piano Concerto, also known as The Egyptian.
Saint-Saëns' best-known works include the First Cello Concerto, Third Symphony, the opera Samson et Dalila, Danse Macabre and Le carnaval des animaux, a humorous suite in which various animals are musically portrayed. However, he never wanted the last work to be performed, since it was contrary to his image as a serious composer.

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