Cellist Expressive, Diverse
Elaine Guregian, the classical music writer for the Akron Beacon Journal, has an article in today's paper about cellist Truls Mork's visit to Severance Hall this week to play with the Cleveland Orchestra. In it, she touches upon his new recording with Paavo and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France of the Schumann Concerto for Cello.
Excerpt:
"...An older work that's not so familiar can seem new, too, when brought to the fore by a performer of Mork's experience and charm. This week at Severance Hall, Mork will play Schumann's Concerto for Cello with the Cleveland Orchestra. A just-released CD of that concerto, paired with Ernest Bloch's Schelomo and Kol Nidrei, gives a tantalizing taste of what this week's concerts have in store for Northeast Ohio listeners.
"On this new recording on the Virgin label, Mork performs with conductor Paavo Jarvi and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. He plays a cello created in 1713 by Antonio Stradivari, nicknamed The Bass of Spain.Normally, Mork plays a Domenico Montagnana made in 1723 that the SR Bank in Norway bought for him.
"The Schumann Cello Concerto wasn't premiered until 1860, four years after Schumann died. Although cellists don't play it as often as concertos by, say, Haydn, Dvorak or Elgar, Schumann's strengths as a composer for piano and for voice can be heard in this melodious writing. This suave performance recommends the piece highly.
"On the Virgin recording, Mork's radiant tone and singing lines get inside the Romantic voice of the concerto. Especially in the light, chamberlike scoring of the slow second movement, the Cleveland Orchestra should feel right at home accompanying Mork at this week's concerts."...
Excerpt:
"...An older work that's not so familiar can seem new, too, when brought to the fore by a performer of Mork's experience and charm. This week at Severance Hall, Mork will play Schumann's Concerto for Cello with the Cleveland Orchestra. A just-released CD of that concerto, paired with Ernest Bloch's Schelomo and Kol Nidrei, gives a tantalizing taste of what this week's concerts have in store for Northeast Ohio listeners.
"On this new recording on the Virgin label, Mork performs with conductor Paavo Jarvi and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. He plays a cello created in 1713 by Antonio Stradivari, nicknamed The Bass of Spain.Normally, Mork plays a Domenico Montagnana made in 1723 that the SR Bank in Norway bought for him.
"The Schumann Cello Concerto wasn't premiered until 1860, four years after Schumann died. Although cellists don't play it as often as concertos by, say, Haydn, Dvorak or Elgar, Schumann's strengths as a composer for piano and for voice can be heard in this melodious writing. This suave performance recommends the piece highly.
"On the Virgin recording, Mork's radiant tone and singing lines get inside the Romantic voice of the concerto. Especially in the light, chamberlike scoring of the slow second movement, the Cleveland Orchestra should feel right at home accompanying Mork at this week's concerts."...
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