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The Secrets of Dvorak's Cello Concerto
Angelika Kirchschlager, New York Philharmonic, David Robertson
The Secrets of Dvorak's Cello Concerto
Genres: Pop, Classical
 
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All Artists: Angelika Kirchschlager, New York Philharmonic, David Robertson, Helmut Deutsch
Title: The Secrets of Dvorak's Cello Concerto
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony Classical
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 11/15/2005
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Instruments, Strings, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 828767371627

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Splendid Dvorak Cello Concerto Plus More From Vogler, Kirsch
John Kwok | New York, NY USA | 01/02/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This splendid Sony recording of the Dvorak Cello Concerto was highly praised when it was released back in 2005, so I am surprised to be the first customer to write a review of it at Amazon.com. Young German cellist Jan Vogler offers an impassioned, brilliant performance of the concerto, accompanied by guest conductor David Robertson - now music director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra - and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, in a recording which compares favorably to the best of Rostropovich's. This is a brilliant, emotionally sizzling performance from both the soloist and orchestra which was recorded well by Sony's engineers at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall; I was captivated instantly by both the splendid sound and elegant playing as soon as I heard the opening notes of the concerto's first movement. And I might add too that I have rarely heard the New York Philharmonic sound better lately - either live or recorded - under Robertson's direction.



Seeking to trace the artistic origins of Dvorak's cello concerto, Vogler and Sony have opted for a most novel approach, combining some of Dvorak's shorter chamber music pieces and songs with those composed by American popular composer Stephen C. Foster - whom Dvorak acknowledged as an important source of inspiration for his works composed while residing here in the United States back in the early 1890s. Accompanying Vogler is Austrian lieder accompanist Helmut Deutsch, whose own brilliant playing on the piano compliments both Vogler's playing and mezzosoprano Angelika Kirschlager's singing (Distinguished Austrian mezzosporano Schlager's elegant phrasing can be heard on her delightful renditions of Foster's "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair" and "Wilt Thou Be Gone, Love?" and the vocal sections of Dvorak's "Zigeunerlieder".)."