Ginastera: Cello and Piano Music (Complete)
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ALBERTO GINASTERA
Ginastera: Cello and Piano Music (Complete)
Mark Kosower (cello) / Jee-Won Oh (piano)
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 1 July 2008
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One of the most important South American composers of the 20th century, Alberto Ginastera embraced both old and new in the creation of an original style rooted in Argentine folk and popular music while incorporating increasingly modernist techniques. The works on this recording span Ginastera's entire compositional output. The Cinco canciones populares argentinas are derived directly from folk-music but in Pampeana No. 2 the use of folk-music is more symbolic. Puneña No. 2 is a tour de force for solo cello that explores all registers of the instrument as well as a wide range of extended techniques. Ginastera himself wrote of the Sonata, Op. 49, one of his last works from his Neo-Expressionist period: "Strong rhythms, lyrical singing, and a mysterious atmosphere are, I think, the characteristics of this work consisting of four movements".
"The two works that appear on most programs of Alberto Ginastera's cello music are the first two listed: the songs are transcriptions by the cellist. Both the programs where the original pieces appear are part of larger collections including both chamber music and music for piano solo; and both employ the same cellist, Aurora Natola-Ginastera, the composer's wife. That's a hard act to follow, one would suspect. So how does Kosower do?
Actually, he does quite well. He is a stronger player than Natola-Ginastera and is recorded more clearly than in either the Pierian or the ASV collection. Further, both of those recordings emphasize the pianists involved and they do not include Punena 2, a work for solo cello that is part of the large collection of works written in honor of Paul Sacher and recorded by Rostropovich and others. So if you want a really thorough collection of Ginastera's rhythmically and emotionally exciting cello music, this new release is the only one to include all three original pieces." American Record Guide, November 2008
Tracks:
Pampeana No. 2, Op. 21
5 canciones populares argentinas, Op. 10 (arr. for cello and piano)
Punena No. 2, Op. 45, `Hommage a Paul Sacher`
Cello Sonata, Op. 49
