Penderecki - Concerto Per Violoncello Ed Orchestra No. 2, Sonata Per Violoncello Ed Orchestra / Maja Bogdanović - cello, Danjulo Ishizaka - cello / Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra / DUX ‎Audio CD 2019 / DUX 1572

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Krzysztof Pendereckis Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2 (1982) was commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic and dedicated to that orchestra and Mstislav Rostropovich. It belongs to the compose-rs most original and developed concertos, one in which Pendereckis quasi-romantic ideas are blended with highly dissonant, sonoristic episodes that significantly enrich the works highly complex architecture. Even though the composition falls into eight distinct segments, Penderecki manages to achieve what seems to be impossible given the intricacies of the score to create the impression of narrative cohesion. The works formal design is based on repetitions and dissonances. A strongly chromaticised motif, which reappears in brief episodes during the piece in various configurations, is the starting point for the formal development. As the work unfolds, it is almost impossible to pinpoint precisely the factor which determines its narrative development, in view of the numerous aesthetic collages and the incessant changes in expression and harmony. Moreover, Penderecki unexpectedly embarks on ingenious experiments aimed at the maximum use of the orchestras potential. Pendereckis Sonata for cello and orchestra is an example of the composers strictly avant garde and sonoristic thinking of the mid-1960s. Written in 1964, the work had its world premiere in the same year at the Donaueschinger Musiktage, with Siegfried Palm, a cellist who specialized in contemporary music, as the soloist. The work consists of two parts which have much common in terms of expression but are texturally diverse. The overall mood is one of anxiety and inevitability. The smoothly-flowing, quiet narration of the first movement is based on long motifs in the strings. In the second movement, the mosaic of ideas undergoes a far-reaching change, with the percussion group joining the soloist in the foreground as a counterpoint to the cello.

Tracklist:

Krzysztof Penderecki - Concertos Vol. 9

Concerto per violoncello ed orchestra no. 2 (1982)

1.  Andante con moto   5:48

2.  Vivo   10:31

3.  Allegro assai   2:04

4.  Presto    1:10

5.  Lento   8:45

6.  Allegro assai   1:23

7.  Variazioni I-VII    3:04

8.  Finale (Vivo)   5:12

Sonata per violoncello ed orchestra (1964)

9.  I   5:40

10. II   4:37

• Cello -Maja Bogdanović, Danjulo Ishizaka

• Orchestra - Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra

• Conducted - Krzysztof Penderecki, Maciej Tworek