Cello Fiesta! features two young cellists at the beginning of what promises to be bright careers -- German Marie Elisabeth Hecker, who was 20 when she made the recording, and Georgian Giorgi Kharadze, who was 23. KREMERata BALTICA, the ensemble created by Gidon Kremer in 1997, celebrates its 10th anniversary with this release that includes solo concertos, orchestral music spotlighting the cello, and an arrangement of Chick Corea's La Fiesta for two cellos, percussion, and orchestra. Hecker plays the Haydn C major concerto ...
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Cello Fiesta! features two young cellists at the beginning of what promises to be bright careers -- German Marie Elisabeth Hecker, who was 20 when she made the recording, and Georgian Giorgi Kharadze, who was 23. KREMERata BALTICA, the ensemble created by Gidon Kremer in 1997, celebrates its 10th anniversary with this release that includes solo concertos, orchestral music spotlighting the cello, and an arrangement of Chick Corea's La Fiesta for two cellos, percussion, and orchestra. Hecker plays the Haydn C major concerto with polished tone, elegance, and complete assurance; she is clearly a talent to watch out for. Kharadze's tone in Tchaikovsky's Pezzo capriccio in B minor and Georgian composer Vaja Azarashvili's Concerto for cello and chamber orchestra is more colorful and romantically textured, which is appropriate for the material, as is the passion of his interpretation. The Azarashvili is a deeply felt and lovely piece that deserves broader exposure. Kharadze also plays in Ginastera's Glosses of...
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