As lovely and melancholy a cello disc as one could ask for, this 2008 Nimbus disc of music by Rodion Shchedrin is sure to please listeners who love Shostakovich and are looking for something in the same vein yet distinctive. Shchedrin's music is similar to the extent that both he and Shostakovich favor sharp-cornered melodies, hard-edged sonorities, and an at-the-edge approach to tonality. It's different in that Shchedrin's music is less gnarly and knotty and more directly emotional and approachable. But most importantly, ...
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As lovely and melancholy a cello disc as one could ask for, this 2008 Nimbus disc of music by Rodion Shchedrin is sure to please listeners who love Shostakovich and are looking for something in the same vein yet distinctive. Shchedrin's music is similar to the extent that both he and Shostakovich favor sharp-cornered melodies, hard-edged sonorities, and an at-the-edge approach to tonality. It's different in that Shchedrin's music is less gnarly and knotty and more directly emotional and approachable. But most importantly, Shchedrin's music is emphatically Shchedrin's own. All four works here sound like his work and no other. This is in large part due to the music itself, but also to the presence of the composer at the piano. With his calm confidence and absolute conviction, Shchedrin the pianist is Shchedrin the composer's second best friend.The composer's best friend is cellist Raphael Wallfisch. The English cellist has turned in an amazing number of first-class recordings in the decade prior to this...
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