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Verlag: CelloLid.com
Verlagsnummer: CL123
EAN: 9790708113232
ISMN: M-708113-23-2
Beschreibung
Mats Lidström writes: I remember, in my early teens, hearing on the news
that Stravinsky had died. I remember when they announced the death of
Picasso. The range of the news presented on TV must have been different in
those days, because I also remember hearing that Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924),
towards the end of his life, had begun writing a cello sonata! Eventually, I
expected to learn more about it. Maybe some sketches would appear in a
musical journal. A recording perhaps. I am still waiting - so, was it all
just a dream? A cello sonata by Giacomo Puccini strikes me as thoroughly
logical. It is the perfect instrument for him. As the principal cellist of
the Royal Opera House in Stockholm, I become intimate with his music. Sitting
in the orchestra pit on my red velvet chair, the surrounding darkness
challenged only by the small beacons on the music stands, a lack of
excitement and heat could, at times, become acute. But with the operas by
Puccini, never. His music is tangible as soil, nothing is superfluous or
expendable. It takes hold of you from the very first phrase. I remember how
only time and space would release me from the powerful grip of that last
chord of Madame Butterly. While we wait for the cello sonata, my wish is to
make the music of Giacomo Puccini available to cellists for the recital
halls. I have deliberately chosen to focus on some of his instrumental
pieces. 1.
