Klaus-Dieter Brandt - Rietz & Gross: Cello Concertos & Fantasy (2014)

Tracklist
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01. Fantaisie, Op. 2: I. Lento a capriccio-Allegro vivace
02. Fantaisie, Op. 2: II. Adagio
03. Fantaisie, Op. 2: III. Allegro molto e agitato
04. Cello Concerto, Op. 38: I. Allegro con spirito
05. Cello Concerto, Op. 38: II. Romanze andantino
06. Cello Concerto, Op. 38: III. Allegro vivace-Rondo
07. Cello Concerto, Op. 16: I. Adagio-Allegro grazioso
08. Cello Concerto, Op. 16: II. Quasi allegretto
09. Cello Concerto, Op. 16: III. Allegro assai

Both composers on this recording, Johann Benjamin Gross (1809-48) and Julius Rietz (1812-77), belonged to the artistic circles around Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. This recording presents a selection of cello concertos, a genre that experienced a significant upturn during the 19th century. The two Rietz pieces at the center of this recording, the Fantasy for Violoncello and Orchestra, op. 2 and the Violoncello Concerto, op. 16, likely date back to the mid-late 1830’s.

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