Sol Gabetta - Vasks: Presence (2015) [Hi-Res]

It was in 2012 that Latvian Peteris Vasks composed Klātbūtne (Presence) for cello and string orchestra, on the instigation of Sol Gabetta. A whole world separates this recent work, inscribed in a rather tonal language - in line, for example, of Schnittke, and sometimes Shostakovich - to 1978's Grāmata čellam for solo cello, with which Sol Gabetta ends this new recording. This latter work, in two movements: Fortissimo and Pianissimo, is still tinged with the vanguard of the time, at least in the way it was designed by Witold Lutosławski and Krzysztof Penderecki. With Klātbūtne, Vasks offers some of the most moving and profound of today's written music to the cello of Sol Gabetta, who certainly knows how to draw out the true substance of the piece. We will also hear Musique du soir for cello and organ, an infinitely soft and beautiful melody, rooted in a nostalgia worthy at times of Gabriel Fauré himself .

Tracklist:
1.01 - Sol Gabetta, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson - Concerto no. 2 for Cello and String Orchestra "Klātbūtne / Presence": I. Cadenza: Andante cantabile (9:30)
1.02 - Sol Gabetta, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson - Concerto no. 2 for Cello and String Orchestra "Klātbūtne / Presence": II. Allegro moderato (13:05)
1.03 - Sol Gabetta, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson - Concerto no. 2 for Cello and String Orchestra "Klātbūtne / Presence": III. Adagio (12:28)
1.04 - Sol Gabetta, Irène Timacheff-Gabetta - Musique du Soir for Cello and Organ (12:48)
1.05 - Sol Gabetta - Grāmata čellam - The Book for Cello Solo: I. Fortissimo (5:21)
1.06 - Sol Gabetta - Grāmata čellam - The Book for Cello Solo: II. Pianissimo (7:25)