Yuki Ito - The Romantic (2020) [DSD & Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 6 Romances, Op. 4 (Serge Rachmaninoff): No. 3, In the Silence of the Secret Night (Arr. Y. Ito for Cello & Piano)
02. Romance in A Minor, WoO 21 (Arr. Y. Ito for Cello & Piano) (Alexander Scriabin)
03. 2 Pieces, Op. 10, TH 132 (Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky): No. 2, Humoresque (Arr. D. Geringas for Cello & Piano)
04. Romance for Cello & Piano (Frederick Delius)
05. 4 Short Pieces, H. 104 (Frank Bridge): No. 2, Spring Song (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
06. Kioku (Memory) (James Lill)
07. Salut d'amour, Op. 12 (Arr. for Cello & Piano) (Edward Elgar)
08. Préludes (John Ireland): No. 3, The Holy Boy (Arr. Y. Ito for Cello & Piano)
09. Myrthen, op. 25 (Robert Schumann): No. 1, Widmung (Arr. Y. Ito for Cello & Piano)
10. Rückert Lieder (Gustav Mahler): No. 3, Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder (Arr. D. Geringas & Y. Ito for Cello & Piano)
11. Schlichte Weisen, Op. 21, TrV 160 (Richard Strauss): No. 2, Du meines Herzens Kronelein (Arr. Y. Ito for Cello & Piano)
12. Hungarian Rhapsody, op. 68 (David Popper)


Twelve romanticisms projecting the world-class cellist YUKI ITO. Yuki Ito, a brilliant cellist who won the first prize at the Brahms International Competition and the first Japanese winner at the Windsor Festival International String Competition in the U.K., has now released a collection of cello masterpieces that are brimming with romance. Ito has arranged half of the pieces in this ambitious work, and his brilliant virtuosity, supple phrasing, and strange tones will transport the listener to a heavenly land. The virtuosity, suppleness, phrasing, and strange tone of this work will transport the listener to a heavenly realm.

Yuki Ito, cello
Daniel King Smith, piano
James Lill, piano

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