Kian Soltani & Camerata Salzburg - Schumann (2024) [Hi-Res]

Cellist Kian Soltani releases his much-anticipated album of works by Schumann, on which he is joined by the CAMERATA Salzburg under the musical direction of concertmaster Gregory Ahss. Soltani performs the composer’s landmark Cello Concerto, as well as orchestrated songs.

In addition, the album features Soltani’s own transcriptions for cello and piano of music by both Robert and Clara Schumann, in which he is accompanied by French pianist Julien Quentin.

“It was important for me to extend this mood and to include a selection of my all-time favourite songs by Schumann, some of them with string accompaniment, others with piano,” says Soltani. “The result is as profound as it is personal and deeply moving.” Performing and recording the Concerto and the songs without a conductor brings this interpretation the warm transparency of chamber music, yielding a uniquely organic exchange between soloist and ensemble. “His music is poetry – few other composers are as capable of triggering such powerful associations in me as Robert Schumann,” affirms Soltani.