Oskar Falta - Bloch-Henze-Ysaÿe, Works for Solo Cello (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Grave
02. Intermezzo
03. In modo di Recitativo
04. Finale con brio
05. Adagio rubato
06. Poco Allegretto
07. Pastorale
08. Andante con moto, rubato
09. Vivace
10. Tango
11. Allegro marciale
12. Allegretto
13. Menuett
14. Prelude
15. Allegro
16. Canzona
17. Allegro
18. Prelude
19. Allegro
20. Andane tranquilo
21. Allegro
22. Allegro deciso
23. Andante
24. Allegro
25. Andante
26. Andante

Oskar Falta presents Ysaÿe-Henze-Bloch: Works for Solo Cello, a One Microphone Recording featuring selected soliloquies for cello alone. Written in the troubled aftermaths of the two great world wars that have shaken the first half of the twentieth century.

Eugène Ysaÿe’s meditative, deeply intimate Sonata, a cello twin of his more celebrated opus for solo violin, represents one of the cornerstones of the renaissance of the modern solo cello repertoire and an obvious homage to Bach.

Henze’s expressive and at times grotesque Serenade, divided into brief characteristic movements, allows a sunray to shine through the ashes of destruction, perhaps in the hope of a brighter future to come.

Finally, the inquisitive three Suites by Bloch offer a tragic retrospect – a dark-timbered dream of European nostalgia. Written in exile at the end of his life, inspired by the artistry of the Canadian cellist Zara Nelsova, they form a bridge between the old continent and Bloch’s American exile.