This release on the Dutch audiophile label PentaTone pairing American cellist Alisa Weilerstein with the conductorless Norwegian Trondheim Soloists, carries the general title Transfigured Night, suggesting not only Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4, played here in a 1943 version for string orchestra, but that the theme somehow applies to the entire album. In fact it doesn't; the two Haydn cello concertos inhabit a different world from Schoenberg, and there isn't much reason to put the three works together. The Haydn ...
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This release on the Dutch audiophile label PentaTone pairing American cellist Alisa Weilerstein with the conductorless Norwegian Trondheim Soloists, carries the general title Transfigured Night, suggesting not only Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4, played here in a 1943 version for string orchestra, but that the theme somehow applies to the entire album. In fact it doesn't; the two Haydn cello concertos inhabit a different world from Schoenberg, and there isn't much reason to put the three works together. The Haydn concertos, with Weilerstein leading from the cello, don't respond particularly well to the democratic-ensemble treatment; the music vacillates between minimizing the role of the soloist and, in blistering finales, exaggerating it. But all is forgiven when you get to the titular main attraction: the work's feverish, nervous intensity has rarely been rendered so effectively, and the performance is a collage of instrumental detail. You may wonder about the advertised soloist's role in the...
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Fair. Ex-Library rental. Disc(s) are professionally cleaned and may contain only light scratches that do not effect functionality. Includes disc(s), case, booklet, and back artwork. Disc(s), case, booklet, and back artwork may contain library/security stickers and ink writing. Case and artwork may show some wear. Case may not be an original jewel case. All disc(s) are authentic.
