Cellist Wilhelmina Smith is the director of the Salt Bay Chamber Fest held every August in Damariscotta, ME; in 2006, some of the artists who appeared there included Jennifer Koh, Mark Steinberg, Catherine Cho, and Soovin Kim -- and that is only the violinists! Smith also participates in the prominent chamber groups Music from Copland House and the Mannes Trio, not to mention her extensive career as a soloist with orchestras, which has taken her from Guatemala to Japan and many places in between. So one wonders why she has ...
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Cellist Wilhelmina Smith is the director of the Salt Bay Chamber Fest held every August in Damariscotta, ME; in 2006, some of the artists who appeared there included Jennifer Koh, Mark Steinberg, Catherine Cho, and Soovin Kim -- and that is only the violinists! Smith also participates in the prominent chamber groups Music from Copland House and the Mannes Trio, not to mention her extensive career as a soloist with orchestras, which has taken her from Guatemala to Japan and many places in between. So one wonders why she has not recorded as a soloist before, but this release from Arabesque Records is indeed the first recording Smith has made on her own. For her maiden voyage, Smith chose pieces associated with Mstislav Rostropovich; Britten's Sonata in C, Op. 65; the rejected Moderato movement from Shostakovich's Sonata Op. 40; and two works by Alfred Schnittke; his Improvisation for violoncello solo and Sonata No. 2. It is a pretty tough program, but Smith is no shrinking violet as a cellist, and some...
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