Antonio Meneses
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Villa-Lobos: Cello Concertos Nos. 1-2 & Fantasia for Cello & Orchestra
Antonio Meneses (cello), São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Isaac Karabtchevsky
the work that really shows the composer at his most potent is the 1945 Fantasia...even when the Amazon jungle seems at its most choking in this latest addition to Naxos’s series ‘The Music of... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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…a wonderful testament to the exemplary partnership that has developed between cellist Antonio Menses and pianist Menahem Pressler over the past decade. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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…this recording boasts some of the most beautiful cello playing I have heard in years. The highlight for me is their brilliant account of Märchenbilder, Schumann's 'fairy tale pictures' for... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2007, Disc of the Month
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The Tchaikovsky Cycle Volume I
RecommendedAntonio Meneses (cello)
The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev
The young Tchaikovsky comes across here as an accomplished, often sober master rather than a spring-heeled individualist. Supreme cellist Meneses's more animated features grace the Rococo Variations. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Eiger: Concerto for Orchestra & Dialogues Cellestes
Antonio Meneses & Pi-Chin Chien (cello)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Claude Villaret
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The Tchaikovsky Cycle
Live from the Alte Oper Frankfurt, 1991
Lydia Shernikh (Tatyana) Alexander Nenadovsky (Onegin), Antonio Meneses (cello), Viktor Tretyakov (violin), Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev
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d’Albert: Piano Concertos 1 & 2, Cello Concerto & Symphony Op. 4
Karl-Andreas Kolly (piano), Antonio Meneses (cello)
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Basle Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Zollmann
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In Cassado's dark, sensuous Suite, inspired by Kodaly but infused with Spanish undertones, he exudes a mesmerising, Zen-like calm: tenderly shaped curlicues, ornate arabesques, and complex harmonic... —
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Saint-Saens, Schumann & Tchaikovsky: Works for Cello & Orchestra
Antonio Meneses (cello)
Royal Northern Sinfonia, Claudio Cruz
Antonio Meneses delivers technically immaculate and warmly expressive playing throughout these three well-established 19th-century repertoire works…beautifully recorded and very fine performances... —
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Antonio Meneses and Grard Wyss show a collegial ease together, with natural and unaffected phrasing that oozes affection for the music...The songs work well: Meneses’s eloquent phrasing substitutes... —
