Nico Muhly: Cello Concerto
Zuill Bailey (cello)
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Jun Märkl
This may at first sight seem like an odd coupling…but after several listens musical links float to the surface. Like Schelomo, and like the colourful Three Jewish Poems, Muhly's Cello Concerto...
Nico Muhly: Cello Concerto
Zuill Bailey (cello)
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Jun Märkl
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This may at first sight seem like an odd coupling…but after several listens musical links float to the surface. Like Schelomo, and like the colourful Three Jewish Poems, Muhly's Cello Concerto...
About
Zuill Bailey, one of the world's premiere cellists, performs acclaimed American composer Nico Muhly's Cello Concerto -- A world premiere recording performed with the Indianapolis Symphony conducted by Jun Märkl. Originally commissioned by the Barbican, the work received its American premiere with the Indianapolis Symphony in 2013 and that performance is the source for this recording. Also included on the album are two works by the great Swiss composer, Ernest Bloch: the Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra, again featuring Zuill Bailey as soloist, and the Three Jewish Poems for Orchestra.
Contents and tracklist
- Zuill Bailey
- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Jun Märkl
Work length17:52
- Zuill Bailey
- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Jun Märkl
Pt. I
Track length5:11
Pt. II
Track length5:44
Pt. III
Track length6:57
Work length24:10
- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Jun Märkl
No. 1, Danse
Track length7:57
No. 2, Rite
Track length6:32
No. 3, Cortège funèbre
Track length9:41
Awards and reviews
June 2015
This may at first sight seem like an odd coupling…but after several listens musical links float to the surface. Like Schelomo, and like the colourful Three Jewish Poems, Muhly's Cello Concerto starts with a heart-stopping high A, which, in Bailey's hands, announces a voice of authority and soulful eloquence…Jun Märkl and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra provide sensitive and well-balanced support throughout
April 2015
Zuill Bailey opens this triptych with a superb account of Bloch's masterly Schelomo, concentrated and powerful, the soloist rhapsodising in a freely expressive style...both soloist and conductor show their control with great intensity of feeling throughout, superbly recorded.
