Content: George Enescu Artists: Truls Mørk, cello Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Hannu Lintu, conductor Genres: Instrumental Orchestral Features: Sleeve notes in English and Finnish |
Format: CD Released: February 2015 Catalogue No.: ODE 1198-2 EAN/UPC Code: 0761195119822 |
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Truls Mørk is top dollar in all key respects, his phrase-shaping sensitively inflected (just try his first entry), and his tone production as warm as anyone could wish for (...). No need to sing the praises of Hannu Lintu and the Tampere Philharmonic in this repertoire (...). A definite thumbs-up for Mørk and Lintu. Rob Cowan, Gramophone, May 2015
Truls Mørk is an impassioned advocate delivering an intense and committed account of the cello part (...). Some of the most imaginative writing comes in the central slow movement where Lintu and his Finnish orchestra are in their element, encapsulating to perfection both the mysterious brooding harmonies of the introduction and the more ardent melodic ideas that follow suit.
Performance: ****
Recording: *****
Erik Levi, BBC Music Magazine, July 2015
The final release of the George Enescu (1881-1955) symphony cycle includes two neglected masterpieces: the 1st Symphony filled with youthful energy and the poetic and lyric Symphonie concertante for Cello and Orchestra. The soloist of the Symphony concertante is the award-winning cellist Truls Mørk.
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