TRULS MØRK

TRULS MØRK
BENJAMIN BRITTEN:
CELLO SUITES (2000)
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The Cello Suites are the most intimate, introspective, and, for many listeners, resistible of all the major Britten scores, and so it takes a special interpretive talent to make manifest their worth, vitality, and genius. For works of genius they surely are: austere in form but rich in thought, in much the manner of Bach's unaccompanied cello suites, which lay the ground rules for this kind of repertory. They were originally written for Rostropovich, who remains their champion of choice. But for reasons best known to himself, Rostropovich has only ever recorded the first two, leaving the field open for younger cellists to set down the complete series. Truls Mork makes his contribution with readings of stature that scrutinize the material and project it with a big, warm resonance. His playing is perhaps less energized than Rostropovich's but more elegiac, and it has all the technical accomplishment you'd expect from someone who by now must rank among the top five cellists in the world. Enormously impressive.

Suite No. 1 in G for Solo Cello Op.72
1. Canto Primo: Sostenuto e largamente
2. I Fuga: Andante moderato
3. II Lamento: Lento rubato
4. Canto Secondo: Sostenuto
5. III Serenata: Allegretto (pizzicato)
6. IV Marcia: Alla marcia moderato
7. Canto Terzo: Sostenuto
8. V Bordone: Moderato quasi recitativo
9. VI Moto perpetuo e Canto quarto: Presto
Suite No. 2 in D for Solo Cello Op.80
10. I Declamato: Largo
11. II Fuga: Andante
12. III Scherzo: Allegro molto
13. IV Andante lento
14. V Ciaccona: Allegro
Suite No. 3 for Solo Cello Op. 87
15. I Introduzione: Lento
16. II Marcia: Allegro
17. III Canto: Con moto
18. IV Barcarola: Lento
19. V Dialogo: Allgretto
20. VI Fuga: Andante espressivo
21. VII Recitativo: Fantastico
22. VIII Moto Perpetuo: Presto
23. IX Passacaglia: Lento solenne