James Dillon's 'Eos' for solo cello includes unusual techniques like 'variable finger pressure' on double stops and harmonics with unpredictable pitch, as well as extreme dynamic swells within single bars.
Compositional Technique
Brahms' Cello Sonata Op. 99 features a first movement where the development section is played almost entirely 'molto p' and 'pp', contrasting with the usual dynamic intensity found in sonata form movements.
Performer Biography
Rohan de Saram made his US debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at the invitation of Dmitri Mitropoulos.
Performer Biography
Rohan de Saram worked with several notable composers, including Walton, Poulenc, Shostakovich, Kodaly, Berio (who wrote his final Sequenza for him), Xenakis, and Pousseur.
Performer Biography
Druvi de Saram gave his London debut at the Wigmore Hall in 1975 and has toured extensively in Europe and Asia as both a soloist and a duo with his brother Rohan.
Performer Biography
Druvi de Saram, the pianist on this album, studied with renowned musicians such as Dame Myra Hess, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, Daniel Barenboim, and Maria Curcio.
Performer Biography
Rohan de Saram, the cellist on this album, was recognized as a child prodigy and studied with Gaspar Cassado and Pablo Casals.
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