Enrique Casals, a Spanish violinist, conductor, and composer, wrote his Cello Concerto in 1946 in his beach house in Sant Salvador, inspired by the sea and Catalan countryside.
Composition History
Édouard Lalo, a French composer with Spanish ancestors, composed his Cello Concerto in 1876.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Enrique Casals's Cello Concerto, subtitled 'in romantic serious style', emphasizes the work's seriousness, classical form, and debt to tradition.
Performer Biography
Jan Vogler, the cellist on this album, is also the artistic director of the Moritzburg Festival, which was founded in 1993.
Compositional Technique
The final movement of Enrique Casals's Cello Concerto is a sardana, a Catalan folk dance, a form also used by his brother Pablo Casals in many of his works.
Recording & Production
This album features the world premiere recording of the Cello Concerto by Enrique Casals, brother of the famous cellist Pablo Casals.
Compositional Technique
Lalo's Cello Concerto combines Spanish folk music elements with German influences, showing echoes of Beethoven and Schumann while maintaining a Spanish atmosphere.
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