The album includes two newly recorded tracks: Philip Glass's 'Orbit' and a new arrangement of The Beatles' 'Helter Skelter' by Luna Pearl Woolf, with all other tracks remastered for SACD HD surround sound.
Instruments
Matt Haimovitz plays a Venetian cello made in 1710 by the renowned maker Matteo Gofriller, which inspired the album "Matteo, 300 Years of an Italian cello."
Recording & Production
More than twenty composers are represented in this set, with fifteen of them still living, and ten works are world premiere recordings.
Album & Artwork
This 3-disc compilation, titled "Orbit," maps cellist Matt Haimovitz's musical journey since the turn of the millennium, featuring music for solo cello from 1945-2014.
Composition History
The project that evolved into the album "Anthem" took on a sense of urgency after the 9/11 attacks, leading to commissions for pieces responding to the event.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album explores musical debates of the past half-century, including maximalist vs. minimalist, folk-rooted vs. abstract, absolute vs. narrative, and tonal vs. atonal music.
Performer Biography
Matt Haimovitz, a GRAMMY®-nominated cellist, made his debut at age 13 with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic, and his Carnegie Hall debut substituting for his teacher, Leonard Rose, alongside Isaac Stern and Mstislav Rostropovich.
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Three Suites for Violoncello Solo
The Voice of Casals
Oblique Strategies
Primavera II: The Rabbits
Hypersuite 2: Music for Solo Cello
Kodaly / Britten: Words for Solo Cello
Origin
20th Century Works for Solo Cello
Cello Recital: Boettcher, Wolfgang - Hindemith, P. / Krenek, E. / Dallapiccola, L. / Ligeti, G. / Henze, H.W. / Ibert, J. / Lutoslawski, W.
The Early Romantic Cello
Deserno plays Dinescu
PRIMAVERA IV: the heart
Souvenirs - Dutilleux: Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher: No. 2, Andante sostenuto
