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Pfitzner: Cello Concerto in G Major - Mayer: Prahbhanda and Ragamalas

2/18/2014, 15 Tracks, 59:51

Featuring

  • Bohumil Gregor
  • Rohan de Saram
  • Druvi de Saram
  • John Mayer
  • Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Hans Pfitzner

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Composer Biography

Hans Pfitzner, composer of the Cello Concerto in G major, embraced German nationalism and supported Nazi policies, though his music was deemed too introspective for propaganda.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Pfitzner's Cello Concerto in G major, though modest in length, demonstrates formal ingenuity by deriving every thematic aspect from its opening melody, creating a unified design.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Rohan de Saram was a member of the Arditti Quartet from 1979 to 2005 and has premiered works by many composers, including Luciano Berio, whose Sequenza XIV incorporates drumming on the cello.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Hans Pfitzner wrote his Cello Concerto in G major in 1935 for Rohan de Saram's teacher, Gaspar Cassadó.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Rohan de Saram, the British-born Sri Lankan cellist on this album, is renowned for his involvement in and advocacy of both classical and contemporary music, as well as that of his native Sri Lanka.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

John Mayer, an Anglo-Indian composer, worked as a violinist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra while already writing fusions of Hindustani classical and Western classical forms.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Rohan de Saram made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1960 with the New York Philharmonic, performing Khachaturian's Cello Concerto.

Source: Booklet

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