This unique collection features compositions written to celebrate the 70th birthday, in 1976, of Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and arts patron. Presented together on disc for the first time, the 12 pieces on this double album are effectively a landscape of modern cello music.
Each of the composers were asked to write a piece using, as a starting point, a motif of the 6 letters of Sacher’s name. New Series soloist Thomas Demenga – acclaimed for his sequence of albums juxtaposing Bach and contemporary composers – and his brother Patrick Demenga are the performers.
12 Hommages à Paul Sacher pour Violoncelle
Patrick Demenga, Thomas Demenga
- CD 1
- Puneña No. 2, Op.45
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- 2II. Wayno Karnavalito03:06
- 3Zum Spielen für den 70. Geburtstag - Thema und Variationen für Violincello solo (1976)
07:39 - 4Capriccio (1976-1981)
08:39 - Für Paul Sacher - Drei Epigramme für Violincello solo
- 5I. Moderato01:58
- 6II. Tranquillo02:22
- 7III. Vivo02:14
- 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher (1975-1982)
- 8I. Un poco indeciso03:23
- 9II. Andante sostenuto02:55
- 10III. Vivace02:39
- CD 2
- 1Sacher-Variationen (1975)
03:43 - 2Les mots sont allés (1976-1978)
03:23 - 3Variationen über das Thema eSACHERe (1975)
05:26 - 4Tema "Sacher" (1976)
01:08 - 5Transpositio ad infinitum - Für ein virtuoses Solocello (1976)
12:01 - 6Chaconne für Violoncello solo (1975)
09:28 - 7Messagesquisse pour 7 violoncelles (1976)
07:59