12 Hommages à Paul Sacher pour Violoncelle

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.