MISCHA & LILY MAISKY - 20TH CENTURY CLASSICS (2 CDs)

• This very personal album, dedicated to Mischa’s young son Mateo, features all new recordings with his daughter Lily Maisky (piano)

• The album takes listeners on a captivating journey through works from the 20th century. Original compositions and arrangements for cello reveal the diversity of an event-filled age with a cellist whose mastery of the cantabile and dance-like qualities ofthe repertoire is breathtaking

• Includes a second disc with a multi-track recording of Bachianas Brasileiras No.1 by Villa-Lobos, with Mischa playing all eight cello parts – a truly captivating interpretation

• Also on the CD2, a world premiere recording: The fascinating cello concert by Benjamin Yusupov, a recording with the Lucerner Sinfonieorchester under the direction ifthe composer himself.

• 20-page booklet with liner notes by musicologist Wolfgang Rathert (En/De), and a text by the composer Yusupov himself introducing his cello concerto (En).

Britten: Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65

Bloch, E: From Jewish Life

Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, BB 68

Stravinsky: Russian Song (from Mavra)

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 / Act 3

Shostakovich: The Limpid Stream, Op. 39

Piazzólla: Le Grand Tango

Webern: Zwei Stücke

Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (excerpts)

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 for at least 8 cellos

Yusupov: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra