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Amber Docters van Leeuwen, Taisiya Pushkar - Flavours: Music for Cello and Piano (2013)

Amber Docters van Leeuwen, Taisiya Pushkar - Flavours: Music for Cello and Piano (2013)
  • Title: Flavours: Music for Cello and Piano
  • Year Of Release: 2013
  • Label: Brilliant Classics
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
  • Total Time: 01:10:34
  • Total Size: 256 mb
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Tracklist

01. Sonata in D Minor for Cello and Piano: I. Prologue. Lent, Sostenuto e molto risoluto
02. Sonata in D Minor for Cello and Piano: II. Sérénade. Modérément animé
03. Sonata in D Minor for Cello and Piano: III. Finale. Animé
04. Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano: I. Largo
05. Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano: II. Presto
06. Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano: III. Largo
07. Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 for Cello and Piano: I. Allegro con brio
08. Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 for Cello and Piano: II. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto
09. Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 for Cello and Piano: III. Allegro fugato
10. Flavours: I. Bitter
11. Flavours: II. Sweet
12. Flavours: III. Sour
13. Flavours: IV. Salty Spicy
14. Flavours: V. Umami

Amber Docters van Leeuwen, Taisiya Pushkar - Flavours: Music for Cello and Piano (2013)


This compilation provides a showcase of the many aspects of the cello and the range of emotions and characters that the instrument is able to convey. Opening the collection is Debussy’s technically demanding Sonata in D minor, a staple of the cello repertoire. The whimsical motives, repetitive tones and scales of this work give way to the ingenious combination of atonality and Romantic lyricism of Schnittke’s Sonata No.1, which is followed by Beethoven’s visionary Sonata No.5 in D, a homage to J.S. Bach. This is in turn succeeded by Van Breen’s Flavours, written in 2011. A playful piece that combines many styles, it is written with the five base flavours in mind.

Amber Docters van Leeuwen took her tuition with Dmitri Ferschtman at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague in her native country. Then she moved to New York where she continued her studies at Stony Brook University and the Manhattan School of Music. A recipient of several major awards, including the National Cello Competition’s first prize in Amsterdam and the Samuel Mayes Memorial Cello Award, Amber is famed for her varied concert programmes in which she combines music from all eras, contrasting established classics of the cello repertoire with contemporary works. Joining her on the disc is her long-standing musical partner Taisiya Pushkar, a dynamic pianist and former winner of the Oberlin Concerto Competition.

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