20th Century Masterpieces for Cello & Piano Drinkall-Baker Duo

• Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983): Pampeana No. 2, Op. 21
• 1 Pampeana No. 2, Op. 21 09:25
• Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Sonata in D
• 2 I. Prologue 04:30
• 3 II. Serenade 03:40
• 4 III. Finale 03:55
• Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943): 14 Songs, Op. 34
• 5 No. 14. Vocalise (arr. for cello and piano) 05:58
• Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Sonata op. 6
• 6 I. Allegro ma non troppo 07:58
• 7 II. Adagio - Presto-di nuovo - Adagio 04:25
• 8 III. Allegro appassionato 05:48
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Six Studies in English Folk-Song
• 9 No. 1. Adagio 01:32
• 10 No. 2. Andante sostenuto 01:21
• 11 No. 3. Larghetto 01:27
• 12 No. 4. Lento 01:33
• 13 No. 5. Andante tranquillo 01:27
• 14 No. 6. Allegro vivace 01:09
• Total Runtime 54:08

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Ginastera (1916-1983) began private music lessons at age seven, and at the age of twelve attended the Williams Conservatory of Buenos Aires. In 1936 he entered the National Conservatory of Music, graduating two years later with highest honors in composition and a professor's diploma. Ginastera composed a number of large works during his years at the Conservatory, which he later destroyed. His first acknowledged compositions were the Danzas Argentinas for piano, and the ballet Panambi, based on a legend of the Guarany Indians of Northern Argentina, both composed in 1937. These first works reflect the nationalistic character of much of Ginastera's ouevre.

In 1947, Ginastera composed the first of a group of three pieces under the generic title Pampeana. Pampeana No. l, a Rhapsody for violin and piano (1947), Pampeana No. 2, a Rhapsody for cello and piano (1950), and Pampeana Nn. 3, “Symphonic Pastoral in three movements” (1953) were all written to convey Ginastera’s love for the pampa (Argentine countryside). In Pampeana No. 2, one can hear the immensity of the pampa in the dark, dense chordal sections, and the wild, lawless life of the gauchos (cowboys) in the dashing virtuosity of the cello cadenzas. These sections are juxtaposed with the mysterious and somber tranquility of the slow sections. The cello is used soloistically in the Pampeana, while the piano serves a percussively rhythmic and somewhat accompanimental role throughout. …

Roger Drinkall, cello
Dian Baker, piano

Engineered by David A. Wilson
Edited, mastered at Analog Disk Mastering by Bruce Leek
Produced by Sheryl Lee Wilson

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