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Seven

September 16, 2024, 6:00 am

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Composer and cellist Andrea Casarrubios poses with her cello by her side. She is looking down on the instrument with a soft expression and wearing a pink dress.

Award-winning Spanish cellist and composer Andrea Casarrubios returns with Seven, which features seven of her most recent chamber works, all in world-premiere recordings. Alongside works for solo cello or cello and piano, this recording features her Piano Quintet, a Chicago Symphony Orchestra commission for the distinctive combination of clarinet, violin, viola and cello. At the heart of this collection lies …

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All works composed by Andrea Casarrubios

SEVEN
Armadura
24 Mozas
Mensajes del agua
Silbo
Afilador
Piano Quintet

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Kraft & CPE Bach Cello Concertos

September 2, 2024, 6:00 am

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Jean Guihen Queyras

A short but stylish recording of two Classical era concertos composed 50 years apart. CPE’s B-flat major concerto feels related to the High Baroque, while Kraft’s C major concerto has more in common with Haydn’s D major concerto. The French cellist JeanGuihen Queyras along with the period instrument Ensemble Risonanz led by Riccardo Minasi wish to shed light on the …