Inspiration [CD]

Eighteen-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason came into the spotlight with his performance at the royal wedding of Harry and Meghan. He also won the prestigious BBC Young Musician award in 2016. His debut album features Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1, the piece Sheku performed in the BBCYM final.

General Note:

Title from disc label.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Jessica Duchen, in English with German and French translations (20 unnumbered pages : portraits (chiefly color)) in container.

Performers:

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello ; CBSO Cellos (1st-3rd, 7th works) ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor (4th-6th works) ; Guy Johnston, cello (7th work) ; with additional instrumentalists.

Contents:

Evening of roses / Yosef Hadar ; transcr. Sheku Kanneh-Mason ; arr. Tom Hodge (Oliver James, clarinet) (3:03) -- The swan / Camille Saint-Saëns ; arr. Tom Hodge (Katherine Thomas, harp) (2:35) -- Song of the birds = El cant dels ocells / trad. ; arr. Pablo Casals (2:58) -- Nocturne from The gadfly suite : op. 97a / Dmitri Shostakovich ; arr. Levon Atovmyan (5:05) -- Cello concerto no. 1 in E flat major, op. 107 / Dmitri Shostakovich (31:27 )-- Jacqueline's tears = The larmes de Jacqueline : op. 76 no. 2 / Jacques Offenbach ; arr. Werner Thomas-Mifune (7:11) -- Sardana / Pablo Casals (6:03) -- No woman, no cry / Bob Marley ; arr. Sheku Kanneh-Mason (2:29) -- Hallelujah / Leonard Cohen ; arr. Tom Hodge (Didier Osindero, violin ; Alinka Rowe, viola ; Yong Jun Lee, cello) (3:30).

Subject Term:

Cello with instrumental ensemble, Arranged.

Cello with cello ensemble, Arranged.

Cello with string orchestra, Arranged.

Concertos (Cello)

Cellos (2) with cello ensemble.

Cellos (2) with instrumental ensemble.

Cello music, Arranged.

Cello with string ensemble, Arranged.

Genre:

Arrangements (Music)

Excerpts.