Haydn Symphony No.44 (Trauer)
Haydn Cello Concerto No.2
R Strauss Don Quixote

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Lawrence Power viola
Truls Mørk cello


Inspired by Cervantes’s touchstone novel, Richard Strauss set about capturing the legendary Don Quixote in a set of wild variations that he hoped would surpass even his most colourful orchestral tapestries. The resulting piece contains all of Strauss’s virtues and none of his faults: a blend of jollity and pathos that also carries poignant tenderness and pain through its sonic portraits of a knight’s fantastic adventures. Truls Mørk transforms himself into the Don for the quixotic cello solo after playing Haydn’s most delicate and cheerful cello concerto.

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Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E minor, Hob.I:44, "Trauersinfonie" - I. Allegro con brio
Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E minor, Hob.I:44, "Trauersinfonie" - II. Menuet and trio
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob.VIIb:2 - I. Allegro moderato
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob.VIIb:2 - II. Adagio
Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35, TrV 184 - Introduction: Massiges Zeitmass
Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35, TrV 184 - Variation IV: Etwas breiter
Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35, TrV 184 - Finale: Sehr ruhig

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