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Cello

Howard Penny had lived in Vienna for fifteen years, returning periodically to Australia. Here he plays a selection from the modern solo cello repertoire in performances of real conviction and focus.

Howard Penny cello
Gaspar Cassadó composer
Hans Werner Henze composer
Jacques Ibert composer
Gerald Glynn composer
Aram Khatchaturian composer

The programme pairs Cassadó’s Suite and Henze’s nine-movement Serenade with Ibert’s Ghirlarzana, Gerald Glynn’s Changes, and Khatchaturian’s Sonata-Fantasy, all for unaccompanied cello.

The recording was made at ABC Studios, Sydney.

Artist

No photograph: Howard Penny

Howard Penny

Tracks

    Suite Gaspar Cassadó

  1. Prelude – Fantasia
  2. Sardana – Danza
  3. Intermezzo e Danza Finale

    4. Serenade Hans Werner Henze

  4. No. 1, Adagio rubato
  5. No. 2, Un poco allegretto
  6. No. 3, Pastorale
  7. No. 4, Andante con moto, rubato
  8. No. 5, Vivace
  9. No. 6, Tango
  10. No. 7, Allegro marciale
  11. No. 8, Allegretto
  12. No. 9, Menuett
  13. Ghirlarzana Jacques Ibert 3:13
  14. Changes Gerald Glynn 15:36
  15. Sonata-Fantasy Aram Khatchaturian 13:03

Performers

Composers

Photograph of Gerald Glynn

Gerald Glynn

Australian composer Gerald Glynn's music has been performed in France, the UK, West Germany and Austria. Actively interested in the music of non-Western Cultures, over the past 15 years he has travelled extensively in Asia, Latin America and Africa, pursuing this interest.

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Gaspar Cassadó

Gaspar Cassadó was a Spanish cellist and composer of the early 20th century. He was born in Barcelona to a church musician father and began taking cello lessons at age seven. The city of Barcelona awarded him a scholarship so that he could study with Casals in Paris.

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Hans Werner Henze

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Jacques Ibert

Ibert's scores favour clarity, colour and a light touch. His chamber miniatures, including the well-loved Entr'acte, bring French wit and classical poise to flute, harp, guitar and solo cello.

No photograph: Aram Khatchaturian

Aram Khatchaturian

Contributors

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Photography By

Lucia Possas

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Liner Notes

Richard Toop

Richard Toop's annotations and liner notes sit beside programmes of Cage prepared piano, Mozart piano trios, late Beethoven sonatas and unaccompanied cello. He writes as a musicologist who has spent decades inside postwar scores, tracking structure, colour and silence.

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Artwork, Design

You Tarzan

Where to listen

Cello is available for streaming through Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.

Cello is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.

Product details

Catalogue number
TP103
Total playing time
31 minutes 52 seconds
Producer
Belinda Webster
Recording Engineer
Belinda Webster
Credit
Lucia Possas
Richard Toop
You Tarzan
Release date
Label
Tall Poppies
Musical work
copyright
© Tall Poppies Records
Sound recording
copyright
℗ Tall Poppies Records
Category
Modern Masterpieces
Genres
Contemporary Classical, Modernist Classical
Barcode
EAN 9399001110322

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