{"product_id":"sol-gabetta-les-siecles-saint-saens-lalo-cello-concertos","title":"Sol Gabetta \u0026 Les Siecles - Saint-Saens \u0026 Lalo (Cello Concertos)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn her album “Saint-Saëns \u0026amp; Lalo: Cello Concertos,” Sol Gabetta presents three key works from the Romantic concert repertoire: Together with the French orchestra Les Siècles, which plays on period instruments, the cellist performs Camille Saint-Saëns’s two cello concertos as well as Édouard Lalo’s Cello Concerto in D minor.\u003cbr\u003eBy combining a historically informed orchestral sound with her own distinctive musical style, Sol Gabetta explores the contrasting sonic worlds of these works. Saint-Saëns’ First Cello Concerto and Lalo’s concerto, both composed within a few years of each other, place the orchestra firmly at the center and create a lively dialogue between the soloist and the ensemble. In contrast, Saint-Saëns’ Second Cello Concerto—composed some three decades later—presents itself as a highly virtuosic, structurally expansive work that demands extraordinary technical and expressive capabilities from the soloist.\u003cbr\u003eSol Gabetta, known for her expressiveness and interpretive clarity, shapes each of these works with a keen sense of dramaturgy and timbre. She emphasizes their lyrical qualities while simultaneously bringing out the individual characters of the compositions. The collaboration with Les Siècles lends the recording an additional dimension: the orchestra’s sound reflects the stylistic aesthetics of the late 19th century while remaining immediate and rich in color.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SONY MUSIC CLASSICAL","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":54786680488263,"sku":"TRI-78083","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/0198028001823.jpg?v=1787836139","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/sol-gabetta-les-siecles-saint-saens-lalo-cello-concertos","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}