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In the Thread: Great Cello Concertos
Post Subject: Han-Na Chang and Shostakovich’s Second Cello ConcertoPosted by Romy the Cat on: 3/8/2009
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Today WGBH broadcasted Antonio Pappano leading Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 2 with a Korean cellist Han-Na Chang. I never head this girl and I had no idea what to expect. Anyhow, it was superb performance. Han-Na Chang said that she is Rostropovich student and he told her a lot about Shostakovich. Whatever he told he the play was beyond any expectation. The CSO was also superb – a phenomenal integration with lead cello- with beautiful dark tone, with bulky gloomy sound and with VERY smart tempo. Why BSO does not play like this? I will re-listen it next week but I actually enjoyed even more then what I remember the Rostropovich’s himself. Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site