Cello Concerto in E Major (Cassado-Tchaikovsky)
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The Cello Concerto in E major was not written by Tchaikovsky
. It was created by the cellist Gaspar Cassadó
, who took about nine of Tchaikovsky's piano pieces (from Piano Pieces, Op.72), and orchestrated them as, collectively, a concerto.
The pieces Cassadó used were: Scene dansante (Invitation au trepak), Tendres Reproches, and Chant Elegiaque in the first movement; Meditation and Dialogue in the second; and Danse Characteristique, Berceuse, Passe Lointain, and Impromptu in the third.
This concerto was a favorite of Cassadó's, but he never recorded it. No other recording of the work exists.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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. It was created by the cellist Gaspar Cassadó
Gaspar Cassadó
Gaspar Cassadó i Moreu 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. When he was nine, he played in a recital where Pablo Casals was in the audience; Casals immediately offered to...
, who took about nine of Tchaikovsky's piano pieces (from Piano Pieces, Op.72), and orchestrated them as, collectively, a concerto.
The pieces Cassadó used were: Scene dansante (Invitation au trepak), Tendres Reproches, and Chant Elegiaque in the first movement; Meditation and Dialogue in the second; and Danse Characteristique, Berceuse, Passe Lointain, and Impromptu in the third.
This concerto was a favorite of Cassadó's, but he never recorded it. No other recording of the work exists.