World Premiere of Carlos Escalante Macaya's Clarinet Concerto
Ana Catalina Ramirez, Clarinet
National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica
Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor
orchestrated by Schoenberg
Live Recording
Cellist Dmitry Yablonsky gives an outstanding performance...Daniel Boico conducts with understanding and a solid grasp on the music, and the chamber ensemble I Virtuosi Italiani plays with conviction and spirit. This album has a lot to recommend it, not the least of which is the delicately sculpted music in both works, as well as the intelligent playing of the musicians.
Edward Reichel / CD Reviews / DesertNews.com
...convincing...impressive...Yablonsky gives accomplished performances of these unfamiliar works, and receives sensitively balanced accompaniments from Daniel Boico and I Virtuosi Italiani - all of which adds up to a welcome first recording of concertos that merit wider currency.
ClassicsToday.com
Audiophile Audition Best of the Year CD's 2002
Nino Rota (1911–1979)
world premiere recordings
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1
(1972) 25:39
I Allegro 10:14
II Larghetto cantabile 7:53
III Allegro 7:27
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2
(1973) 24:18
I Allegro moderato 6:25
II Tema e variazioni. Andantino cantabile, con grazia 13:57
III Allegro vivo 3:50
Dmitry Yablonsky cello
I Virtuosi Italiani
Daniel Boico
Live Recording
Kalinnikov Symphony No. 1
Studio Recording
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
Live Recording
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
Beethoven Coriolan Overture / Symphony No. 2 / Violin Concerto
Live Recording
Beethoven Festival Chicago
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1