Dvorák, Elgar and Schumann: Cello Concertos - R. Strauss: Don Quixote
Gerardo Edelstein, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Arkady Shteinlucht, Kim Cook, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra
IV. Allegro – Moderato – Allegro ma non troppo
Arkady Shteinlucht, Kim Cook, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
I. Introduktion. Mäßiges Zeitmaß. Don Quixote, immersed in the study of chivalric romances, loses his reason and decides to travel the world as a knight errant.
Kim Cook, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Gerardo Edelstein
II. Thema. Mäßig. Don Quixote, the Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance; Sancho Panza.
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Gerardo Edelstein, Kim Cook
III. Variation I. Gemächlich. They ride forth, under the sign of the beautiful Dulcinea of Toboso; Battle with the windmills.
Kim Cook, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Gerardo Edelstein
IV. Variation II. Kriegerisch. Victorious struggle against the army of the great Emperor Alifanfaron. (The Battle with the Sheep)
Gerardo Edelstein, Kim Cook, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
V. Variation III. Mäßiges Zeitmaß. Conversation: Sancho’s questions, postulates, and adages; Don Quixote’s indoctrination, placation, and promises.
Gerardo Edelstein, Kim Cook, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
VI. Variation IV. Etwas breiter. Battle with the penitents.
Gerardo Edelstein, Kim Cook, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
VII. Variation V. Sehr langsam. Don Quixote on the night watch. Sighs, pleas, and protestations to Dulcinea.
Kim Cook, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Gerardo Edelstein
VIII. Variation VI. Schnell. Meeting with Dulcinea.
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Gerardo Edelstein, Kim Cook
IX. Variation VII. Ein wenig ruhiger als vorher. The ride through the air.
Gerardo Edelstein, Kim Cook, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
X. Variation VIII. Gemächlich. Memorable adventure on the enchanted boat.
Kim Cook, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Gerardo Edelstein
XI. Variation IX. Schnell und stürmisch. Battle with the two sorcerers.
Kim Cook, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Gerardo Edelstein
XII. Variation X. Viel breiter. Don Quixote is defeated by the Knight of the White Moon; the journey home; Don Quixote’s mind emerges bright and clear from the shadow of madness.
Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Kim Cook, Gerardo Edelstein
XIII. Finale. Sehr ruhig. Don Quixote’s death.
Gerardo Edelstein, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Kim Cook