Dvorák, Elgar and Schumann: Cello Concertos - R. Strauss: Don Quixote
Arkady Shteinlucht, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Gerardo Edelstein, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, Kim Cook
IV. Allegro – Moderato – Allegro ma non troppo
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Kim Cook, Arkady Shteinlucht
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.
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Kim Cook, Gerardo Edelstein
II. Thema. Mäßig. Don Quixote, the Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance; Sancho Panza.
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Kim Cook, Gerardo Edelstein
III. Variation I. Gemächlich. They ride forth, under the sign of the beautiful Dulcinea of Toboso; Battle with the windmills.
Kim Cook, Gerardo Edelstein, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
IV. Variation II. Kriegerisch. Victorious struggle against the army of the great Emperor Alifanfaron. (The Battle with the Sheep)
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Gerardo Edelstein, Kim Cook
V. Variation III. Mäßiges Zeitmaß. Conversation: Sancho’s questions, postulates, and adages; Don Quixote’s indoctrination, placation, and promises.
Gerardo Edelstein, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Kim Cook
VI. Variation IV. Etwas breiter. Battle with the penitents.
Kim Cook, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Gerardo Edelstein
VII. Variation V. Sehr langsam. Don Quixote on the night watch. Sighs, pleas, and protestations to Dulcinea.
Gerardo Edelstein, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Kim Cook
VIII. Variation VI. Schnell. Meeting with Dulcinea.
Gerardo Edelstein, Kim Cook, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
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.
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Kim Cook, 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.
Gerardo Edelstein, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, Kim Cook
XIII. Finale. Sehr ruhig. Don Quixote’s death.
Kim Cook, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Gerardo Edelstein