Cello '88

Composer: Shigeaki Saegusa

Date:
1988
Instrumentation:
Solo
Featured Instrument 1:
Cello
Japanese Instruments:
No
Length:
13:30
Players:
1
Commissioned By:
Music From Japan, Inc.
Presented by MFJ:
Yes
Version:
Original
Item Number:
30DC-5235
Label:
CBS/SONY
Commercial/Non-Commercial:
Commercial
Recording Title:
The Works of Shigeaki Saegusa
Release Date:
1993
Performers:
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi
Format:
CD
MFJ Number:
CD-76
Solo/Compilation:
Solo
Recording (American/Japanese/Other):
Japanese
Release (American/Japanese/Other):
Japanese
Copies:
1
Publication Title Author Date Reaction Synopsis Type
The New York Times Crossing Cultures and Blending Textures Bernard Holland 2/27/95 Positive "Fred Sherry was the excellent cellist in the drone-based harmonies and fierce ostinatos of Shigeaki Saegusa's 'Cello '88'" Review
The New York Times Music: Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Bernard Holland 1/25/88 Positive "....Cello 88 went in quite another direction with their lyrical legato writing." Review
The Strad Concerts Ken Smith 5/95 Positive "Cellist Fred Sherry provided one of the festival's performance highlights, jumping into...'Cello '88' with rhythmic abandon, moving the line along with occassionally violent contrasts..." Review
VenueCityDatePerformances
The Asia Society New York 2/25/95 Fred Sherry
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