Saariaho/ Smith - Works for Solo Cello Condition:New living out of his van

living out of his van

Recorded live in a barn in upstate New York

and her marvelous voice dances between minute

2011 Japanese pressing BLUE-SPEC CD remastered reissue

Saariaho/ Smith - Works for Solo Cello Condition:New living out of his vanThis solo album by cellist Wilhelmina Smith features works for solo cello by Esa Pekka Salonen and Kaija Saariaho. Both composers belong to a generation of modernist Finnish composers whose work has gained broad acceptance in musical culture throughout the world. While each composer has a clear individual artistic persona, as a group they are known for pushing sonic boundaries. In writing for strings and, in particular on this recording, the cello,