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Despite the Covid pandemic, the Kanneh-Mason siblings probably didn't have too much trouble finding the right partners to make music with. The whole family is bursting with young talent, all seven children are professional classical instrumentalists, and accordingly one imagines the lockdown in the Kanneh-Mason household would've been very musical.
Fortunately, this productivity has also been recorded for all outsiders - at least as far as Isata (piano) and her brother Sheku (cello) are concerned. Both siblings have already been highly praised several times for their solo projects, and now they are releasing their first album together, Muse, as a duo on Decca.
Isata and Sheku have already performed both Rachmaninoff's and Samuel Barber's cello sonatas together in concert around the world. When their tour had to be interrupted in 2020 due to the pandemic, the duo decided to simply move this unique music into a recording studio.
With Barber's Cello Sonata, Op. 6 from the 1930s as well as some arrangements of his songs, the two performers give us a wonderful insight into the still lesser-known repertoire. One quickly gets the impression that it was a great pleasure for both of them to discover the dramatic work and to get to know Barber down to the smallest detail. The highlight of the disc, however, is probably the Rachmaninoff recordings. The wonderful Muza from his 14 Romances, Op. 34 is not only the album's namesake, but also conveys a perfect symbiosis between cello and piano. Without relegating either instrument to the background, the performers rather get the best out of the other. This becomes even clearer in the Cello Sonata, Op. 19, which the composer himself describes as an equal work between piano and cello. Although Rachmaninoff did not stray too often into chamber music, Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason manage to elevate it to one of his supreme disciplines. A family project that is more than successful. © Lena Germann/Qobuz
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Cello Sonata, Op. 6 (Samuel Barber)
Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Barber, Composer - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Barber, Composer - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Barber, Composer - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Barber, Composer - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Parkin, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Barber, Composer - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Parkin, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Barber, Composer - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Parkin, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Barber, Composer - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Parkin, Arranger, Work Arranger - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
14 Romances, op. 34 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Apollon Nikolaievitch Maikov, Author - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
12 Romances, op. 21 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glafira Galina, Author - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
14 Romances, op. 34 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aleksandr Pushkin, Author - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Rogers, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
Despite the Covid pandemic, the Kanneh-Mason siblings probably didn't have too much trouble finding the right partners to make music with. The whole family is bursting with young talent, all seven children are professional classical instrumentalists, and accordingly one imagines the lockdown in the Kanneh-Mason household would've been very musical.
Fortunately, this productivity has also been recorded for all outsiders - at least as far as Isata (piano) and her brother Sheku (cello) are concerned. Both siblings have already been highly praised several times for their solo projects, and now they are releasing their first album together, Muse, as a duo on Decca.
Isata and Sheku have already performed both Rachmaninoff's and Samuel Barber's cello sonatas together in concert around the world. When their tour had to be interrupted in 2020 due to the pandemic, the duo decided to simply move this unique music into a recording studio.
With Barber's Cello Sonata, Op. 6 from the 1930s as well as some arrangements of his songs, the two performers give us a wonderful insight into the still lesser-known repertoire. One quickly gets the impression that it was a great pleasure for both of them to discover the dramatic work and to get to know Barber down to the smallest detail. The highlight of the disc, however, is probably the Rachmaninoff recordings. The wonderful Muza from his 14 Romances, Op. 34 is not only the album's namesake, but also conveys a perfect symbiosis between cello and piano. Without relegating either instrument to the background, the performers rather get the best out of the other. This becomes even clearer in the Cello Sonata, Op. 19, which the composer himself describes as an equal work between piano and cello. Although Rachmaninoff did not stray too often into chamber music, Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason manage to elevate it to one of his supreme disciplines. A family project that is more than successful. © Lena Germann/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:50
- Main artists: Sheku Kanneh-Mason Isata Kanneh-Mason
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
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