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Kian Soltani

Schumann

Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: October 4, 2024

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1 Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 / I. Nicht zu schnell  
2 IIa. Sehr langsam  
3 IIb. Etwas lebhafter  
4 III. Sehr lebhaft  
5 Klavierstücke (12) für kleine und große Kinder, Op. 85 / No. 12, Abendlied  
6 Liederkreis, Op. 39 / No. 7, Auf einer Burg  
7 Stücke im Volkston (5), Op. 102 / No. 2, Langsam  
8 Liederkreis, Op. 39 / No. 5, Mondnacht  
9 Myrthen, Op. 25 / No. 7, Die Lotusblume  
10 Dichterliebe, Op. 48 / No. 10, Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen  
11 Liederkreis, Op. 39 / No. 1, In der Fremde  
12 Waldszenen, Op. 82 / No. 9, Abschied  
13 Liederkreis, Op. 39 / No. 9,  
14 Liederalbum für die Jugend, Op. 79 / No. 27, Schneeglöckchen  
15 Myrthen, Op. 25 / No. 1, Widmung  
16 Clara Schumann: Lieder (6), Op. 13 / No. 1, Ich stand in dunklen Träumen  
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For his new Deutsche Grammophon album, cellist Kian Soltani is focusing on the music of Schumann. The cornerstone of Soltani’s much-anticipated follow-up to Cello Unlimited – winner of the 2022 OPUS KLASSIK Innovative Listening Experience award – is Schumann’s masterful Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129. This is a work Soltani has played to enormous acclaim many times (“The cello bow seemed to be a mere extension of his arm, his fingers flying over the fingerboard as if it were the most natural thing in the world … an unforgettable musical experience” – Seen and Heard International on his performance with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in September 2023). 

Joined here by the players of Camerata Salzburg, led by concertmaster Gregory Ahss, Soltani directs the ensemble from the cello in the Concerto and in orchestrations of four other works by Schumann. The album also features Soltani’s own transcriptions for cello and piano of music by both Robert and Clara Schumann, in which he is accompanied by French pianist Julien Quentin. Kian Soltani – Schumann is released digitally and on CD on today. The orchestrated version of “Abendlied” from the 12 Klavierstücke, op. 85 is available to stream or download, complete with performance video, and the Sehr lebhaft finale of the Cello Concerto.

  • Kian Soltani joins faculty at Vienna's 'University of Music and Performing Arts' / THE VIOLIN CHANNEL
    Posted At: August 30, 2023
    Hailed by The Times as a “remarkable cellist” and described by Gramophone as “sheer perfection”, Kian Soltani’s playing is characterised by a depth of expression, sense of individuality and technical mastery, alongside a charismatic stage presence and ability to create an immediate emotional connection with his audience. He is now invited by the world’s leading orchestras, conductors and recital promoters, ...

  • Kian Soltani plays some terrific Dvorak / ClassicsToday
    Posted At: November 18, 2020

    There have been so many recordings of Dvořák's Cello Concerto that it's difficult to work up much enthusiasm for yet another one. However, as I always say, a great performance is its own justification, no doubt about it, this is a great performance. Kian Soltani plays the piece vigorously, first and foremost. Even the more lyrical passages, such as the second subject of the first movement, th...

  • What a tone Kian Soltani produces on his 'Dvorak Cello Concerto' with Staatskapelle Berlin under Barenboim / theWholeNote
    Posted At: October 2, 2020

    Kian Soltani is the soloist in the Dvořák Cello Concerto with Daniel Barenboim conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin in a performance recorded live in concert at the Berlin Philharmonie in October 2018 (Deutsche Grammophon 00028948360901 kiansoltani.com/discography). Barenboim has been general music director of the orchestra since 1992, and the lengthy but lovely orchestral start to the con...

  • Kian Soltani - Dvorak Cello Concerto, Staat Berlin, Barenboim is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: August 17, 2020

    Praised by The Washington Post for playing with "an easy warmth, drawing the orchestra after him like a halo around a candle flame," cellist Kian Soltani follows his debut album, Home, with an album of works by Antonín Dvořák, centered on the famous Cello Concerto. Featuring conductor Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle, the concerto is paired with five arrangements of belove...

  • Meet VC Artist - Kian Soltani
    Posted At: August 25, 2018

    VC Artist Kian Soltani has in recent years firmly established an international reputation as one of the new generation's most prodigious young concert artists. The 26 year old Persian-Austrian cello virtuoso has in recent years been praised for his technical mastery and profound, mature conviction. Soltani recently toured as the featured soloist with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, performing S...

  • Kian Soltani - Home is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: March 8, 2018

    A protegé of Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniel Barenboim, 25-year-old cellist Kian Soltani releases his debut DG album performed with pianist Aaron Pilsan, Home. Reflecting his Austrian and Persian roots, Home features Schubert's Sonata in A Minor (Arpeggione) and Schumann's "Du bist wie eine Blume," as well as world premiere recordings of Iranian composer Reza Vali's&n...
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