Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 & Schoenberg: Concerto in D Major for Cello and Orchestra (Arr. from Harpsichord Concerto by Mathias Georg Monn) - 5811

Amazon.com Conservative music lovers run screaming from the room at the very mention of Schoenberg's name. That's a pity, particularly in the case of this concerto, which is actually a reworking of a Baroque original by Monn. Schoenberg keeps pretty strictly to the original as far as the actual notes are concerned, but he dresses the whole thing up in the wildest, most modernistic orchestration, and the result is hilarious. As a coupling to Strauss's Don Quixote, it almost upstages the larger work, and it's a true "sleeper" in the Yo-Yo Ma discography. Try it--you'll like it! --David Hurwitz
ASIN: B00000262R
VSKU: GGV.B00000262R.LN
Condition: Like New
Author/Artist:Yo-Yo Ma
Binding: Audio CD