Venice Anastasia Kobekina

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): Lamento d'Arianna:
• 1 Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna 01:33
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Cello Concerto in A Minor, RV 419:
• 2 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in A Minor, RV 419: III. Allegro 01:54
• Valentin Silvestrov (b. 1937): Abendserenade:
• 3 Silvestrov: Abendserenade 03:39
• John Dowland (1563 - 1626): Go, Crystal Tears:
• 4 Dowland: Go, Crystal Tears 03:15
• Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D Minor, RV 405:
• 5 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D Minor, RV 405: I. [Allegro] 02:55
• 6 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D Minor, RV 405: II. Adagio 03:51
• 7 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D Minor, RV 405: III. Allegro 02:14
• Caroline Shaw (b. 1982): Limestone & Felt:
• 8 Shaw: Limestone & Felt 05:51
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974:
• 9 Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio (After Marcello) 03:28
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87:
• 10 Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: IV. Barcarolla 01:58
• Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 408:
• 11 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 408: II. Largo 04:22
• Nino Rota (1911 - 1979): Canto della Buranella (From "Il Casanova di Federico Fellini"):
• 12 Rota: Canto della Buranella (From "Il Casanova di Federico Fellini") 01:12
• Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677): Che si può fare?:
• 13 Strozzi: Che si può fare? 03:27
• Brian Eno (b. 1948), Jon Hopkins (b. 1979): Emerald and Stone:
• 14 Eno, Hopkins: Emerald and Stone 02:17
• György Kurtag (b. 1926): Signs, Games and Messages:
• 15 Kurtag: Signs, Games and Messages: Árnyak (Shadows) 01:01
• Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV 416:
• 16 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV 416: I. Allegro 03:21
• 17 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV 416: II. Adagio 03:21
• 18 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV 416: III. Allegro 03:02
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1:
• 19 Fauré: Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1 02:43
• Antonio Sartorio (b. 1630 - 1680): L'orfeo: Orfeo, tu dormi:
• 20 Sartorio: L'orfeo: Orfeo, tu dormi 02:13
• 21 Sartorio: L'orfeo: Se desti pietà 02:45
• Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Cello and Bassoon in E Minor, RV 409:
• 22 Vivaldi: Concerto for Cello and Bassoon in E Minor, RV 409: III. Allegro 02:24
• Vladimir Kobekin (b. 1947): Ariadne's Lament (Variations on a Theme by Claudio Monteverdi):
• 23 Kobekin: Ariadne's Lament (Variations on a Theme by Claudio Monteverdi) 09:49
• Total Runtime 01:12:35

Info for Venice

Sony Classical presents its debut album from charismatic cellist Anastasia Kobekina, to be released on February 2, 2024. The “unrivalled musician” (Le Figaro) known for her fearless musicianship and “almost overwhelming sincerity” (The Strad) presents an eclectic concept album exploring her own multifaceted relationship to the city of Venice.

Venice, which showcases many sides of Kobekina’s artistry, draws listeners away from the lugubrious gondoliers and carnival masks that have provided our standard musical image of Venice. Instead, the album asks how much of what we’ve internalized about the iconic city is actually real. ‘Venice feels not just a city but an idea, a character in itself,’ says the cellist; ‘or maybe it presents a different character to each of us. It asks questions of you, fires your imagination.’

Her album presents an embracing, personal conversation between past and present, including music from the Renaissance of Claudio Monteverdi and John Dowland to the twenty-first-century of Brian Eno and Caroline Shaw. Also included is Kobekina’s performance of her own father Vladimir Kobekin’s work based on a melody by Monteverdi, “Ariadne’s Lament.” “This piece goes right under my skin, and recording it one of the most intense musical experiences I have ever had,” she says. “My ultimate goal in making music is getting beyond cello technique,” says Kobekina, “beyond the wood, the strings, the bow, beyond simply reproducing a sound or echoing a particular voice, and instead attempting to reach for that feeling when I sing in my most expressive, private and personal moments. Music at its most direct.”

Anastasia Kobekina, violoncello
Azul Lima, lute
Mariana Doughty, viola
Fran Petrac, double bass
Martin Zeller, baroque cello
Leonardo Bortolotto, viola da gamba
Basel Chamber Orchestra

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Booklet for Venice