Gaspar Cassad - Cello Concerto (1926)

Gaspar Cassadó i Moreu (5 October 1897 – 24 December 1966) was a Spanish cellist and composer of the early 20th century. He was born in Barcelona to a church musician father, Joaquim Cassadó, and began taking cello lessons at age seven. When he was nine, he played in a recital where Pablo Casals was in the audience; Casals immediately offered to teach him. The city of Barcelona awarded him a scholarship so that he could study with Casals in Paris. Please support my channel: Cello Concerto in D minor (1926) 1. Allegro 2. Andante con Variazioni e Allegro Finale Johannes Goritzki, cello and Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana conducted by Urs Schneider This piece, like the Suite for Cello Solo, is influenced by Spanish and Oriental folk music, and Impressionism. Cassadó studied composition with Maurice Ravel, and a Ravel-influenced “carnival music“ appears in the second theme of the first movement. The second movemen