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Liner Notes

Pablo Casals

1. “El cant dels ocells” (“Song of the Birds”), for Cello and String Orchestra

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2. Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, for Cello and Orchestra

Robert Schumann

Concerto in A minor, Op. 129, for Cello and Orchestra

3. Nicht zu schnell

4. Langsam

5. Sehr lebhaft

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

6. Andante Cantabile, Op. 11, for Cello and String Orchestra

Pablo Casals

7. “El cant dels ocells” (“Song of the Birds”), for Solo Cello (arr. Tsang)

Bion Tsang, cello

Scott Yoo, conductor Royal Scottish National Orchestra

produced, edited and mixed by Michael Fine

recorded September 14th, 2018 & January 5th, 2022 at the RSNO Centre, Glasgow, Scotland

engineered by Wolf-Dieter Karwatky and Hedd Peter Morfett Jones

art direction and design by Luke Jacobs, Perfecto Creative

photography by Marshall Tidrick

This album is dedicated to the memory of Paul Ja-Min Tsang, whose voice was silenced far too soon, but continues to resonate as an inspiration.