Maxim Shalygin “Canti d’inizio e fine“ for solo cello [performed by Maya Fridman]

Canti d’inizio e fine - for a solo performer who can feel, play, sing, scream, moan, swear, breathe, squeal, whisper, bleat, hiss, dream... Rend your clothes, you all, sprinkle your head with ashes, run through the streets and dance in madness. - Rabbi Jakub Szulman in a letter, January 1942 Canto Primo: Gabriel 00:00 Canto Secundo: Samael 05:34 Canto Terzo: Kapziel 14:54 Canto Quarto: Azrael 20:31 Canto Quinto: Abaddon 24:39 Canto Sesto: Michael 28:38 Epilogo: Todesfuge 34:15 Composer: Maxim Shalyg