Manuel Lipstein's debut album juxtaposes expressive and virtuoso cello works of the modern era with the refined fantasies of the old master Georg Friedrich Telemann. All the compositions I have selected share the common feature of spontaneous, creative, imaginative genesis. Hindemith composed his expressive and extremely varied solo sonata within just a few days as part of a bet with fellow composers. Eric Feldbusch's suite “Mosaïque” consists of expressive improvisations based on traditional Jewish melodies and a lively wedding dance. In his own works for the Vier Traumbilder, Manuel Lipstein not only demonstrates his cellistic skills. Finally, in the famous romantic suite by Gaspar Cassadò, the Spanish dance leg swings.