Gaspar Cassadó's Cello Concerto in D minor was first performed in 1926 by Cassadó and Pablo Casals, to whom the work was dedicated.
[1] The concerto consists of two movements: This piece, like the Suite for Cello Solo, has folk music elements: Spanish, Oriental, and Impressionistic.
Gaspar Cassadó studied composition with Maurice Ravel and Ravelian "carnival music" can be heard in the second theme of the first movement.
The second movement is a theme and variations.
An attacca leads to a pentatonic Rondo.