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[ EMI Music / CD ]
Release Date: Monday, 10 March, 2008
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"An exceptionally lyrical player…formidable technique"
The Strad
British cellist Richard Harwood has a passion for duo and chamber music and has worked with the pianists Christoph Berner, Julius Drake and Connie Shih and as a chamber musician with Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, the Endellion Quartet, and Alexander Sitkovetsky among others. He made his BBC Radio 3 debut precociously early, at the age of thirteen, with a live recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto. He has also given performances for Radio France and MDR in Germany. Richard's many awards include the Audi Junior Musician, the Pierre Fournier Award, and becoming the first British cellist ever to be awarded the title "Bachpreisträger" at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig.
"The programme is both substantial and interesting, framed with two of the repertoire's finest sonatas, while the 'encores' in the middle give the cellist the chance to show off both lyricism and virtuosity."
Classic FM Magazine
"Who and what do you praise first? he vivid and sumptuous EMI recording, the darkly noble 1682 cello, or Richard Harwood himself? Each plays its part, but this 26-year-old Brit, the outstanding cellist of his generation, must take top place. Lyrical and intellectual powers fuse; the pianist Christoph Berner is no slouch either. The Chopin sonata and Beethoven's Third are given beautiful, visceral readings. A terrific debut CD."
The Times
Tracks:
Beethoven:
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Chopin:
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
Glazunov:
Chant du Ménestrel, Op. 71
Offenbach:
Les Larmes de Jacqueline - Elégie
Popper:
Dance of the Elves, Op. 39
Presto
Rubinstein:
Melody in F
(arr David Popper)
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