Queen Elisabeth Competition: Cello 2026 (Live)
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Queen Elisabeth Competition: Cello 2026 (Live)
Various Artists
[ Queen Elisabeth Competition / 4 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 4 September 2026
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This box set from the third cello session of the Queen Elisabeth Competition brings together the 12 prize-winners who offered audiences exceptional musical moments throughout the competition.
It opens with the concertos performed by the first four laureates. As tradition dictates, the programme begins with Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto performed by First Prize winner Ettore Pagano, followed by Lutosławski's Cello Concerto performed by Second Prize winner Tae-Yeon Kim. These are followed by Barber's Cello Concerto performed by Third Prize winner Leland Ko and Shostakovich's Cello Concerto performed by Fourth Prize winner Álvaro Lozano Cames.
A full disc of chamber music extends the journey, ranging from Josef Suk to Kaija Saariaho, and featuring Harold Noben's compulsory work alongside other highlights from the competition.
The programme then returns to the orchestral repertoire with concertos by Anton Kraft and Leopold Hofmann, before concluding with Four Odes to the Tidings of Flowers by Fang Man, the compulsory work of the final round.
Beyond the prize list itself, this album reflects the richness of an edition marked by the broadening of repertoire, the curiosity of its performers, and the extraordinary diversity of musical personalities gathered in Brussels. A vivid testament to the art of cello playing today.
Tracks:
Ettore Pagano | Belgian National Orchestra | Antony Hermus - Sergei Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante in E Minor, Op. 125:
I. Andante
II. Allegro giusto
III. Andante con moto
Tae-Yeon Kim | Belgian National Orchestra | Antony Hermus - Witold Lutosławski: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra:
I. Introduction
II. 4 Episodes
III. Cantilena
IV. Finale
Álvaro Lozano Cames | Belgian National Orchestra|Antony Hermus - Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107:
I. Allegretto
II. Moderato
III. Cadenza
IV. Allegro con moto
Leland Ko | Belgian National Orchestra | Antony Hermus - Samuel Barber: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 22:
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Molto allegro e appassionato
Clara Dietlin | Antoine de Grolée - Josef Suk: Ballade and Serenade for Cello and Piano, Op. 3: No. 1, Ballade
Maria Zaitseva | Maria Zaitseva Sr - Alfred Schnittke: Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 129:
I. Largo
II. Presto
III. Largo
Krzysztof Michalski | Sarah Zajtmann - Harold Noben: Caffeine
Leland Ko | Adria Ye - Dmitri Kabalevsky: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 71:
I. Andante molto sostenuto
II. Allegretto con moto
III. Allegro molto
Lionel Martin - Krzysztof Penderecki: Capriccio per Siegfried Palm
Dilshod Narzillaev - György Ligeti: Sonata for Solo Cello:
I. Dialogo
II. Capriccio
Andrew Ilhoon Byun - Kaija Saariaho: Lullaby
Ettore Pagano | Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie | Vahan Mardirossian - Anton Kraft: Cello Concerto in C Major, Op. 4:
I. Allegro aperto
II. Romance
III. Rondo alla Cosacca
Tae-Yeon Kim|Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie | Vahan Mardirossian - Leopold Hofmann: Cello Concerto in D Major, Badley D3:
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio un poco Andante
III. Allegro molto
Ivan Sendetsky | Thomas Hoppe - Antonín Dvořák: From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68: No. 5, Klid
Yo Kitamura | Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie | Vahan Mardirossian - Fang Man: Four Odes to the Tidings of Flowers:
I. In Winter Snow, an Ode to Plum
In Spring Valleys, an Ode to Orchid
III. In Summer Winds, an Ode to Bamboo
IV. In Autumn Frost, an Ode to Chrysanthemum
