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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Score 2Cellos (Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser), London Symphony Orchestra [ Sony / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] 2CELLOS, music's most electric and dynamic instrumental duo, go to the movies for their new album Score. Bringing 2CELLOS' game-changing sound and style to the most popular melodies ever written for classic and contemporary movies and television,... |
FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Works, Volume 4 (Includes Rebus & A Prayer) Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC National Chorus of Wales / BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - '... this is an essential purchase for Oration alone - and the music itself deserves the widest dissmenation.' Gramophone |
SIR LENNOX & MICHAEL BERKELEY
Symphony No. 4 / The Garden of Earthly Delights / Cello Concerto Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] 'Throughout Richard Hickox draws brilliant playing from his band, energetic where necessary, sonically overwhelming in the Garden. Anthon Burton's notes are excellent, too, helpful and so objective that they don't tell you how good all the music on... |
LENNOX & MICHAEL BERKELEY
Symphony No. 4 / The Garden of Earthly Delights / Cello Concerto Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] This third volume in Chandos' successful Berkeley series, featuring music by Lennox and Michael Berkeley, is released to celebrate the centenary of Sir Lennox Berkeley's birth. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Cello Symphony, Cello Sonata & Cello Suites Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze / Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Concerto |
DOHNANYI / ENESCU / D'ALBERT
Cello Concertos Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Carlos Kalmar, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Cello Concerto Vol 1 / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'Gerhardt's playing, with its richly hued tone, gets right to the heart of this music and brilliantly ignites the fireworks that the Enescu and d'Albert pieces have up their sleeves' - The Daily Telegraph |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cello Concerto & Symphony-Concerto Alban Gerhardt, cello / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] 'Music that is especially compelling, both in terms of creativity and scoring … No praise is too high for Alban's Gerhardt's musicianship, commitment and technique' (International Record Review) |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Cello Concerto / Piano Concerto No. 3 Alexander Baillie (cello) Malcolm Binns (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite, conducter [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "This CD is a must for all enthusiasts of Stanford's music. I guarantee that it will not disappoint: in fact it will inspire you and make you want to explore the music of this Great Man in much more detail. And that can be no bad thing!" (MusicWeb... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Armenian Rhapsody Alexander Chaushian (cello) / Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra / Eduard Topchjan / Emmanuel Hovhannisyan (duduk) / Vache Sharafyan (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] This disc offers a rare opportunity to sample music by Armenian composers, here represented by three works for cello and orchestra. |
DENISOV / SHCHEDRIN / VUSTIN / SCHNITTKE
New Cello Concerto (1960-2000) Alexander Ivashkin (cello) / Geneva Chamber Orchestra / Lev Markiz [ Alma Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "Alexander Ivashkin investigates the state of the contemporary Russian cello concerto and finds it thriving." William Dart. nzherald |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Symphony No 7 / Cello Concerto Alexander Ivashkin (Cello) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Jul/2000 ] 'Alexander Ivashkin… reveals himself here to be a cellist of international standing… this is a distinguished release, one that gives eloquent reportage on two of this composer's most important and contrasting scores'. American Record Guide |
PROKOFIEV
Cello Concertos & Sonatas Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 'This is wonderful playing, with a characteristically fine recording from Chandos.' The Strad |
MYASKOVSKY
Symphony No. 27, Op. 85 / Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 66 Alexander Ivashkin (cello) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra. Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Jan 03) "Symphony No 27 is given a reading to match its nobility and proud assertion of a Russian symphonic tradition that goes back, predominantly, to Tchaikovsky. Superbly played and recorded." |
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 / Symphony-Concerto, Op. 125 Alexander Ivashkin (cello) Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2002 ] 'With its subtle understanding of the interplay between soloist and orchestra, and among sections of the orchestra, this recording is a wonderful addition to the Prokofiev catalogue.' Fanfare |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 Alexander Ivashkin (cello) / Symphony Orchestra of Moscow / Valeri Polyansky [ Ode Records / CD - released 23/Apr/2007 ] ALEXANDER IVASHKIN is one of three Russian cellists (after Mstislav Rostropovich and Natalia Gutman) for whom Schnittke wrote his cello works. |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Schnittke: Cello Concertos / Cello Sonatas / Concerto grosso No. 2 Alexander Ivashkin (cello) Tatiana Grindenko (violin) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "A disc that critic Philip Clark calls in his review "the definitive document of Schnittke's relationship with the cello" can make for uncomfortable listening. Properly so, as the First Concerto was composed around Schnittke's dreadful stroke in... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
TchaikovskY: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 (with Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 66) Alexander Knyazev (cello) / Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio, Vladimir Fedoseyev [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 10/Dec/2013 ] Filmed in one of the most prestigious world concert halls, the Musikverein, in Vienna, this fourth volume concludes a cycle of the concerts by the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra under conductor, Vladimir Fedoseyev. This programme included the... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Works for Cello and Orchestra Alexander Rudin (cello) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD ] "I would draw your attention to the Concerto Ballata. Sweet, very Russian, and just the right amounts of melancholy and drama. Recorded only three times." Penguin Guide |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Music For Cello And Orchestra Alexander Rudin (Cello) / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "Alexander Rudin is, both technically and interpretively, one of the most authoritative cellists of his generation...all in all the most successful recording of this score in years....Highly Recommended" - Fanfare |
DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos. Nos 1&2 Alexander Rudin (cello) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2016 ] "these performances convey the flow and character of the music admirably" (BBC Music) |
