SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Frans Helmerson (cello) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra under Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] 'The Russian strings… produce vast, cascading waves of sound, around which Helmerson weaves an impassioned web of song. The Cadenza… is riveting. Helmerson pours out his heart and displays a true lyric gift.' American Record Guide |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Don Juan / Don Quixote Franz Bartolomey (cello) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] "Previn's Strauss with the Vienna Orchestra for Telarc is...rich, lush, well built and extremely musical. There is personality." -High Performance Review |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces / Cello Concerto / Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg) Fred Sherry (Cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] In 1933, Schoenberg transcribed for cello a harpsichord concerto by the baroque composer Matthias Monn (1717-50). He dedicated his arrangement to Pablo Casals, whom he had met in Vienna, but Casals considered it too demanding. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Gabriel Schwabe (cello) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] Composed during a period of social readjustment in post-war France, the First Cello Concerto marked Saint-Saëns acceptance as a composer among the establishment, and has long been one of his most admired works. Recognition for the fiendishly... |
LAURENT PETITGIRARD
Petitgirard: Concertos for String Instruments (including Cello Concerto) Gary Hoffmann / Gerard Causse / Augustin Dumay / Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra / Laurent Petitgirard [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] "All three orchestras used on this disc seem to give their all for the conductor-composer. Worth investigating" Fanfare |
ANTONIN DVORAK / VICTOR HERBERT
Dvorak / Herbert: Cello Concertos Gautier Capucon (cello) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Gautier Capuçon gives a richly lyrical and sympathetic account of Herbert's Concerto, reaching heights of eloquence in its beguiling slow movement and revelling in the virtuosity of the latter parts of the finale." BBC Music Magazine, March 2009 **** |
BEETHOVEN / SAINT-SAENS / ENESCU / SMETANA / ROSSINI / etc
Summer Night Concert in Vienna 2022 (CD) Gautier Capuçon (cello) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/Jul/2022 ] The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is the world's biggest annual classical open-air concert that takes place in the magical setting of the Schönbrunn Palace Baroque Park in Vienna. This is the tenth release in the series. "This... |
W. A. MOZART / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / etc
Géza Anda: Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings Geza Anda (piano) / Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / 17 CD Box Set - released 8/Oct/2021 ] D. G. celebrates one of the greatest pianists of our time, Géza Anda - the "troubadour of the keyboard" (Furtwängler) - in a limited edition 17-CD set. Anda was for the most part of his sadly too-short career a Deutsche Grammophon artists. |
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto / Double Concerto Gidon Kremer (violin) Clemens Hagen (cello) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Maestro / CD - released 1/Oct/2014 ] 'Harnoncourt, Kremer, Hagen and the orchestra invest both concertos with a wealth of insights, leaving nothing to chance but within a highly spontaneous interpretative framework.' Gramophone Editors Choice |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Double Concerto / Academic Festival Overture Gidon Kremer (violin) Mischa Maisky (cello) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Sep/2004 ] Original Recording from 1983 |
BEETHOVEN
Itzhak Perlman conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (rec March 2010) BLU-RAY Giora Schmidt (violin), Zuill Bailey (cello) & Navah Perlman (piano) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman [ EuroArts Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2014 ] The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is a cultural ambassador for Israel, and is regarded as one of the best orchestras in the world. Recorded in the Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv in March 2010, this concert sees the Israel Philharmonic conducted in this... |
ALBINONI
12 Trattenimenti armonici per camera Op. 6 Giorgio Tosi (baroque violin), Marlise Goidanich (baroque cello) & Carlo Centemeri (organ) Zero Emission Baroque Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] Tomaso Albinoni is one of the greatest composers of the Italian Baroque...Italian Baroque specialist Carlo Centemeri...now leads the Zero Emission Baroque Orchestra in this new recording of Albinoni, playing on period instruments. |
SCARLATTI / PERGOLESI / PORPORA / DURANTE
Concertos for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Giulio Giannelli Viscardi (flute) Giovanni Sollima (cello) / European Union Chamber Orchestra / Eivind Aadland [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Sep/2006 ] 'Stylishly played and naturally recorded … I urge you to share the pleasure I have had from this record' (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 7 / Triple Concerto Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) Lars Vogt (piano) London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor) [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "Haitink demands attention from an orchestra, in his telling pauses as much as in the playing itself and the results were revelatory … To experience Haitink conducting is to witness a master at work" Daily Telegraph (UK), 19 November 2005 |
BRAHMS
Symphony No 2 / Double Concerto Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live / CD - released 15/Jan/2004 ] "Haitink revisits Brahms in these imposing and beautifully shaded new accounts" Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (March 2004) |
LEOPOLD van der PALS
Van der Pals: Concertos fro Violin, Cello & Piano Gordan Trajkovic (Violin) Tobias van der Pals (Violoncello) Marianna Shirinyan (Piano) / Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Fredrik Burstedt [ CPO / CD - released 10/May/2020 ] Leopold van der Pals wrote a total of three works in which he dealt with the concerto genre. |
WEINBERG
Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 20 Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra / Thord Svedlund [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2012 ] This is the fourth disc in our series dedicated to the orchestral works of Mieczysław Weinberg, performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Thord Svedlund. The cello soloist is Claes Gunnarsson, one of Sweden's leading cellists, who combines... |
MUSSORGSKY / BEETHOVEN
Live From Salzburg 2008 [Moussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition / Beethoven - Triple Concerto Op. 56] Martha Argerich (piano) Renaud Capucon (violin) Gautier Capucon, cello) / Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 4/May/2009 ] Gustavo Dudamel's thrilling debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2008 recorded live in the heat of the moment at the Grosses Festspielhaus. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Cello Conerto (with Brahms:- Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11) Natalia Gutman (cello) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Apr/2007 ] "This is prime-quality Abbado: points are made but never overstated, and there's always the sense that quality musicians are working together with a common musical aim. Who could possibly ask for more?" Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Early and Late Works (Incls 'Dark Pastoral for Cello & Orchestra) Guy Johnston (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "Johnston's playing is searchingly beautiful and accurate; and as in the other works, Yates and the RSNO provide a quality contribution." BBC Music |