ELGAR
Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures / The Kingdom Prelude Li-Wei (cello) / Elizabeth Campbell (mezzo) / Adelaide Symphony Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite [ ABC Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] |
QIN WEN-CHEN
Qin: Violin Concerto 'The Border of the Mountains', Cello Concerto 'Dawn', Suona Concerto 'Calling the Phoenix' Li-Wei Qin (cello) Mengla Huang (violin) Qianyuan Zhang (suona) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gottfried Rabl [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] A native of Inner Mongolia, Wenchen Qin grew up with the folk music of his homeland and is now one of China's most influential composers. His violin concerto The Border of the Mountains exploits the extraordinary colors and flexibility of both... |
MAX BRUCH / DANIEL SHALIT / YEHEZKEL BRAUN / LEIB AILENBERG
Music from the Ghetto: Ailenberg, Braun, Bruch, Shalit London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor), Simca Heled (conductor / cello), Jack Liebeck (violin) [ Signum / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] The central thread linking all the works featured in this recording is their assimilation of various elements of Jewish music, whether directly stemming from Chassidic folk traditions, or relating to material directly associated with religious... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / STAMITZ / HAYDN / RACHMANINOV / RUBINSTEIN / GLAZUNOV / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Andante Cantabile: Romantic music for cello and orchestra Ludovit Kanta, Maria Kliegel, Alexander Rudin, Christian Benda, Vytautas Sondeckis (cellos) with various orchestras [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] "A COMPILATION of favourite tunes for the cello is almost guaranteed to be moody and relaxing. And sure enough, its woody tones - in the hands of Christian Benda, Ludovic Kanta, Vytautus Sondeckis, Maria Kliegel and Alexander Rubin - draw a... |
KABALEVSKY
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 19/May/2003 ] The quirky fun music of Kabalevsky |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Irish Rhapsody Nos 1 - 6 / Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 126 / Concert Variations upon an English Theme, Op. 71 'Down among the Dead Men' Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] 'With a distinguished array of soloists, committed playing from the Ulster Orchestra and richly sonorous sound, these discs will give much pleasure.' BBC Music Magazine |
KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto in D minor / Cello Concerto in E minor Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Scottish National Orchestra [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2002 ] This disc couples two of Khachaturian's best concertos |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Violin Concerto / Lonely Waters / Whythorne's Shadow / Cello Concerto Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch / Ulster Orchestra / Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Vernon Handley; Norman Del Mar [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] 'The Cello Concerto was written for Peers Coetmore who was to become his wife. Raphael Wallfischs playing makes the neglect of this glorious piece all the more astonishing.' Gramophone |
PROKOFIEV
Symphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra in E minor (with Shostakovich-Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 126) Lynn Harrell (cello) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Avie / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] "a generous coupling of two masterworks, both of which are delivered in performances of distinction and personality." (MusicWeb may 2006) |
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony and other works Lynn Harrell (cello) / The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Thrilling highly-charged accounts of some of Tchaikovsky's darkest music. Harrell's elegant Rococo Variations provides welcome light at the end of the tunnel." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
DVORAK
Cello Concerto / Water Goblin / Carnival, concert overture, Op.92 Torleif Thedaen (cello) / Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra / Kees Bakels [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2002 ] Dvorak's Cello Concerto is the ultimate work for the instrument |
PATRICK HAWES
Hawes: Fair Albion - Visions of England Brno Chamber Orchestra, Patrick Hawes (piano), Raven Quartet, Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Julian Lloyd webber (cello) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] "Elin Manahan Thomas's lyric soprano voice provides the ideal vehicle for Hawes's neo-Baroque setting of George Herbert's The Call. Reflexionem for cello and harp is given a similarly uplifting treatment by Julian Lloyd Webber, solidly supported... |
CHOPIN
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor / Mazurkas / Waltzes / Cello sonata / etc Maria Joao Pires (piano) / Emmanuel Krivine (cello) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "The transience of life and beauty; how keenly we feel this as the first chord of the B major Op 62 Nocturne subsides into its echo. But that's just one of many magical moments in this CD release - for once presented by DG with the dignity that the... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Triple Concerto Maria João Pires (piano), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] LSO Live celebrates the 90th birthday of one of the conducting world's greats, Bernard Haitink. Few artists have a deeper understanding of the music of Beethoven than the celebrated Dutch conductor, who is known for his mastery of the great... |
SCHNITTKE
Cello Concerto / Stille Musik for violin & cello / Sonata for cello & piano Maria Kliegel (cello) Raimund Havenith (piano) Burkhard Godhoff (violin) / Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gerhard Markson (cond) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] The Russian composer Alfred Schnittke was born in 1934, the son of a journalist of Lithuanian-Jewish origin and a mother who taught German. |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Introduction and Allegro / Serenade for Strings Maria Kliegel (cello) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Halasz, conductor. Capella Istropolitana. Adrian Leaper, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2004 ] Sir Edward Elgar enjoys a curious reputation in his own country. To many he is, above all, the composer of the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, the celebrator of Edwardian Imperialism, the man who preferred the races to a rehearsal of his Violin... |
CLAUDIO SANTORO
Santoro: Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 8 / Três Abstrações Marina Martins (cello) Denise de Freitas (mezzo-soprano) / Goias Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] The 1960s proved to be a significant decade in Claudio Santoro's ever-eventful life. The charged atmosphere of the Cello Concerto can be attributed to his experiences in East Berlin at the moment construction started on the Berlin Wall. Despite its... |
KABALEVSKY
Cello Concertos 1, 2 / Improvisato (violin & piano) / Rondo (violin & piano) Marina Tarasova (cello) Natalia Likhopoi (violin) Ludmilla Kuritskaya (piano) / Symphony Orchestra of Russia [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "These are successful performances that are impressive for Tarasova's sense of flow and colour as well as for the mercurial fantasy and power of Likhopoi." (MusicWeb Jan 2011) |
KHACHATURIAN
Cello Concerto in E minor / Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello in D min Marina Tarasova (cello), Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Veronika Dudarova [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Tarasova plays both works with great eloquence and expressive vehemence: she has a big tone and impeccable technique" (Penguin Guide) |