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CAN ATILLA
Atilla: Symphony No. 2 'Gallipoli - The 57th Regiment' Angela Ahıskal (soprano) & Onur Şenler (cello) / Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Burak Tüzün [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2017 ] Can Attila is one of the leading Turkish composers of his generation. Success in film and television music has been accompanied by comparable achievement in the orchestral repertory. The Gallipoli campaigns in the First World War have always held... |
ANTONIO DVORAK
Cello Concerto in B minor (with works by Reger & Francaix) Anja Thauer (cello), with Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdeněk Mácal & Jean Françaix (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] In the year 2015 we should have been celebrating the seventieth birthdays of two uniquely talented women cellists who were both born in 1945, but instead we have been remembering a more tragic coincidence: in 1973, multiple sclerosis forced the... |
VITO PALUMBO
Palumbo: Three Concertos Anna Paradiso (harpsichord), Mats Olofsson (cello), Dan Laurin (recorder), String ensemble, Gävle Symphony Orchestra / Jaime Martín [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2018 ] The genesis of this disc was Dan Laurin's idea to commission a concerto for recorder and symphony orchestra. He had performed a number of such works already, but felt that the new, more powerful 'Eagle' recorder developed by the maker Adriana... |
Sir WILLIAM WALTON / ROBERTO MOLINELLI
Walton: Cello Concerto (arr. viola) / Molinelli: Lady Walton's Garden '/ etc Anna Serova (viola) / Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, Roberto Molinelli (conductor/electronics) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] With his distinctive blend of incisive drama and lyrical expressiveness, Sir William Walton considered his cello to be the best of his three concertos for string instruments - heard here for the first time in a stunning transcription for viola. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor Op. 102 (with Clara Schumann: Piano Trio) (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Pablo Fernandez (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, Lambert Orkis (piano) [ Sony Classical Vinyl / 2 LP - released 4/Nov/2022 ] An aristocrat of the string world is united with one of its most exciting newcomers for this major new concerto release on Sony Classical. First joint album by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrández - a musical team for many years. |
ANTHONY RITCHIE
Remember Parihaka Alexa Still (flute) Katherine Hebley (cello) Andrew Uren (bass clarinet) Sam Hunt (poet) / Auckland Chamber Orchestra / Peter Scholes [ Atoll Records / CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] For their debut disc ACO and Music Director Scholes have recorded four of Anthony Ritchie's smaller-scale orchestral works. |
HAYDN / MOZART / BOCCHERINI / DVORAK / BEETHOVEN / KELEMEN / etc
Antonio Janigro: the rare Cello Recordings Antonio Janigro (cello), with Gunhild Stappenbec, Paul Badura-Skoda (piano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Zagreb Soloists, etc [ Profil Hanssler / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "Janigro was one of those all-round musicians who excel in anything they turn their hands to. This welcome release showcases his artistry to the full, and it receives my wholehearted recommendation." MusicWeb |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Cello Concertos Nos, 1 and 2 / Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra Antonio Meneses (cello) / São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Isaac Karabtchevsky [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] The Cello Concerto No. 1 was Villa-Lobos's first major orchestral work. Filled with youthful energy and displaying an eclectic style, it is the sound of the composer finding his voice. Three decades later and with his reputation at its height, the... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 and solo piano works Arcadi Volodos (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine [ Sony Classics / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "So many things about it are distinguished and thrilling. The flowing tempo of the opening bars and the subtle assertion of soloistic presence augur well....Levine ensures that the following orchestral transition keeps moving (how often conductors... |
HUGO ALFVEN
Alfven: Symphony No. 4, Op. 39 / Festival Overture, Op. 52 Arndis Halla (soprano) / Johann Valdimarsson (tenor) / Sigrun Edvaldsdottir (violin) / Richard Talkowsky (cello) / Iceland Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "The Naxos recording is better, however, being a modern digital offering, recorded in a sympathetic acoustic, allowing all parts to be heard clearly. The orchestra is certainly well up to the task." (MusicWeb 2005) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Erkoreka: Cello & Piano Concertos / Tres Sonetos de Michelangelo Asier Polo (cello) Carlos Mena (countertenor) Alfonso Gómez (piano) / Basque National Orchestra, Juanjo Mena [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Award-winning composer Gabriel Erkoreka (b. 1969) is one of the leading composers of contemporary music from the Iberian Peninsula. This new album by the Basque National Orchestra conducted by Juanjo Mena is dedicated to his orchestral works.... |
PETER SCULTHORPE
Sculthorpe: Irkanda I / Irkanda IV / Lament (1991) / Second Sonata for strings / Cello Dreaming / Djilile Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 26/May/2003 ] "Exceptionally sympathetic advocacy for the doyen of Australian composers" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (August 2003) |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Symphony No. 2 / Cello Concerto Paul Watkins (cello) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Mar/2015 ] "The Symphony No. 2 gets a performance of élan from Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra." Financial Times, 14th March 2015 |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 / Cello Concerto (conducted by Elgar) (1927-28) Beatrice Harrison (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / New Symphony Orchestra / Edward Elgar [ Naxos Historical Elgar conducts Elgar / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "These performances are essential listening for Elgarians. Both are flawed in execution, but both are valuable historical documents. The recording of the Second Symphony is more than that. It is a genuinely exciting recording in its own right...Sound... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Scaramouche, incidental music, Op. 71 Bendik Goldstein (viola), Roi Ruottinen (cello) / Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam [ Naxos Leif Segerstam Sibelius Orchestral Works / CD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] The eloquent power of Jean Sibelius's symphonies and other core orchestral works has overshadowed his prolific output in other genres, including significant scores for the theatre. The commission to compose music for the tragic pantomime Scaramouche... |
LEONARDO BALADA
Balada: Caprichos Nos. 1 & 5 Bertrand Piertrand Piétu (guitar)/ Aldo Mata (cello)/ Tatiana Franco (flute) / Iberian Chamber Orchestra, José Luis Temes [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] Catalan-born Leonardo Balada fuses tradition with modernity and folk with the avant-garde, producing music of stunning sonorities. Caprichos No. 1 pays homage to the poet Lorca in a blend of virtuosic writing and transformative dance rhythms. In... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, with Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Yuja Wang (piano), Thomas Rolfs (trumpet), Baiba Skride (violin) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 19 CD Box Set - released 18/Jul/2025 ] The Boston Symphony Orchestra and their music director Andris Nelsons announce their upcoming album, on which they present their acclaimed Shostakovich symphony cycle to mark the 50th anniversary of the composer's death in 1975. . |
ANTONIN REICHA / BERNHARD ROMBERG
Reicha, Romberg: Concertos for Two Cellos Bruno Delepelaire (cello) Stephan Koncz (cello) / Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken und Kaiserslautern, Reinhard Goebel [ Sony Classical Beethoven's World / CD - released 20/Jul/2020 ] "Bruno Delepelaire and Stephan Koncz stride into action with tones by turn pithy and delicate. The instrumental lines wander in transverse motion, then snap into imitation. Nimble sprints from high to low turn gently caressing over a flute ostinato.... |
MIKE SHEPPARD
The Soul Rests Eternal Caroline Dale (cello) / English Chmaber Orchestra, Steve Sidwell [ Signum / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "It would be hard for anyone to top the humanity of Caroline Dale's interpretation. Nor her warmth, sonority and depth of tone, which just accentuates the music's sustained, almost heady emotion. The ECO support her with playing that perfectly... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Fritz Reiner conducts Richard Strauss (5 CDs) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, with Antonio Janiqro (cello) Bryon janis (piano) Inqu Borkh (soprano) [ Sony Classical Masters / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] "These were the first stereo sessions the RCA engineers arranged with Fritz Reiner. The RCA recording team 'got it right' from the very beginning. Reiner achieves an admirable balance and whatever he does is convincing." Rosette (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
