Alban Gerhardt
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Unsuk Chin: Three Concertos
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Sunwook Kim (piano), Alban Gerhardt (cello), Wu Wei (sheng)
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
Chin is one of the best contemporary exponents of purely instrumental music drama, and these concertos provide absorbing listening...The music inevitably acquires a ritualistic aura but there... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, Premiere Winner
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Contemporary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Contemporary Music
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Honegger - Une Cantate de Noël
RecommendedAlban Gerhardt (cello), James Rutherford (baritone)
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, Thierry Fischer
…an excellent introduction to a still underestimated composer. Thierry Fischer's vivid account of the Prélude, Fugue et Postlude makes one all the more astonished that this is the only recording... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2008
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Gerhardt has a honeyed, liquid tone all his own. He has created a well-contrasted programme that clearly took a long time to research and hone...This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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Unsuk Chin: Orchestral Works Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Myung-Whun Chung, Sakari Oramo
All six works included here underline what a diligent, imaginative and consistently engaging composer Chin is. Hers is music that deserves the parallel qualities brought to it by this illustrious... — More…
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Bridge: Orchestral Works, Volumes 1-6
The Collector's Edition
Howard Shelley (piano), Alban Gerhardt (cello), Roderick Williams (baritone), Philip Langridge (tenor), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Richard Hickox
Listening to this comprehensive Chandos set, Bridge’s position as a shadowy transitional figure comes into sharper focus, the early Edwardiana yielding to a much more sharply defined mature... — More…
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This is audibly a hugely enjoyable collaborative venture, the mellow warmth of the four saxophones and the contrasted tonal colouring of Jang Eun Bae’s piano providing a surprisingly convincing... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Britten: Cello Symphony, Cello Sonata & Cello Suites
Alban Gerhardt (cello), with Steven Osborne (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze
This is the fastest version of Britten's Cello Symphony on record. From the opening chords there's a brisk vigour to Alban Gerhardt's approach that marks it out as distinctive. He seems hell-bent... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Concerto
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The Romantic Cello Concerto, Vol. 7: Fitzenhagen & Tchaikovsky
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stefan Blunier
Vital exuberance - the sort one usually associates only with a live recording - is matched by playing of lyrical grace. Once you have these in place and an orchestral partnership of utter conviction,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Editor's Choice
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If there’s a better recording of the Second Concerto out there, I haven’t heard it. — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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The Romantic Cello Concerto, Vol. 1: Dohnányi, Enescu & d'Albert
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar
Heart-warming lyrical melodies, as well as characteristically resourceful orchestration, abound in the Dohnányi Konzertstück… Gerhardt's warmly recorded performance lays claim to being the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, Orchestral Choice
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