Browse: Britten (composer), Cello Solos
This page lists all recordings composed by Benjamin Britten (1913–76).
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Rostropovich & Britten
RecommendedRecorded live at the 1961 Aldeburgh Music Festival - Previously unpublished
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) & Benjamin Britten (piano), Peter Pears (tenor)
this Testament release of Rostropovich in his debut at the Aldeburgh Festival catches the cellist somewhere near his early and all-conquering best — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th April 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Ever the scholar, he takes a deep dive into Britten’s Third Suite…The performance itself digs deep. This is, as he says, a meditation on mortality. Isserlis makes it huge, and terrifying, fired... — More…
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Tavener: The Protecting Veil & Thrinos and Britten: Solo Cello Suite No. 3
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Contemporary
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this young Scot's ambition pays off: there's nowhere to hide in three solo suites, but why hide a technique as assured, a musical imagination so finely attuned to Britten's expression, or a Tecchler... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, Editor's Choice
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Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 2
RecommendedPieter Wispelwey (cello)
Sinfonietta Cracovia, Jurjen Hempel
Whereas Müller-Schott and Kreizberg view the Concerto as a darkly contemplative monologue that is almost suffocating in its brooding introspection, Wispelwey manages to find more light and shade... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Award for Technical Excellence in Recording
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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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100 Best Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), David Oistrakh (violin), Layton James (harpsichord), Christopher Brown (double bass), Peter Howard (cello), Hugh Seenan (horn), Lazar Dvoskin (viola), Gilbert Zanlonghi (cello), Edmond Primetemps (double bass), Micheline Lemoine (viola), Jean Emanuelle (violin), Robert...
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His performance of the Britten lets the light in on what can seem a rather obscure, labyrinthine work: Barley's clear, calm approach lays out the score before us...The rest of the disc is like... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th January 2013
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