Browse: Antonio Meneses (cello)

the work that really shows the composer at his most potent is the 1945 Fantasia...even when the Amazon jungle seems at its most choking in this latest addition to Naxos’s series ‘The Music of... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…this recording boasts some of the most beautiful cello playing I have heard in years. The highlight for me is their brilliant account of Märchenbilder, Schumann's 'fairy tale pictures' for... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Gloriously impassioned first outing on disc for Hans Gal's Concerto — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…a wonderful testament to the exemplary partnership that has developed between cellist Antonio Menses and pianist Menahem Pressler over the past decade. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

In Cassado's dark, sensuous Suite, inspired by Kodaly but infused with Spanish undertones, he exudes a mesmerising, Zen-like calm: tenderly shaped curlicues, ornate arabesques, and complex harmonic... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Antonio Meneses and Grard Wyss show a collegial ease together, with natural and unaffected phrasing that oozes affection for the music...The songs work well: Meneses’s eloquent phrasing substitutes... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…