The Romantic Cello Concerto, Vol. 3: Stanford

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Stanford's sturdy, Brahmsian Cello Concerto and the folksong-rich Third Rhapsody are the highlights here, superbly played by Gemma Rosefield. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Sep 2011
Catalogue No: CDA67859
Label: Hyperion
Series: The Romantic Cello Concerto
Length: 70 minutes

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Stanford: Cello Concerto in D minor (1879-80)

Work length25:40

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Gemma Rosefield (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze

I. Allegro moderato

Track length12:43

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II. Molto adagio

Track length6:04

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III. Allegretto non troppo

Track length6:53

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Stanford: Rondo for cello and orchestra in F major

Work length8:32

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Gemma Rosefield (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze

Stanford: Ballata and Ballabile, Op. 160

Work length19:13

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Gemma Rosefield (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze

I. Ballata

Track length10:48

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II. Ballabile

Track length8:25

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Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No. 3 for Cello and Orchestra Op. 137

Work length16:36

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Gemma Rosefield (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze

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Hyperion’s third disc in the Romantic Cello Concerto series sees the brilliant young cellist Gemma Rosefield making her label debut. She was the winner of the prestigious Pierre Fournier Award at Wigmore Hall in 2007 and has garnered great acclaim for her spirited playing.

Irish-born Charles Villiers Stanford is far better known for his choral music, but this disc of rarities reveals the composer’s original orchestral voice and his exceptional understanding of the relationship between soloist and orchestra. His Cello Concerto in D minor, with its continuous thematic development and lilting melodies, was a major landmark in the repertoire of British cello music and the overtly romantic Ballata and Ballabile displays an extraordinary lyricism.

Rosefield gives thoughtful performances throughout, her tone both beautifully consistent and richly hued, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra play with their usual aplomb. In these recordings it is difficult to understand why such well-proportioned and grateful writing for the solo cello has languished unplayed for so long.

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December 2011

Stanford's sturdy, Brahmsian Cello Concerto and the folksong-rich Third Rhapsody are the highlights here, superbly played by Gemma Rosefield.

December 2011

[Rosefield] certainly has technique to burn (try the finale of the Concerto) and is sensitive to mood and atmosphere, delightfully so in the Rondo, but I should have liked a richer, more penetrating tone in the Concerto...Manze brings unexpected authority to the proceedings

December 2011

[Rosefield] plays with disarming character and freshness; her technique, too, is enviably sure and tone beguilingly rounded...Rosefield and Manze do [the Irish Rhapsody] proud. They also bring a comparable sensitivity and flair to the Ballata and Ballabile, a typically resourceful and charming diptych composed in 1918 for Beatrice Harrison. Admirable sound and truthful balance; another Hyperion winner!

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