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Schumann & Piatti: Works for Cello & Orchestra

Josephine Knight (cello), Royal Northern Sinfonia, Martin Yates

Schumann & Piatti: Works for Cello & Orchestra
Josephine Knight makes one of the best cases for the [Schumann] Cello Concerto I’ve heard, and she does so by not dawdling and drawing out its longueurs. Instead of dwelling on the ruminative...

Schumann & Piatti: Works for Cello & Orchestra

Josephine Knight (cello), Royal Northern Sinfonia, Martin Yates

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Josephine Knight makes one of the best cases for the [Schumann] Cello Concerto I’ve heard, and she does so by not dawdling and drawing out its longueurs. Instead of dwelling on the ruminative...

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  • Josephine Knight on Schumann

    The British cellist talks to David about her new recording on Dutton, featuring the world premiere recording of Schumann's concerto in its original form and two concertante works by Alfredo Piatti.

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September/October 2020

Josephine Knight makes one of the best cases for the [Schumann] Cello Concerto I’ve heard, and she does so by not dawdling and drawing out its longueurs. Instead of dwelling on the ruminative and somber aspects of the score, she takes a fairly brisk tempo which enables her to dance and pirouette her way lightly through the more rhythmically animated passages, and to sing a sweet and uplifting song rather than a dispirited one in the lyrical passages.

19th April 2020

Knight plays with rapturous expression and the recorded sound is vivid. Piatti’s Concertino is very worthwhile.

Classical Music April 2020

Piatti is underrated as a composer. He did not write much, and mostly just for his own instrument, but on this showing the quality was high – not astonishing but quite good enough to stand comparison with the top instrumentalists of that era who wrote for their own performance. The second concerto, premiered in London in 1873, is certainly worth a regular hearing. Josephine Knight has done great service by reviving these works.

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