New. Benjamin Britten: Cello Suites
Pieter Wispelwey (cello)
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2026, Editor's Choice
Wispelwey's performances are insightful, not just in following numerous performance details in the score, but in creating a poetic pathway to clarify complexity for the listener...Wispelwey...
New. Benjamin Britten: Cello Suites
Pieter Wispelwey (cello)
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2026, Editor's Choice
Wispelwey's performances are insightful, not just in following numerous performance details in the score, but in creating a poetic pathway to clarify complexity for the listener...Wispelwey...
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Benjamin Britten’s three Cello Suites rank among the most important solo works for the instrument since Bach. Written for Mstislav Rostropovich, they unite references to early music traditions with a distinctly modern voice, combining formal mastery, dramatic imagination and profound emotional depth. In this recording, Pieter Wispelwey brings his new reading of a 45 year long engagement with these remarkable works for cello solo.
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineOctober 2026Editor's Choice
October 2026
Wispelwey's performances are insightful, not just in following numerous performance details in the score, but in creating a poetic pathway to clarify complexity for the listener...Wispelwey is the captivating storyteller who knows the twists of the plot knows the sadness, knows the levity. Just knows.
October 2026
That this is his third traversal in 35 years confirms their centrality to his music-making, and comparison with those earlier recordings underlines an interpretative outlook that is constantly being reassessed.
