Browse: Britten - Suite No. 2 for cello solo, Op. 80

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... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The complex weave of the Second Suite has confounded many, especially its monumental fugue: this is where Viersen excels, limpidly at home in its intricately rhythmic, multi-voiced construction,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It's fitting that the late Alexander Ivashkin's valedictory recording is a premiere of a piece many didn't know existed...Britten was always Ivashkin's great love and he has done the cello fraternity... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

In Tim Hugh, Naxos has signed up a serious-minded cellist, well suited to this compelling, bittersweet music...a satisfying, vital interpretation, with excellent sound. — BBC Music Magazine, December 1996 More…

Muller-Schott has all the technical resources at his deposal, and opens the First Suite with just the right weight and poise...what Schott brings to all the Suites is a sharpness and power reminiscent... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…