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Special offer. Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
RecommendedPaul Watkins (cello), Robert Murray (tenor)
BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner
Three elements stand out: firstly, the dramatic intensity of purpose he finds in all pieces; secondly, the sizzling soloistic detail he draws from the BBC Philharmonic and, thirdly, the depth... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, Disc of the month
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Building A Library, June 2022, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Britten: Cello Symphony, Cello Sonata & Cello Suites
Alban Gerhardt (cello), with Steven Osborne (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze
This is the fastest version of Britten's Cello Symphony on record. From the opening chords there's a brisk vigour to Alban Gerhardt's approach that marks it out as distinctive. He seems hell-bent... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Concerto
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Special offer. Barber: Cello Concerto & Britten: Symphony for Cello & Orchestra
RecommendedYo-Yo Ma (cello)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
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Grammy Awards, 32nd Awards (1989), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Special offer. Britten: Cello Symphony and Other Works
RecommendedMstislav Rostropovich (cello), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
The Cello Symphony, written in 1963 as part of a series for the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, was the first major sonata-form work written since the Sinfonia. The idea of a struggle... —
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Building a Library, March 2005, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2017, First Choice
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Special offer. Britten: Cello Symphony & Suite from Death in Venice
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
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Special offer. Britten conducts Britten vol. 4
RecommendedSviatoslav Richter (piano), Mark Lubotsky (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Julius Katchen (piano), Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Alexander Murray (flute), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet),...
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Building a Library, February 2010, First Choice
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also recommended
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Britten & Walton: Cello Concertos
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
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Britten & Elgar: Works for Cello and Orchestra
RecommendedTruls Mørk (cello)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
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Building a Library, February 2004, Modern Choice
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Special offer. Britten - Cello Symphony & Cello Suite No. 1
Pieter Wispelwey (cello)
Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Seikyo Kim
it's thrilling to find a recording that shines a light into [the Cello Symphony's] aqueous depths: here is a reading of wonderful precision, colour and vitality...[Wispelwey] brings an innate... —
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Special offer. Johannes Moser plays Shostakovich & Britten
Johannes Moser (cello)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Pietari Inkinen
both these virile, confrontational works benefit from [Moser's] terrific energy and impetuous attack. He slices into the Shostakovich at speed...His ringing, acrobatic cadenza and urgent Allegro... —
