Britten - Suite No. 3 for cello solo, Op. 87
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Instrumental » Cello Solos
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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... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Concerto
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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... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, Editor's Choice
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Ever the scholar, he takes a deep dive into Britten’s Third Suite…The performance itself digs deep. This is, as he says, a meditation on mortality. Isserlis makes it huge, and terrifying, fired... — More…
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Tavener: The Protecting Veil & Thrinos and Britten: Solo Cello Suite No. 3
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Contemporary
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Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 2
RecommendedPieter Wispelwey (cello)
Sinfonietta Cracovia, Jurjen Hempel
Whereas Müller-Schott and Kreizberg view the Concerto as a darkly contemplative monologue that is almost suffocating in its brooding introspection, Wispelwey manages to find more light and shade... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Award for Technical Excellence in Recording
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Walton's musical thought continues to deepen, with each movement taking the listener further into the tangle of complexities that the music has to offer, his spirited performance...closely channelling... — More…
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His performance of the Britten lets the light in on what can seem a rather obscure, labyrinthine work: Barley's clear, calm approach lays out the score before us...The rest of the disc is like... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th January 2013
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Grammy Awards, 44th Awards (2001), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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It's a deeply idiomatic performance [of the Kodály], as we can hear in the declamatory style of the opening and the delicate filigree of the second movement's ornaments...The writing for cello... — More…
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