Thomson, Virgil > Cello

American Classics - Music for Cello & Orchestra / Eddins, Hanani, RTE NSO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: William Perry: Concerto for Cello "Jamestown"; William Shakespeare: Orpheus with his lute, poem from "Henry VIII"; William Schuman: A Song of Orpheus, fantasy for cello & orchestra; Virgil Thomson: C...
Performers: Hanani, Yehuda
Conductors: Eddins, William
Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

This recording presents three important yet infrequently heard American cello works. It is the first modern recording of William Schuman's 'A Song of Orpheus'; the...continue...

Rider on the Plains - Thomson, Fussell / Feldman

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2006-10-01

Works: Virgil Thomson: Concerto for Cello; Four Portraits, for cello & piano (arranged by Luigi Silva); Etude for Cello and Piano; Charles Fussell: Right River, variations for cello & string orchestra; Ball...
Performers: Feldman, Emmanuel; Phinney, Joy Cline
Conductors: Gambil, Paul; Wyner, Susan Davenny
Ensemble: ; New England String Ensemble

This is undoubtedly the first commercial recording of the Virgil Thomson Cello Concerto (whose first movement provides the title for this disc) since the classic...continue...