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Delius: Double Concerto; Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto / Tasmin Little, violin; Paul Watkins, cello

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-10-25

Works: Frederick Delius: Concerto for Violin and Cello; Concerto for Violin RT vii/6; Concerto for Cello, RT vii/7
Performers: Little, Tasmin; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The Violin, Double, & Cello Concertos by Delius involving solos string instruments are here brought together on the same disc for the 1st time. Tasmin...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (10/13/2010-10/14/2010)....continue...

Britten: Phaedra; A Charm of Lullabies; Lachrymae / Sarah Connolly

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-05-31

Works: Benjamin Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93; A Charm of Lullabies, song cycle for mezzo-soprano & piano, Op. 41; Lachrymae, reflections on a song of Dowland, for viola & string orchestra, Op. 48a; Two Portrait...
Performers: Burley, Elizabeth; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Monks, Susan; Rysanov, Maxim
Conductors: Gardner, Edward
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The repertoire on this CD is written across a period of more than 45 years, beginning the year Britten entered the Royal College of Music...continue...
Recording information: Maida Vale Stodio No. 1, London, England (09/23/2010-09/25/2010)....continue...

Elgar, Rainier: Cello Concertos; Rubbra: Cello Sonata / Jacqueline & Iris du Pré, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Norman Del Mar, BBC SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-28

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Priaulx Rainier: Concerto for Cello; Edmund Rubbra: Sonata for cello & piano in G minor Op. 60
Performers: du Pré, Iris; du Pré, Jacqueline
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; del Mar, Norman
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

"The BBC Legends album features one of the earlier recordings of the concerto that du Pre was to make with Malcolm Sargent, who, in 1962,...continue...

Strauss: Don Quixote; Haydn: Cello Concerto / Rostropovich, Sargent, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, Op 101/H 7b no 2
Performers: Danks, Harry; Maguire, Hugh; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

This is a real rarity from the British Library Sound Archive - Rostropovich in a dramatic account of Don Quixote given during an early visit...continue...

Weber, Tippett, Brahms / Schmidt-Isserstedt, BBC SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-05-27

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Michael Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Performers: Dekany, Bela; Goren, Eli; Vigay, Denis
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Berlin born Hans Schmidt-Issserstedt was steeped in the German tradition. He formed the NDR Orchestra (Northern German Radio) in Hamburg which he conducted for 26...continue...

Elgar, Brahms: Cello Concertos; Debussy: Cello Sonata / Tortelier, Lush, Boult, Pritchard, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-05-27

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Performers: Lush, Ernest; Tortelier, Paul; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The French cellist Paul Tortelier was one of the truly great artists of the 20th Century. He collaborated with such eminent conductors as Sir Thomas...continue...

Shostakovich: Complete Cello Works / Wallfisch

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-08-08

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107; Concerto for Cello no 2 in G major, Op. 126; Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40; Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147;...
Performers: Brown, Timothy; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]; York, John
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

This double album, containing over two hours of music, is the only integral edition of Shostakovich cello works available, and is being issued in commemoration...continue...

Music of Elliott Carter Vol 7 / Knussen, Hodges

1 CD / Bridge / 2005-12-01

Works: Elliott Carter: Dialogues; Boston Concerto, for orchestra; Concerto for Cello; ASKO Concerto
Performers: Hodges, Nicolas; Sherry, Fred [Cello]
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

This highly-anticipated recording, a Bridge co-production with the BBC, presents first recordings of four major Elliott Carter compositions, all composed within the past six years....continue...

Dvorák, Brahms: Concertos / Fournier, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-09-21

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"
Performers: Fournier, Pierre; Francescatti, Zino
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Fournier and Zino Francescatti were born in Paris and Marseille respectively. Fournier was the leading French cellist of his generation and performed with all...continue...

The British Cello Phenomenon / du Pré, Marriner, Isserlis

2 CD / Cello Classics / 2004-06-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 1 in G major, BWV 1027; Suite for Cello solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1008;...
Performers: Baillie, Alexander; Barbirolli, John, Sir; Bartlett, Ethel; Benson, Clifford; Brown, Ian [Classical]; Byfield, Jack; Carr, Colin; Clark, Raymond; Cohen, Robert; Constable, John; Cummings, Douglas; Da...
Conductors: Cameron, Douglas; Fenby, Eric; Lambert, Constant; Marriner, Sir Neville; Finzi, Christopher; Gardelli, Lamberto; Litton, Andrew; Davis, Carl; Watkins, Paul
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; Newbury String Players; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House ...

Schumann, Hindemith: Cello Concertos / Tortelier, Dorati

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-11-25

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 129; Paul Hindemith: Concerto for Cello; Paul Tortelier: A Tortelier masterclass
Performers: Tortelier, Paul
Conductors: Dorati, Antal; Downes, Edward
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

Paul Tortelier played in the Paris Conservatoire under Charles Munch and Andre Cluytens. His first solo engagement was in the Lalo Concerto with the Concerts...continue...

Khachaturian, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky /Rostropovich, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concert-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 2 in G major, Op. 126; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococ...
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Hurst, George; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Crosse: Memories of Morning, etc / Baillie, Brabbins, BBC SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1999-06-24

Works: Gordon Crosse: Memories of Morning - Night, Op. 30; Some Marches on a Ground, Op. 28; Concerto for Cello, Op. 44 "In Memoriam Luigi Dallapiccola"
Performers: Baillie, Alexander; Bickley, Susan
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Boccherini, Haydn, Elgar: Cello Concertos; Bruch / Casals

1 CD / Biddulph / 1997-10-13

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Concerto for Cello no 9 in B flat major, G 482; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, H. 7b/2 (Op. 101); Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei fo...
Performers: Casals, Pablo
Conductors: Ronald, Landon; Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

This recording of the Elgar Concerto turned out to be Casals' last commercial recording with orchestra. As well, the Haydn concerto recording was never completed,...continue...