Completed in 1919, the Cello Concerto was Edward Elgar's last major work for orchestra, and his most confessional. In spite of fleeting moments of idyllic release, it's dominated by disillusionment, ...
As the piece turns 100, Ivan Hewett pays tribute to one of the great works of the 20th century This year marks the centenary of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, a piece that is dear to the heart of so ...
III. Adagio15:25 V. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro ma non troppoPerformance duration 24' 37"Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E ...
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Natalie Clein, Cello Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vernon Handley, Conductor Edward Elgar, Composer In moonlight Edward Elgar, Composer Vernon Handley, ...
Remembering the inimitable Jacqueline du Pré, widely considered as one of the greatest classical cellists of the 20th century. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Jacqueline du Pré’s Royal ...
On Sunday 27 October, Julian Lloyd Webber will present a special programme commemorating 100 years of Elgar’s Cello Concerto. On 27 October 1919, Elgar took to the stage at Queen’s Hall in London. And ...
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Danish National Symphony Orchestra Edward Elgar, Composer Mario Venzago, Conductor Sol Gabetta, Cello Sospiri Danish National Symphony Orchestra Edward Elgar, Composer ...
A performance full of finely realised detail and lacking in bombast ensures these two great and contrasting British cello concertos shine Two great British cello concertos, one extremely well known, ...
The Cello Concerto was the last important work that Elgar wrote. Its first performance, in October 1919, with the composer himself conducting, opened the first post-war season of the London Symphony ...
To some, it remains simply the greatest recording in the history of classical music. Its earliest reviewers instantly recognised what one of them called its "rarest magic." And still, more than 50 ...