Both the Penderecki (1982) and Halffter (1985) cello concertos were written for Mstislav Rostropovich and are further tributes to that artist`s unwavering commitment to the contemporary cello ...

Before World War I, Edward Elgar’s music often sounded confident and grand.But the war changed him. Facing illness, the loss ...

Only last month I reviewed a recording of the Cello Concerto in B flat arranged by Friedrich Grutzmacher (CBS IM39964, MK39964, 2/88) that has long been Boccherini's best-known work (his famous minuet ...

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Like father, like son. C P E Bach, second surviving son of the great J S, also composed a wide range of concertos, some of which (like his father’s) exist in versions for different instruments. It is ...

The adage goes that Vivaldi did not so much compose hundreds of concertos as write the same concerto hundreds of times. However, this disc featuring the estimable cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras ...

The new concerto is written for Moser and co-commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony, BBC Proms, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, and Odense Symphony Orchestra. Anna ...

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