Elgar: Cello Concerto
Dvořák: Rondo; Klid (‘Calm’)
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Jean-Quihen Queyras (’cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek
Reviewed in the Elgar Society Journal, Vol. 19, No 1, pp. 47-49
Jean-Quihen Queyras and Jiří Bělohlávek partnered in one of the finest versions of the Dvořák Cello Concerto that I’ve ever heard, so I was eager to hear their recording of Elgar’s . . . I once thought of the [Elgar] concerto as a lament for a lost world. This new reading has helped me understand that it is also the testament of a resilient survivor.
For the complete review, please see the Source at right.
You can hear extracts from the recording here:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8033315--elgar-cello-concerto#reviews
Dvořák: Rondo; Klid (‘Calm’)
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Jean-Quihen Queyras (’cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek
Reviewed in the Elgar Society Journal, Vol. 19, No 1, pp. 47-49
Jean-Quihen Queyras and Jiří Bělohlávek partnered in one of the finest versions of the Dvořák Cello Concerto that I’ve ever heard, so I was eager to hear their recording of Elgar’s . . . I once thought of the [Elgar] concerto as a lament for a lost world. This new reading has helped me understand that it is also the testament of a resilient survivor.
For the complete review, please see the Source at right.
You can hear extracts from the recording here:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8033315--elgar-cello-concerto#reviews
