ELGAR: Cello Concerto etc...
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD
Categories: Chamber Music, Instrumental Music, Orchestral Music
Budget Periods: 20th Century, Romantic
Composers: Antonin Dvorak, Edward Elgar, Peter Tchaikovsky
Directors: Sir Charles Groves
Performers: Paul Tortelier, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Available: 5
Price: $8.99
ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33.
DVORAK: Rondo in G minor, Op. 94.
Paul Tortelier, cello
ELGAR: Serenade for Strings
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Groves
| Track Listing | Time | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 | |||
| 1 | Adagio-Moderato | 7:25 | |
| 2 | Allegro molto | 4:28 | |
| 3 | Adagio | 4:22 | |
| 4 | Allegro-Moderato-Allegro ma non troppo | 11:42 | |
| 5 | Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 | 19:14 | |
| 6 | Dvorak: Rondo in G minor, Op. 94 | 7:43 | |
| Elgar: Serenade for Strings, Op. 20 | |||
| 7 | Allegro piacevole | 3:32 | |
| 8 | Largo | 6:33 | |
| 9 | Allegretto | 3:05 |
"this (RPO) recording...has a freshness and vitality that suggest Tortelier has pointedly re-studied the score...Tortelier's playing is admirably faithful to Elgar's markings. The work's emotional impact is projected without any maudlin sentiment...all the more moving for being so simple and unaffected (and how beautifully Groves and the RPO treat the accompaniment here). Like the composer, Tortelier reserves the fullest weight for the finale...a bright, resonant recording (a church accoustic), ideally balanced to my ears...The same lofty musicianship and quest for beauty of sound are encountered in the Rococo Variations...Dvorak's charming Rondo in G minor, in which one can hear faint pre-echos of the concerto that was to follow a year or two later."
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