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Elgar: Cello Concerto

Helen Wallace compares recordings of Elgar’s cello concerto and makes a recommendation.

Helen Wallace compares recordings of Elgar’s cello concerto and makes a recommendation:

Top recommendation - only available as a download or as a collected edition:

Greatest Cello Concertos (Blue Boxes)
BACH, C P E; BRITTEN; BRUCH; DUTILLEUX; DVORAK; ELGAR; HAYDN; KERNIS; MIASKOVSKY; PART; PROKOFIEV; SCHUMANN; SHOSTAKOVICH; TCHAIKOVSKY.
Truls Mork (cello), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 6158102 (9CD budget)

Recommendation on single disc:

ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85
LUTOSLAWSKI: Cello Concerto
Pieter Wispelwey (cello), The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor)
CHANNEL CCS12998 (CD)

Historic recommendation on single disc:

Elgar: Cello Concerto, Sea Pictures & Cockaigne Overture
ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture Op. 40 'In London Town'; Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85; Sea Pictures Op. 37
Jacqueline du Pre (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI 6230752 (CD mid-price)

Historic recommendation as a collected edition:

Jacqueline du Pre: The Complete EMI Recordings
BACH; BEETHOVEN; BOCCHERINI; BRAHMS; BRITTEN; BRUCH; CHOPIN; COUPERIN, F; DELIUS; DVORAK; ELGAR; FALLA; FAURE; FRANCK, C; HANDEL; HAYDN; LALO; MENDELSSOHN; MONN; PARADIS; SAINT-SAENS;
SCHUMANN; STRAUSS, R; TCHAIKOVSKY.
Jacqueline du Pre (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI 0919342 (17CD budget)

Release date:

Duration:

44 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Composer Edward Elgar

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