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Paul Tortelier’s 1973 Elgar cello concerto with Adrian Boult and the London Philharmonic still holds its own among today’s available recordings. You could always expect
Although Francesco Geminiani is best known as a virtuoso violinist and composer of works for that instrument–along with concerti grossi, trio sonatas, and important treatises
Did Boccherini ever write a piece of music that was less than delightful? If he did, it wasn’t a cello sonata–at least on the evidence
Handel experts will know of the great Baroque composer’s many “occasional” or stand-alone songs (that is, not part of an opera or cantata or oratorio),
Cellist Pieter Wispelwey plugs a few gaps in his existing Channel Classics discography with these engaging, imaginative performances. He’s accompanied by the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
There’s much to be said for performing Schumann’s cello concerto with a chamber orchestra rather than the full symphonic complement of massed strings. First, it
Despite the gains that may result from arranging Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence for string orchestra, the piece is far more effective in its original sextet
Mississippi born Samuel Jones (b. 1935) is Composer in Residence of the Seattle Symphony, though he has had a decade-long relationship with the Amarillo Symphony,
The HIP-ster (historically informed practice) qualifications of these players are legion and well-documented–you’ll find the names of violinist/Sonnerie director Monica Huggett and her colleagues on
Respected by Haydn and a one-time colleague of the young Beethoven, Andreas Jakob Romberg (1767-1821) wrote this set of three Quintets for flute, violin, two
