Poltéra; Christian

Reference Recording: Hindemith and Walton Cello Concertos

David Hurwitz

This recording constitutes nothing less than a landmark in both […]

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Dutilleux Cello Cto Poltera BIS SACD 10/9 C

David Hurwitz

This disc essentially duplicates one of Mstislav Rostropovich’s most famous and successful recordings (for EMI), with the sensible addition of the pieces for solo cello

Martin: Cello Concerto, etc/Poltéra

Dan Davis

I’ve never understood why Frank Martin’s Cello Concerto isn’t a regular visitor on the concert circuit, but then I’ve never understood why Martin’s music in

Honegger: Cello works

David Hurwitz

If you want a superb collection of Honegger’s music for cello, both chamber and orchestral, then this CD is just the ticket. I am completely

Schoek: Cello Concerto, Sonata

David Hurwitz

Othmar Schoeck wrote very few pieces for orchestra, and even fewer for full orchestra. This seems to be a pattern with 20th-century Swiss composers, perhaps

Toch: Tanz-Suite; Cello Concerto

David Hurwitz

The two works on this disc date from the early to mid 1920s and very much belong to the “new objectivity” of composers such as

Schubert Quintet

Victor Carr Jr

The Auryn Quartet’s performance of Schubert’s C major Quintet is so immaculately and persuasively realized that, like the work itself, it’s scarcely believable that any