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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Barber: Cello Concerto & Sonata
Cellist Christian Poltéra turns to the music of Samuel Barber. He is joined by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under Andrew Litton and pianist Kathryn Stott. Poltéra opens his programme with the Cello Concerto – one of only three concertos by Barber – which balances the natural lyric expressiveness of his earlier music with a more urgent, rhythmic and intense style. Poltéra and regular chamber-music partner Stott then perform the Sonata for Cello and Piano, composed while Barber was still a student. The disc closes with the enormously popular Adagio for strings. On previous discs, Christian Poltéra has combined concertos with chamber works by composers such as Frank Martin (BISCD1637) and Arthur Honegger (BISCD1617). “Poltera meets [the Concerto's] technical demands with almost complete ease, and projects the more lyrical moments with subtle inflections of line and beautifully centred tone...Poltera and pianist Kathryn Stott bring out [the Sonata's] Brahmsian ardour and its contrasts between tranquillity and restlessness.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2013 **** “There are three hits here on one CD...[Poltera] is outstanding and invariably well-supported by the Bergen players under Litton. His high positions are effortless, as are the nasty double thirds...Poltera's duet with the oboe in the slow movement is magical...A feature of Litton's Adagio is the way it creeps in fat the start from nothing. Then it's all beautifully paced, spacious and warm. Recorded quality throughout is top-drawer in a truly winning CD.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2013 “Christian Poltéra is ideally suited to this music, not least because he obtains a gloriously rich and full tone from his 1675 Guarnerius cello. Kathryn Stott, faced with a very full piano part, matches the ardour of his playing...[in the Concerto] Poltéra is a highly persuasive soloist and the accompaniment from Litton and his orchestra is first rate.” MusicWeb International, 3rd May 2013 “The Zurich-born cellist champions — with masterly elan — the unjustly neglected concerto by the American composer...With the pianist Kathryn Stott, Poltera gives us the ideal coupling...and Litton’s excellent Bergen players round off this outstanding disc with an encore in the form of the Adagio for Strings.” Sunday Times, 13th January 2013 “as Christian Poltéra's fierce, theatrical performance demonstrates, [the Concerto is] a ruggedly impressive achievement in its own right...And while we don't need another recording of Barber's Adagio for Strings, Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic's is wonderfully refined.” The Guardian, 17th January 2013 **** | 
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“Wendy Warner concentrates on i[the Cello Concerto's] sometimes wry lyricism, and she articulates with brilliant point in the gentle scherzando passage of the finale. Alsop is a persuasive partner, relishing the often plangent orchestral backcloth and securing a splendidly committed response from the Scottish players” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | A DR Tribute to Erling Blondal BengtssonThe Early Danish Recordings 1955-59
Erling Blöndal Bengtsson (cello) Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nikolai Malko & Thomas Jensen The distinguished Danish cellist Erling Blöndal Bengtsson adds to his considerable discography with performances of three diverse and approachable 20th century cello concertos. These archive recordings from Danish Radio are issued for the first time. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Barber, S: | Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London, 13 December 1950 Cello Concerto, Op. 22 Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London, 11 December 1950 Zara Nelsova (cello) Medea Orchestral Suite, Op. 23 Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London, 12 December 1950 |
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn “It is fascinating to hear Barber's own recordings of three works from the 1940s...The performances are excellent and Naxos's remastered sound (Mark Obert-Thorn) is astonishingly good, especially in the symphony.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Sibelius: Symphony No. 5and Barber's Cello Concerto
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“Authoritative and affectionate accounts of the three concertos, in various recording vintages, make up a valuable compilation.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2006 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Barber: Complete Orchestral Works
Barber, S: | Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 First Essay for Orchestra Op. 12 Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5 Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 Cello Concerto, Op. 22 Wendy Warner (cello) Medea Orchestral Suite, Op. 23 Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 Piano Concerto Op. 38 Stephen Prutsman (piano) Die Natali, Op. 37 Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a Commando March Capricorn Concerto A Hand of Bridge, Op. 35 Mutations from Bach Vanessa - Intermezzo Canzonetta for oboe and strings Fadograph of a Yestern Scene Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 Toccata Festiva, Op. 36 Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17 Violin Concerto, Op. 14 James Buswell (violin) Souvenirs, Op. 28 Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 1 Music for a Scene from Shelley, Op. 7 Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47 |
In Barber’s anniversary year, Naxos is delighted to present his complete orchestral works in a specially priced 6-CD slipcase. | | Naxos - 8506021 (CD - 6 discs) Normally: $27.00 Special: $21.60 |
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