Release Date: 18 September 2026
Label: Delphian Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 801918343711
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: for cello, by cellists
Description
For his debut solo album, Ben Michaels presents six specially commissioned works, all of them written by fellow cellists whose creative lives extend well beyond the conventional boundaries of instrumental performance. Composers, improvisers, theatre-makers and songwriters, Jakob Kullberg, Laura Moody, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Zoe Martlew, Kit Downes and Colin Alexander each approach the cello from a distinct artistic perspective, revealing unexpected possibilities within a familiar instrument.The resulting works differ widely in scale, language and technique: lyrical melodies sit alongside whispered textures, choreographed movement and striking new sonorities. Yet beneath their diversity lies a shared understanding of the cello's physical and expressive character. Together, they form a portrait of the instrument seen through six individual imaginations - music shaped not only by cellists, but by artists exploring what the cello can become in the twenty-first century.
MZ Duo
Louise McMonagle
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas
Siglo de Oro, Spinacino Consort
Toby Carr
Kantos Chamber Choir, Ellie Slorach
Lotte Betts-Dean, Joseph Havlat
Meraki Duo
Rachel Podger
Lucie Chabard
Jose Coca Loza; La Cetra Basel; Andrea Marcon
Ensemble Kheops
Dominic Chamot
Bor Zuljan
Richard Cook, St Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir, Claudia Grinnell
Mvsica Perdvta
