Alban Gerhardt; Josep Caballe-Domenech: Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Release Date: 01 February 2015
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571177908
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
Hyperion’s blossoming Romantic Cello Concerto series welcomes back German virtuoso Alban Gerhardt for this sixth volume. Henry Vieuxtemps and Eugène Ysaye are of course best known for their blistering pyrotechnics on the violin, but each of this eminent teacher-and-pupil pairing also wrote two works—little known today, alas—for cello and orchestra, and what a revelation they are. The two Vieuxtemps Concertos contain all the elements familiar from their famous violin counterparts—long-arched melodies alongside moments of outrageous virtuoso demands. The Ysaye works are shorter and make ideal companions.
Gerhardt rises to the formidable challenges presented by these composers. Sympathetic orchestral support comes from the Royal Flemish Philharmonic (compatriots of the two composers) and Josep Caballe-Domenech, making his Hyperion conducting debut.
Tracklisting
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice
Steven Isserlis
Takacs Quartet
The Nash Ensemble
MultiPiano Ensemble, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Ivor Bolton
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton
Gothic Voices / Christopher Page
Florian Deuter; Monica Waisman; Harmonie Universelle
Siwan Rhys
Enzo Ferraris, Verona Philharmonic Orchestra
Elisabeth Pion; Arion Baroque Orchestra
Cameron Crozman; Les Violons du Roy
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Geza Anda; Karl Bohm; Wiener Philharmoniker; Philharmonia Orchestra
John Kruse, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Fredrik Burstedt
