Halffter: Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra; Parafrasis (Rostropovich, cello; Orchestre National de France, Cristobal Halffter, cond.; Erato, 57:09). Both the Penderecki (1982) and Halffter (1985 ...

Camille Saint-Saëns wrote two of the most popular pieces in the cello repertoire: his First Concerto in 1872 and The Swan in 1886. This luscious and lyrical account of the concerto, with rich ...

Well before his operettas "Babes in Toyland" and "Naughty Marietta" made him famous, Victor Herbert had a thriving career as a cellist, conductor and orchestral composer, and his Cello Concerto No. 2 ...

With two superior new recordings of the Dvorak Cello Concerto appearing more or less simultaneously, both by talented young cellists, making a clear-cut choice is difficult. German cellist Jan Vogler ...

One hundred years ago this summer, Edward Elgar completed a concerto that became one of the linchpins of classical cello repertoire. The piece was thrust into popular consciousness more than four ...

Shostakovich wrote his First Cello Concerto for the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. He loved it so much, he learnt the whole piece off-by-heart in four days. Timecodes refer to the ...

Climate change and the mass migration of people from one country to another are two topics that undergo exploration in “Human Archipelago,” a new cello concerto that will receive its U.S. premiere ...

The third International Cello Festival of Canada roared back to life with an embarrassment of riches Tuesday, as it ...

You can hear Elgar’s piece Saturday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in FirstOntario Concert Hall with Leana Rutt, principal cello of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, and the HPO under Nil Venditti ...

See the cello in a new light as Sol Gabetta performs Elgar's Cello Concerto. Cello is the culmination of weeks of planning. To film it, an instrument nearly three centuries old was upgraded with ...