IDAGIO | Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85 - Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33 5414939982255

Featuring

Jiří Bělohlávek
Jean-Guihen Queyras
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Elgar
Antonín Dvořák
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Performer Biography

Jiří Bělohlávek, the conductor, was appointed honorary Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth in 2012.

Compositional Technique

Elgar's Cello Concerto uses a full symphony orchestra but is marshaled with such skill that it often sounds like chamber music.

Performer Biography

Jean-Guihen Queyras, the cellist on this recording, was named 'Instrumental Soloist of the Year' in 2008 at the Victoires de la Musique Classique.

Composition History

Elgar's Cello Concerto, his last major work, was largely composed in the spring of 1919.

Composition History

Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme were extensively revised by cellist Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, who inverted variations, moved the cadenza, and removed Tchaikovsky's eighth variation.

Recording & Production

This album was produced in association with BBC Radio 3 and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the copyright is jointly owned by the BBC and harmonia mundi s.a.

Composition History

The two Dvořák pieces on this album, Rondo and Silent Woods, were composed for cellist Hanuš Wihan, who was also the dedicatee of Richard Strauss's Sonata op.6.