Alban Gerhardt - The Romantic Cello Concerto 2 on CD

Bereits mehrere Auszeichnungen schmücken Alban Gerhardts erste Folge von »The Romantic Cello Concerto«, u. a. der Midem Classical Award, BBC Music Magazine’s Best Orchestra Recording sowie Fono Forums Stern des Monats. Nun veröffentlicht der Cellist mit der zweiten Folge weiteres Virtuosenfutter, welches sich über die Cellokonzerte von Volkmann, Gernsheim und Dietrich bis hin zu Schumann spannt.

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Hyperion’s Record of the Month for February sees the welcome return of German cellist Alban Gerhardt with the second volume in Hyperion’s Romantic Cello Concerto series. Praised for his ‘passion and sensitivity’ by the BBC Music Magazine for his recording of the concertos by Dohnányi, Enescu & d’Albert (volume 1, see below), Alban now turns his attention to works by four of his compatriots: Robert Schumann, Friedrich Gernsheim, Robert Volkmann and Albert Dietrich. This collective, along with Johannes Brahms, were all friends and colleagues, each achieving considerable success in their lifetime, yet it is only Schumann and Brahms who have managed to hold onto that mantle through to the present day. Even Schumann’s Cello Concerto, written in 1850, remained unperformed until 1860 and it wasn’t until the early twentieth century that, thanks to Pablo Casals, it secured its rightful place in the repertoire. Both the Dietrich and Gernsheim are first recordings.

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'Alban Gerhardt throws himself into the fray with thrilling virtuoso abandon and the recording is out of Hyperion's top drawer' (Classic FM Magazine) *****

'Gerhardt's impassioned, dulcet-toned performances are exemplary, rescuing fine music from undeserved neglect' (The Sunday Times)

'The continuous offerings of Hyperion to music culture are admirable' (Classics Today, Greece)

'... the superbly worked cello concerti by Dietrich and Gernsheim, both first-time recordings. These discoveries make Gerhardt’s CD a must-buy for connoisseurs of late Romanticism' (Partituren, Germany)

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