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 ...

Sterling Elliott plays Dvorak's Cello Concerto with the BBC SO, Santiago Sanchez sings Ginastera in Glenarm and more Telemann ...

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 ...

Acclaimed British cellist Paul Watkins performs with the Colorado Symphony this weekend as the featured soloist on Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Watkins, who became principal cellist of the BBC ...

This year’s BBC Proms provide an unexpected feast of cello music. It is the first time in 126 years that the four warhorses of the concerto repertoire — Elgar, Dvořák, Saint-Saëns and Walton — have ...

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 ...

Her official bio reads like a manifesto: “Gabriella Smith is a composer whose work invites listeners to find joy in climate ...

The great cellist Pablo Casals gave the second-best description of the cello. "The cello," he said, "is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older but younger with time, more slender, more supple, ...