As with Bach’s St Matthew Passion, this disc presents an unfamiliar early version of a known masterpiece. Prokofiev wrote his Cello Concerto in the 1930s, but it failed to win favour (“grunting and ...

Cellist Lynn Harrell and pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy play the middle movement from Prokofiev's Cello Concerto, Op. 119. (London 421 774-2) 5:00 ...

The British composer releases a new recording of one of his most-performed compositions alongside his Cello Concerto Gabriel Prokofiev has just released a Signum Classics album of two of his concertos ...

Leonard Elschenbroich, who begins 10-stop solo cello tour for Music Network on November 19th, is fascinated by the effects of oppression and censorship on composers. He sees Prokofiev as fleeing to "a ...

Moscow Radio Orchestra; Nikolai Golovanov, conductor; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Leningrad Philharmonic; Kurt Sanderling, conductor (Multisonic). The Borodin is the main attraction on this ...

Ask pianist Alexander Toradze a question and you'll get an answer, all right, a veritable dissertation. And a laugh. "You asked me the time and I gave you a clock," said Toradze in a telephone ...

Beethoven completed five piano concertos in under 20 years, earning considerable amounts of money by performing them himself in concert. Celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has performed the ...

When: Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Where: The Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. Cost: $22 to $44 Call: The Fox box office (509-624-1200) or online at ...

Helen Wallace compares recordings of Elgar’s cello concerto and makes a recommendation: Top recommendation - only available as a download or as a collected edition: Greatest Cello Concertos (Blue ...

Matching menace with intense lyricism, these performances of two closely related works are compelling. Alban Gerhardt has a malleable tone and an adaptable personality that can convey the lyrical ...