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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the musicians I miss most in this current deep freeze is the Russian pianist Arcadi Volodos. He always loved eluding the press – when I was commissioned to interview him in Madrid, he almost ...

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 ...

Last year, when cellist Christophor Miroshnikov won the second annual Schadt String Competition in Allentown, he spoke about “inspiration” and how the people in the audience fired his playing. During ...

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 ...

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 ...