Romantic Cello Concertos is a 2009 CD by which English cellist?
"Concertos (Michael Nyman album) Concertos is the 31st album by Michael Nyman, released in 1997. It contains three concerti commissioned from Nyman, the Mazda-sponsored ""Double Concerto for Saxophone and Cello"", featuring John Harle and Julian Lloyd Webber, the ""Harpsichord Concerto"" for Elisabeth Chojnacka, and the ""Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra"" for Christian Lindberg. The album was intended as the first in a series of Nyman recordings, as it reads ""NYMAN EDITION No1: Concertos"" on the EMI label, but Nyman's only other release on EMI (until ""The Actors"" in 2003), ""The Suit and the Photograph"" does not have such designation. The"
"cellist of The Academy of Ancient Music, and later of The English Concert, leaving in 1985, but remaining a member of the English Concert Chamber Group until 1991. His recordings have included cello concertos by Vivaldi with The English Concert and The Academy of Ancient Music as well as being the cello soloist in many orchestral pieces and concerti grossi with these two orchestras. He has recorded the complete cello sonatas of Geminiani and Marcello (with Christopher Hogwood and Richard Webb,) and Vivaldi (with Robert Woolley and Suki Towb), trio sonatas by Handel and Corelli and chamber music by J."
"recordings include his BRIT Award-winning Elgar Cello Concerto conducted by Yehudi Menuhin (chosen as the finest ever version by ""BBC Music Magazine""), the Dvořák Cello Concerto with Václav Neumann and the Czech Philharmonic, Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations with the London Symphony Orchestra under Maxim Shostakovich and a coupling of Britten's Cello Symphony and Walton's Cello Concerto with Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Several CDs are of short pieces for Universal Classics including ""Made in England / Gentle Dreams"", ""Cello Moods"", ""Cradle Song"" and ""English Idyll"". Lloyd Webber premiered the recordings of more than 50"
"piano. He wrote ""A Portfolio of Cello Exercises"", and in 1982 he wrote ""Essay on the Craft of Cello Playing"". Christopher Bunting Christopher Evelyn Bunting (8 August 1924 – 28 July 2005) was an English cellist. He had an international reputation, and was a highly regarded teacher; he gave first performances of notable cello concertos. Bunting was born in London in 1924. His father was a civil engineer in India, and an amateur pianist; his mother, also an amateur musician, played cello and piano. He played the piano from age five, and the following year began playing the cello, studying"
"Hannah Roberts (cellist) Hannah Roberts is a British cellist well known for her duo with her husband, pianist and composer/arranger Simon Parkin and in her roles as soloist, chamber musician, principal cellist and teacher. Roberts is currently principal cello of the chamber orchestra Manchester Camerata and a cello professor and Fellow at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK. and also at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Her performing career encompasses a wide range of projects including solo and chamber work and she is also internationally highly sought after as a teacher, working with some of"
"the world’s most gifted young cellists. Hannah Roberts (cellist) Hannah Roberts is a British cellist well known for her duo with her husband, pianist and composer/arranger Simon Parkin and in her roles as soloist, chamber musician, principal cellist and teacher. Roberts is currently principal cello of the chamber orchestra Manchester Camerata and a cello professor and Fellow at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK. and also at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Her performing career encompasses a wide range of projects including solo and chamber work and she is also internationally highly sought after as"
"by Rorem, each one sadder, lonelier, kindlier than the next."" A recording of the concerto, performed by the cellist Wen-Sinn Yang and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by José Serebrier, was released through Naxos Records in September 2007. The album also features a performance of Rorem's Piano Concerto No. 2. Cello Concerto (Rorem) The Cello Concerto is a concerto for solo cello and orchestra by the American composer Ned Rorem. The work was commissioned by the Residentie Orchestra and the Kansas City Symphony for the cellist David Geringas. Its world premiere was given by Geringas and the Kansas City"
"Cello Concerto (MacMillan) The Cello Concerto is a composition for solo cello and orchestra by the Scottish composer James MacMillan. It is the second of three interrelated compositions in MacMillan's Easter triptych ""Triduum"" commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra. The piece was first performed at the Barbican Centre on October 3, 1996 by the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and the London Symphony Orchestra under the conductor Colin Davis. The work is dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich. The Cello Concerto has a duration of roughly 41 minutes and is composed in three movements: The work is composed for solo cello and an orchestra"
"Charles Medlam Charles Medlam is an English conductor and cellist also known for his performances on viola da gamba. Medlam studied the cello in London, Paris, Vienna and Salzburg before becoming interested in the bass viol and early performing styles. He studied with Maurice Gendron at the Paris Conservatoire, Wolfgang Herzer at Vienna, then studied cello with Heidi Litschauer and performance practice with Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Salzburg. Charles Medlam founded London Baroque with Ingrid Seifert in 1978. He plays baroque music on a Perugian cello made by Finnocchi in about 1720 and later music on a Lorenzo Ventapane made in"
"Christopher Bunting Christopher Evelyn Bunting (8 August 1924 – 28 July 2005) was an English cellist. He had an international reputation, and was a highly regarded teacher; he gave first performances of notable cello concertos. Bunting was born in London in 1924. His father was a civil engineer in India, and an amateur pianist; his mother, also an amateur musician, played cello and piano. He played the piano from age five, and the following year began playing the cello, studying with Ivor James. He began an engineering course at Bristol University, but abandoned this and studied music at Cambridge University."
"method for young cellists aged 10 and upwards , and her memoirs were published in July 2009 Anna Shuttleworth has made several recordings with Alfred Deller (counter-tenor). For example, Purcell's Ode for St. Cecilia's Day and Purcell's Te Deum and Jubilate Deo Anna Shuttleworth Anna Shuttleworth (born 1927) is a cellist from the United Kingdom. She studied cello with Ivor James and Harvey Phillips at the Royal College of Music and later became a professor at the same college. Her pupils have included Alexander Baillie, Martin Johnson, Natalie Clein, František Brikcius and Kathy Hampson (née Jewell). Anna Shuttleworth was born"
"frequently performed today. In Pau Larraín's 2016 film ""Jackie"", Casals is played by Roland Pidoux. Pablo Casals Pau Casals i Defilló (Catalan: ; 29 December 187622 October 1973), usually known in English as Pablo Casals, was a cellist, composer, and conductor from Catalonia, Spain. He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time. He made many recordings throughout his career, of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, also as conductor, but he is perhaps best remembered for the recordings of the Bach Cello Suites he"
"London Virtuosi Chamber Ensemble. He was also a founder member of the Cummings String Quartet together with his sister Diana Cummings. His recordings include the 2004 album ""The British Cello Phenomenon"". He also performed and recorded with the Lindsay String Quartet. Douglas Cummings Douglas Cummings (1946 – May 14, 2014) was a British cellist. His father was the violist Keith Cummings. Cummings studied at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), and was also a student of Gregor Piatigorsky. He became principal cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) in 1969 and held the post for 24 years, until 1993. He"
"Musicians Distinguished Musician Award. Lloyd Webber married fellow cellist Jiaxin Cheng in 2009 at St Luke's Church, Chelsea. He is a lifelong supporter of Leyton Orient football club. Julian Lloyd Webber Julian Lloyd Webber (born 14 April 1951) is a British cellist, conductor and the principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Julian Lloyd Webber is the second son of the composer William Lloyd Webber and his wife Jean Johnstone (a piano teacher). He is the younger brother of the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. The composer Herbert Howells was his godfather. Lloyd Webber was educated at three schools in London: at"
"Matthew Barley Matthew Barley (born 2 May 1965) is an English cellist. He is best known for his performances of core classical music, improvisation, and contemporary music including electronics. Matthew Barley was born in London and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the Moscow Conservatoire. He made his London concerto debut playing the Shostakovich cello concerto in the Barbican Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra, as finalist of the LSO-Shell competition. His first CD, in 2003, was The Silver Swan for Black Box was a compilation of pieces for multitracked cellos, all of which"
"Chandos, Black Box, ASV, Naxos and Nimbus labels. He has made CD recordings of almost the entire cello repertoire, including works by Britten, Finzi, Leighton, Shostakovich, Bloch, Ravel, Busch, Schumann, Zemlinsky and Tchaikovsky. He has recorded a wide range of British cello concertos, including works by James MacMillan, Finzi, Delius, Walton, Bax, Bliss, Britten, Moeran and Leighton. His wife is the Australian Baroque violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch. His sister is the psychotherapist Maya Jacobs-Wallfisch. He has three children, Benjamin (a conductor and Hollywood composer), Simon (baritone and cellist), and Joanna (a vocalist). Raphael Wallfisch Raphael Wallfisch (born 15 June 1953, London)"
"Concours de violoncelle Rostropovitch, Paris in 2005. In 1997, BBC Music Magazine selected him in their worldwide ""Who's Who"" edition and, in 2000, Richard was entered into the ""International Who's Who in Music"" as an 'up and coming talent on the brink of worldwide recognition.' Richard plays a cello by Francesco Rugeri, dated 1692. Richard Harwood Richard Craig Harwood (born 8 August 1979) is a British cellist. Richard Harwood was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire and began learning to play the piano, aged four (teachers included Diana Bell and Joyce Rathbone) and the cello, aged five. He attended Ditcham Park School."
"Andrew Shulman Andrew Shulman (born 1960 in London, England) is an English cellist, conductor and composer. He is currently the principal cellist of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He was formerly principal cellist of the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. He was appointed principal cello of London's Philharmonia at the age of 22 by Riccardo Muti. In 1989 he became the first British cellist to win the United States New England Conservatory/Piatigorsky Artist Award He has performed cello concertos with the City of Birmingham Symphony, Utah Symphony,"
"Oliver Gledhill Oliver Gledhill (born 1966) is an English cellist. Oliver is Professor of Cello at Junior Guildhall and also teaches at Mill Hill School. He was a Scholar at the Guildhall School of Music and won numerous awards including the ISTEL/Redditch Music Society Competition. He studied with many eminent cellists including William Pleeth, Edmund Kurtz and Andre Navarra. He has given acclaimed recitals at the Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room, including three in the Kirckman Concert Society Series. Festival appearances have included solo performances in England, France, Italy, Mallorca and the Czech Republic. Oliver has recorded eight CDs, including"
"He became Associate Conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra (ECO) in the 2007-2008 season. In June 2009, the ECO named Paul Watkins its music director, effective with the 2009-2010 season, for an initial contract of 3 years. Watkins became principal guest conductor of the Ulster Orchestra from 2009-2012. He has also served as guest conductor of the CityMusic Cleveland chamber orchestra. Watkins plays on a cello made by Domenico Montagnana and Matteo Goffriller, c 1730. Paul Watkins (musician) Paul Watkins (born 1970) is a Welsh classical cellist and conductor. His brother is the composer Huw Watkins. Watkins studied cello with"
"Stone Angel Music, an independent record label founded by Paul Cardall in 1999. He released his first solo album in 2006, ""Sacred Cello"", earning a Pearl Award for Best Instrumental Classical Album. The track reached the Billboard charts top 20 classical recordings. Nelson and The Piano Guys signed with Sony Masterworks in 2012. He has also played with the China Philharmonic Orchestra. Nelson released two other solo albums: ""Tender Mercies"" in 2008, followed by ""Christmas Cello"" in 2010. Steven Sharp Nelson Steven Sharp Nelson (born July 5, 1977) is an American cellist, best known as ""The Cello Guy"" of classical,"
"Pablo Casals Pau Casals i Defilló (Catalan: ; 29 December 187622 October 1973), usually known in English as Pablo Casals, was a cellist, composer, and conductor from Catalonia, Spain. He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time. He made many recordings throughout his career, of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, also as conductor, but he is perhaps best remembered for the recordings of the Bach Cello Suites he made from 1936 to 1939. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963"
"Digital Recording Compact Disc. • Living Tones: Music of Jin Hi Kim with Joseph Celli performing on oboe and English horn. O. O. DISC #24. (Seoul Records/ Cantabile in Korea). Digital Recording Compact Disc. • Inori: A Prostituta Sagrada, Music Jocy de Oliveira. Joseph Celli, double reed instruments. ReR Records BJOCD, Digital Recording Compact Disc. • Bitter Love: Songs From Peony Pavilion, Tan Dun, composer; Sony Classical Records. Joseph Celli Joseph Celli (born March 19, 1944) is an American musician and composer specializing in contemporary and improvised music for oboe and English horn. In addition, he plays the Yamaha WX7"
"Cello Concerto (Muhly) The Cello Concerto is a concerto for solo cello and orchestra by the American composer Nico Muhly. The work was commissioned by the Barbican Centre for the Britten Sinfonia and cellist Oliver Coates, to whom Muhly dedicated the piece. It was first performed on March 16, 2012 at the Barbican Centre by Coates and the Britten Sinfonia under conductor André de Ridder. The Cello Concerto has a duration of roughly 18 minutes and is composed in three numbered movements. The first movement quotes the texture from the opening bar of composer Henri Dutilleux's 1965 orchestral piece ""Métaboles""."
"Robert Cohen (cellist) Robert Cohen (born June 15, 1959) is a British concert cellist. Cohen was born on 15 June 1959 in London to violinist Raymond Cohen and pianist Anthya Rael. Having begun playing the cello at age 5, at age 10 he entered the Purcell School for Young Musicians. He also began studies with William Pleeth. At age 12 he made his concerto debut at the Royal Festival Hall, where he performed the Boccherini Concerto in B flat. His Wigmore Hall recital debut followed at age 17. In 1975 he began studies at the Guildhall School of Music and"
"a two-year period. His instrument is a 1714 David Tecchler cello. In August 2016, Johnston performed the world premiere of Charlotte Bray's cello concerto ""Falling in the Fire"" at The Proms. Johnston recorded David Matthews' ""Concerto in Azzurro"" with Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, released on the Chandos label in 2009. The recording was nominated for a Gramophone Award in the Contemporary Music category. Johnston released his debut recital disc ""Milo"" in May 2010 on the Orchid label with the pianist Kathryn Stott. The disc comprises British 20th-century music including the Cello Sonatas by Benjamin Britten and Frank"
"Luigi Piovano Luigi Piovano is an Italian cellist and conductor. He is Principal Cellist of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, guest Principal Cellist of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and guest principal cellist of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. He has recorded on both the modern cello and the Baroque cello (the latter including work as cellist of Concerto Italiano with Rinaldo Alessandrini, chamber music of Robert Schumann with the Michelangelo Piano Quartet for the Chandos label, and the Cello Sonatas of Johannes Brahms). He has also recorded the complete cello works of Camille Saint-Saëns and the Cello Suites of"
"""I respect Muhly's industry in all its forms, but the Cello Concerto is the type of Muhly piece that I will most look forward to."" Cello Concerto (Muhly) The Cello Concerto is a concerto for solo cello and orchestra by the American composer Nico Muhly. The work was commissioned by the Barbican Centre for the Britten Sinfonia and cellist Oliver Coates, to whom Muhly dedicated the piece. It was first performed on March 16, 2012 at the Barbican Centre by Coates and the Britten Sinfonia under conductor André de Ridder. The Cello Concerto has a duration of roughly 18 minutes"
"Yelian He Yelian He (born 21 September 1984 ( | ""Mandarin: hé yè lián"")) is an Australian/Chinese classical concert cellist. Born in Shanghai and raised in Melbourne, Yelian began studying the Cello at the age of 5, almost two years after he commenced studies on the Piano with his father. Hailed as a “consummate master of the bow” by The Strad magazine in his Wigmore Hall debut, He is the winner of the 2009 Royal Over-Seas League String Competition in London as well as the Grand Prize and Audience Prize at the 2014 Australian Cello Awards competition in Sydney. Yelian"
"was professor of baroque cello at the Royal Academy of Music. She was married to the writer Michael Foss, and they had a daughter Kate. Jennifer Ward Clarke Jennifer Ward Clarke (20 June 1935 – 1 March 2015) was a British cellist. After an early career in contemporary music, she later specialised in baroque music and performances on period instruments. Jennifer Ward Clarke was born in Yateley, Hampshire on 20 June 1935. At Benenden School in Kent she became interested in the cello, and studied at London's Royal College of Music with Ivor James, where she won the prize for"
"British cellists have recorded the work, but the majority of recordings are by European and American soloists. The BBC Radio 3 feature ""Building a Library"" has presented comparative reviews of all available versions of the concerto on three occasions, and recommended as follows: ""The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music"", 2008, gave its maximum four star rating to the 1965 du Pré/Barbirolli recording of the concerto. It awarded three stars (representing ""an outstanding performance and recording"") to the recordings by Casals, Gastinel, Harrell, Harrison, Isserlis, Ma, Mørk, Noras, Rostropovich (1964), Schiff (2006), Thedéen, and Tortelier (1973). Elgar Cello Concerto discography"
"sons. Robert Cohen (cellist) Robert Cohen (born June 15, 1959) is a British concert cellist. Cohen was born on 15 June 1959 in London to violinist Raymond Cohen and pianist Anthya Rael. Having begun playing the cello at age 5, at age 10 he entered the Purcell School for Young Musicians. He also began studies with William Pleeth. At age 12 he made his concerto debut at the Royal Festival Hall, where he performed the Boccherini Concerto in B flat. His Wigmore Hall recital debut followed at age 17. In 1975 he began studies at the Guildhall School of Music"
"English Chamber Orchestra, conducting Emma Kirkby, Sarah Connolly and James Gilchrist in the St Matthew Passion in Bath Abbey. For this concert he formed a new chamber choir, Chorus Angelorum, with which he has gone on to record two CDs of his brother's Choral music - Requiem for an Angel, and Seven Last Words from the Cross. In 2007 he became Chorus Master of the South West Festival Chorus and Music Director of Bath Minerva Choir. In 2009 he was appointed Music Director of Bristol Bach Choir - a position he held for two years. In September of that year"