Arguably the most instantly recognisable and dramatic pieces of music ever written for the instrument, Elgar’s Cello Concerto is one of the greatest pieces of music written in the early 20th century.

Though both Jacqueline du Pré and Janet Baker were already well established and widely appreciated in 1965, this disc marked a turning point for both of them in their recording careers. With John ...

The biggest repertoire draw here was meant to be Edward Elgar's glorious Cello Concerto, with Daniel Barenboim conducting, paired with two other works: Elliott Carter's Cello Concerto and Max Bruch's ...

As the world ponders once again the great unanswered question - why? - in connection with the centenary of World War I, Truls Mork’s performance of Elgar’s Cello Concerto (1919), written at the other ...

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 ...

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 ...

Somebody once said that the way Elgar chooses to open his Cello Concerto, with those tortured chords sounding as if they have to be excavated from the cello face, is as if Shakespeare had started ...

The much-loved Cello Concerto of Elgar and Martinů’s rarely played Cello Concerto No.1 might seem poles apart. The Elgar gets a heartfelt, sometimes portentous performance here from the impressive ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. When one of the world’s foremost cellists, Norwegian Truls Mørk, performs with the ...

Music of profound sorrow and exceptional beauty: Elgar’s Cello Concerto is a phoenix rising from the ashes of a world at war, an elegiac lament for an England lost forever. Much of Edward Elgar’s ...

Called “the fast rising star of conducting” Klaus Mäkelä returns to conduct a program highlighting the works of British conductors: Elgar’s much loved Cello Concerto, and Walton’s hugely sonic, ...