Schumann: Cello Concerto (arrangements) Benedict Kloeckner

• Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 / Setting for cello solo and string orchestra
• 1I. Nicht zu schnell11:12
• 2II. Langsam03:59
• 3III. Sehr lebhaft07:39
• Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 / Setting for string quartet
• 4I. Nicht zu schnell11:00
• 5II. Langsam04:09
• 6III. Sehr lebhaft07:34
• Total Runtime45:33

Info for Schumann: Cello Concerto (arrangements)

Where do the borders between chamber music and concertante works run? At what point does pedagogical music become a work of art? The wonderful new GENUIN album by the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie featuring cellist Benedict Klöckner provides musical answers to these questions and does so without losing too much breath over it... The two versions of the Schumann cello concerto recorded here impressively highlight the young cello soloist, whose performance never sacrifices the intimacy of the most Romantic of all cello concertos on the altar of technical brilliance. Hearing the concerto as a cello quartet will be a novel experience to many. A first on the album release: the version for cello and chamber orchestra. An inspiration to all lovers of classical music!

Benedict Klöckner, Cello
Leander Kippenberg, Cello
Lukas Sieber, Cello
Michael Preuß, Cello
Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie
Michael Sanderling, Conductor

'What this new recording offers is a beautifully recorded full sound, and fine, rhythmically powerful, passionate performances in arrangements many listeners will not previously have heard.' (Michael Ullman, Fanfare 2012)

'... it is the cello quartet version that is especially winning and finds Klöckner playing with a commanding spontaneity to match even the finest orchestral versions.' (Joanne Talbot, The Strad 2012)

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