Colourful concertos with a touch of shock and awe

Colourful concertos with a touch of shock and awe

‘These are musicians who can play rough, tough and turbulent, but here the intensity comes not from ferocity but from depth of feeling. The sound-quality and character is predictably excellent.’

 

Gulda/ Offenbach
Offenbach: Cello Concerto (Concerto Militaire); Gulda: Concerto for cello, wind orchestra and Band
Edgar Moreau (cello); Les Forces Majeures/ Raphaël Merlin
Erato 9029552612 73:36mins

Freya Parr

Published: April 8, 2019 at 10:38 am

‘These are musicians who can play rough, tough and turbulent, but here the intensity comes not from ferocity but from depth of feeling. The sound-quality and character is predictably excellent.’

Gulda/ Offenbach Offenbach: Cello Concerto (Concerto Militaire); Gulda: Concerto for cello, wind orchestra and Band Edgar Moreau (cello); Les Forces Majeures/ Raphaël Merlin Erato 9029552612 73:36mins

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
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