‘Brantelid plays one of the great Strad cellos, the ‘Boni Hegar,’ which yields sumptuously to his impulsive – occasionally reckless – big-scale vision. Hadland, more familiar as a Radio 3 New Generation artist, matches him in fantasy, subtlety and sheer emotional engagement.’ Helen Wallace
Grieg • Grainger • Nielsen
Grieg: Cello Sonata; Grainger: La Scandinavie (Scandinavian Suite); Nielsen: Saenk kun dit hoved du blomst (Just bow your head, oh flower), Op. 21 No. 4
Andreas Brantelid (cello), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano), Lars Bjørnkjaer (violin)
BIS BIS-2120
Read the rest of this review in the May 2015 issue of BBC Music Magazine
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