COMPOSERS: Britten
LABELS: Chandos
ALBUM TITLE: Britten
WORKS: Cello Symphony
PERFORMER: English Chamber OrchestraSteuart Bedford
CATALOGUE NO: CHAN 10274
Britten specialist Steuart Bedford helms this authoritative 1984 performance of the Cello Symphony Raphael Wallfisch is the soloist), one of the composer’s toughest, most uncompromising utterances. Even finer is Bedford’s Suite from the opera Death in Venice, glimmering in the ghostly, doom-laden chiaroscuro of an atmospheric Chandos recording. Terry Blain
Britten: Cello Symphony
Britten specialist Steuart Bedford helms this authoritative 1984 performance of the Cello Symphony Raphael Wallfisch is the soloist), one of the composer’s toughest, most uncompromising utterances. Even finer is Bedford’s Suite from the opera Death in Venice, glimmering in the ghostly, doom-laden chiaroscuro of an atmospheric Chandos recording. Terry Blain
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Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:54 pm