Halffter: Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra; Parafrasis (Rostropovich, cello; Orchestre National de France, Cristobal Halffter, cond.; Erato, 57:09). Both the Penderecki (1982) and Halffter (1985 ...

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's Matinee 2 program features the Schumann Symphony No 1. Principal cello of the ASO, Simon Cobcroft, performs the Haydn Cello Concerto in D. Recorded live in concert at ...

Well before his operettas "Babes in Toyland" and "Naughty Marietta" made him famous, Victor Herbert had a thriving career as a cellist, conductor and orchestral composer, and his Cello Concerto No. 2 ...

You may have heard of "Babes in Toyland" and "Naughty Marrietta," but you may not know that their composer, Victor Herbert, also wrote serious concert music. It doesn't get played all that often, but ...

A concert of differing moods from composers writing nearly a century apart. Elgar’s introspective Concerto reflects with intensity his despair about the world after the Great War that destroyed ...