Philharmonia Orchestra - Cello Concertos
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Jamie Walton, cello
Philharmonia Orchestra
Alexander Briger, conductor
"This is probably the best performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto that I have heard. Walton cannot be beaten. I shall treasure this recording - literally: I shall hoard it against a musically rainy day."
Paul Adrian Rooke, The Elgar Society Journal
The Sunday Times, 27th January 2008
A freshness of approach and of sound makes Jamie Walton's reading of Elgar's Cello Concerto an appealing proposition, despite the crowded market. He sees this work not simply as an orgy of expressive indulgence; instead, he measures carefully its introspection. His approach is not distant, however, but typically balanced and unselfish. Under Briger's well-paced direction, the Philharmonia is perfectly acceptable, though its playing can lack precision. The less often recorded two-movement C minor Cello Concerto of Nikolay Myaskovsky - lyrical, nostalgic, regretful, it was composed in 1944 by this quiet but not compliant man of Soviet music - completes the disc.
Stephen Pettitt