 | from Britten: Cello Suites (SIGCD336) 1 Declamato: Largo [3'07] 19 minutes 25 seconds 5 tracks2 Fuga: Andante [3'48] 3 Scherzo: Allegro molto [1'47] 4 Andante lento [4'18] 5 Ciaccona: Allegro [6'25]  The Daily Telegraph'The three solo suites (1964-71) were written for Britten's friend Mstislav Rostropovich. Britten references the great solo cello works by Bach with his neo-baroque titling of some of the movements, b ... 'A fine account of Britten's solo cello music, inspired by admiration of Rostropovich, and stemming from a 'challenging' period of this cellist's life. There is an ample note by M. Ross, explaining th ... |