Alban Gerhardt writes admiringly of Rostropovich and the legacy of marvellous works he inspired, but on the evidence of these extraordinary accounts of two of them, he need fear no comparisons with his great Russian forebear.
CDA68340 57 minutes 22 seconds
‘A crisply articulated white dwarf of a First Concerto, the controlled hysteria of the outer movements well conveyed … dark corners are certainly well lit in the central Moderato, taken as briskl ... ‘There are many impressive things about these performances, not least the way Alban Gerhardt reinterprets important aspects of these pieces—particularly in the far better-known First Concerto. The slo ... ‘You want intensity, passion, drive and hard-won exaltation? You certainly get them all in this new recording of the Shostakovich Cello Concertos from Alban Gerhardt. Sweetness and toughness in the so ...