Cello Suite No 1, Op 72 (Britten)
from Britten: Cello Symphony, Cello Sonata & Cello Suites (CDA67941/2)
1 Canto primo: Sostenuto e largamente [2'30]
2 I Fuga: Andante moderato [3'42]
3 II Lamento: Lento rubato [2'35]
4 Canto segundo: Sostenuto [1'21]
5 III Serenata: Allegretto, pizzicato [1'57]
6 IV Marcia: Alla marcia moderato [3'06]
7 Canto terzo: Sostenuto [2'12]
8 V Bordone: Moderato quasi recitativo [3'50]
9 VI Moto perpetuo e Canto quarto: Presto [3'27]
24 minutes 40 seconds 9 tracks
‘Given Gerhardt's fine Britten credentials, this makes a recommendable package: performances are well judged, with clean-cut rhythms and good attention to detail’ (Gramophone)
‘Gerhardt plunges into the labyrinthine mazes of the solo suites and strikes gold. This is a real tour de force: in such late works Britten reached expressive extremities found nowhere else in his oeu ...
‘This poetic, virtuosic player makes a powerful case for the three unaccompanied Cello Suites’ (The Observer)