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Background: The Cello Concerto in B minor by Dvo?ák has become one of his most popular works, and perhaps the most popular concerto ever written for the instrument. He was asked to write this piece by a friend of Wagner, the cellist Hanuš Wihan. Initially reluctant, Dvo?ák stated that the cello was indeed a fine orchestral instrument but totally insufficient for a solo concerto. Fortunately, he changed his mind upon hearing Victor Herbert's Second Cello Concerto performed in concert, in 1894. The resulting Cello Concerto is richly inventive, full of deep feeling, and perfectly fitted to the cello. Dvo?ák combined his experience as an orchestral player with an understanding of the cello's distinct textural qualities to produce a grand and emotionally intense work, one of his finest achievements.

Ernst von Dohnányi was highly acclaimed as a pianist-composer, and widely regarded during his lifetime as a successor to Liszt. As a composer, however, he had more in common with Brahms than with Liszt, despite his Hungarian heritage, and his creative output was not limited to the piano. His Konzertstück in D major is in fact a full-scale cello concerto, in three interconnected parts. A lyrical rhapsody, it begins quietly, the cello emerging out of the orchestra and seeming to sing, until parting with a sense of regret at the end.

Reviews for CHAN8662 - Re-released on the Chandos Classics label as CHAN10715X 'Raphael Wallfisch's inspired new recording for Chandos of the Dvo?ák Cello Concerto is marked by deep, unexaggerated expressiveness and thrillingly taut co-ordination between soloist, conductor and the LSO… Dohnányi's Konzertstück makes a rare and attractive fill-up.' Critic's Choice, Gramophone.

CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10715X
RECORD LABEL: Chandos Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.49
RELEASE DATE: 27-Feb-2012

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra op.104 B191 (Antonin Dvorak). Concerto stuck in D major for Cello and Orchestra op.12 (Ernst von Dohnanyi).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Charles Mackerras
ARTISTS: Raphael Wallfisch      

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