Elgar: Cello Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations; etc
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello); BBC SO, Jiri Belohlavek
Harmonia Mundi HMC902148
Queyras' lack of sentimentality and sense of drive in the Elgar are very welcome, as is the urgent and ripely idiomatic contribution from an orchestra currently at the top of its game. The Tchaikovsky has great poise and zest, and as a bonus we are treated to two short pieces by Dvorak - Silent Woodsand the Rondo - which could scarcely have been done better. We are not short of recordings of any of these works, but nevertheless this disc is worth investigating.
*****
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