Since you are interested in Elgar: Cello Concerto / etc, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
RICHARD WAGNER / RICHARD STRAUSS
Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss Lise Davidsen (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] "These gifts are matched by the maturity, honesty and integrity of Davidsen's approach. This album only reinforces the fact that she is one of the greatest vocal talents to have emerged in recent years, if not decades." Gramophone Magazine June 2019 |
BOCCERHINI / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / VIVALDI / etc
Slava! The Art of Rostropovich (3CD) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) with various orchestras & conductors [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "the intensity of lyrical feeling and the spontaneity of the partnership between Karajan and Rostropovich ensures the position of their disc at the top of recommendations for this peer among nineteenth century cello concertos." Penguin Guide |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Inspiration Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "A most rewarding CD then, sure evidence that we should henceforth be on the lookout for any performances, recorded or live, that involve Sheku Kanneh-Mason." - Gramophone |
Sol3 Mio
Coming Home [ Universal / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] When Sol3 Mio's world turned to chaos and theatres and opera houses around the world shut their doors, there was only one place for them to retreat - home. For the trio, home is the simple comfort of being back together and making music with the pure... |
Sol3 Mio
A Very M3rry Christmas [ Universal Music / CD - released 10/Nov/2017 ] Sol3 Mio's first ever Christmas album! A Very Merry Christmas features the breathtaking voices of Pene Pati, Amitai Pati and Moses Mackay, this much requested album will delight their legions of fans and is destined to become a bona fide Kiwi... |
LEKEU / FAURE / BERLIOZ / MASSENET / SAINT-SAENS / CHAUSSON etc
Véronique Gens: Nuits Véronique Gens / I Giardini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Apr/2020 ] As the symbiosis between the art of the poet and that of the composer, the French mélodie became the jewel of the salons of the 'Belle Époque'. By placing a string quartet and a piano around the singer, Chausson's Chanson perpétuelle, Lekeu's... |
IGOR KRUTOY
Krutoy: Romanza (Deluxe Edition) Anna Netrebko (soprano) & Yusif Eyvazov (tenor) / Session Orchestra London, Ben Foster [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 8/Sep/2017 ] Romanza is a double album and is completed by a bonus disc of popular classical arias from Anna's extensive DG catalogue. |
FRANZ LISZT / FREDERIC CHOPIN
Mariam Batsashvili: Chopin & Liszt Mariam Batsashvili (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/2019 ] "Her technical prowess and ability to negotiate Liszt's showy grandeur is a given, but her sense of his inner world, his wistful, nonchalant poetry sets her apart as one to watch." (The Observer) |
VIVALDI / BRUCH / ELGAR / BACH / BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / ELLINGTON / GERSHWIN / etc
Nigel Kennedy - Uncensored Nigel Kennedy (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate / Berliner Philharmoniker [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Nov/2021 ] This is not an autobiography, but a journey through Nigel Kennedy's sixty-four seasons played home and away. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Sonatas & Trio Renaud Capucon (violin) Gérard Caussé (viola) Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) Edgar Moreau (cello) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2017 ] Their readings of the late sonatas are packed with glorious detail, while Renaud Capuçon, Bertrand Chamayou and Edgar Moreau make a great case for the early Piano Trio.' BBC Music Award WINNER 2018 - Chamber |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Ode an die Freiheit / Ode to freedom - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (CD + DVD) Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD/DVD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Deutsche Grammophon has remastered its landmark recording of the festive concert conducted by Leonard Bernstein on Christmas Day, 1989, in Berlin's Emil Berliner Studios. This special... |
PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |