Britten: Cello Symphony

Britten specialist Steuart Bedford helms this authoritative 1984 performance of the Cello Symphony Raphael Wallfisch is the soloist), one of the composer’s toughest, most uncompromising utterances. Even finer is Bedford’s Suite from the opera Death in Venice, glimmering in the ghostly, doom-laden chiaroscuro of an atmospheric Chandos recording. Terry Blain

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Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:54 pm

COMPOSERS: Britten
LABELS: Chandos
ALBUM TITLE: Britten
WORKS: Cello Symphony
PERFORMER: English Chamber OrchestraSteuart Bedford
CATALOGUE NO: CHAN 10274

Britten specialist Steuart Bedford helms this authoritative 1984 performance of the Cello Symphony Raphael Wallfisch is the soloist), one of the composer’s toughest, most uncompromising utterances. Even finer is Bedford’s Suite from the opera Death in Venice, glimmering in the ghostly, doom-laden chiaroscuro of an atmospheric Chandos recording. Terry Blain

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