Elgar Cello Concerto

Elgar Cello Concerto concert. In 2014 Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Festpielhaus Baden-Baden. Features cellist Sol Gabetta. The concert also includes the following pieces:

Ligeti Atmosphères
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Wagner Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1.Here's a sample of the BPO and also Sol Gabetta in the Elgar:

Directed for TV by Torben Schmidt Jacobsen. Released 2016, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA

This was the Gramophone Blu-ray of the month for February 2017.

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