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British Violin & Cello Concertos

ARTHUR BENJAMIN

Violin Concerto (1932)

Rhapsody. Allegro giusto - Largamente ed appasionato - Allegro con brio

11:52

Intermezzo. Andante piacevole

5:56

III

Rondo. Allegro vivace - ma non troppo presto

7:20

Solo: Derek Collier violin

Orchestra: BBC Northern Orchestra

Conductor: Stanford Robinson

BBC Broadcast 30 September 1961

ERNEST JOHN MOERAN

Violin Concerto (1942)

Allegro moderato

12:58

Rondo. Vivace

9:36

III

Lento

9:21

Solo: Alfredo Campoli violin

Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Rudolf Schwartz

BBC Broadcast 23 October 1959

SIR ARNOLD BAX

Violin Concerto (1938)

Overture, Ballad & Scherzo

13:22

Adagio

11:12

III

Allegro - Slow Valse Tempo - Andante con moto

6:50

Solo: Andre Gertler violin

Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent

Concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London

BBC Broadcast 6 February 1957

WILLIAM WALTON

Cello Concerto (1956)

10.

Allegro moderato

8:38

11.

Allegro appassionato

6:44

12.

III

Lento - Allegro molto

15:28

Solo: Gregor Piatigorsky cello

Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent

Concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London European premiere

BBC Broadcast 13 February 1957

Total time: 119:17

“… The highlight of the set is Alfredo Campoli's 1959 performance of Moeran's Violin Concerto where the music's Celtic heritage is vividly suggested and Campoli's tone and phrasing are consistently beautiful…”

Gramophone - July 2015

**** Excellent Album

Michel Fleury - Classica magazine (France) – October 2018

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