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Tortelier plays Elgar / Brahms / Debussy | BBC Legends BBCL42362

Tortelier plays Elgar / Brahms / Debussy

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Label: BBC Legends

Cat No: BBCL42362

Barcode: 0684911423624

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 28th April 2008

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Contents

Artists

Paul Tortelier (cello)
Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin)
Ernest Lush (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Sir Adrian Boult
Sir John Pritchard

Works

Brahms, Johannes

Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, op.102

Debussy, Claude

Cello Sonata in D minor, L135

Elgar, Edward

Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85

Artists

Paul Tortelier (cello)
Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin)
Ernest Lush (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Sir Adrian Boult
Sir John Pritchard

About

The French cellist Paul Tortelier (1914 – 1990) was one of the truly great artists of the 20th Century. He was a close colleague of the doyen of all cellists – Pablo Casals – and was one of the elite French cello school of the time, Pierre Fournier and Maurice Gendron being the others. He collaborated with such eminent conductors as Sir Thomas Beecham and the composer Paul Hindemith. His previous release for BBC Legends was the Schumann and Hindemith Concertos (BBCL 4133-2).

Paul Tortelier’s son, Yan Pascal Tortelier, is a notable violinist but has become known primarily as a major conductor, recently becoming Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony. He recorded all the Debussy, Ravel and Hindemith orchestral music for Chandos.

Tortelier made his name playing the Elgar Cello Concerto (the other being Strauss’s Don Quixote), particularly with Sir Adrian Boult who knew the composer well. This is the only stereo live account of Tortelier playing the Elgar Cello Concerto (though he recorded it twice in the studio).

The Brahms Double Concerto, featuring Yan Pascal Tortelier on violin, is a superb live stereo account which complements Paul Tortelier’s studio version with the violinist Christian Ferras. The live version generates so much more tension and the collaboration of father and son is perfectly balanced.

The short Debussy Sonata recorded in 1959 with Ernest Lush is a collector’s item and sounds magnificent.

"The French Cellist’s personality is stamped on every bar of these live performances." - Gramophone

This new BBC Legends issue is a cause for rejoicing…a lovely disc." - International Record Review

Recorded: Royal Festival Hall, London, 14 November 1972 (Elgar), Royal Festival Hall, London, 17 April 1974 (Brahms), BBC Studios, 10 February 1959 (Debussy).

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