Danacord continues its tribute to the Danish cellist Erling Blöndal Bengtsson. For this volume of recordings emanating from Danish Radio Bengtsson plays two staples of most cellists’ repertoire, masterworks by Shostakovich and Richard Strauss, spicing things up with music by Berio and Ligeti, such choices opening up our perceptions of Bengtsson’s repertoire, and then going further by including his sympathy for concertos written for and dedicated to him. Thus this programme adds up to a revealing portrait of Bengtsson’s versatility and virtuosity.

Never before released rare Danish Radio recordings.

Contents:

CD 1
Shostakovich - Cello Concerto no.1 in E flat major, op.107
- Royal Danish Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Live concert, Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, 8 March 2002

R Strauss - Don Quixote, op.35
- Claus Myrup (viola), Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Michael Schønwandt
Live concert, Danish Radio Studio 1, 14 April 1994

CD 2
Berio - Ritorno degli snovidenia for cello and thirty instruments
- Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Jan Latham-Koenig
Live concert, Danish Radio Studio 1, 10 October 1983

Ligeti - Cello Concerto
- Aarhus Symphony Orchestra / Diego Masson
Live concert, Aarhus, 18 April 1988

Sven-Erik Bäck - Cello Concerto
- Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Miltiadis Caridis
Live concert, Danish Radio Studio 1, 29 September 1966

Niels Viggo Bentzon - Cello Concerto no.3, op.444
- South Jutland Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Lazarev
Live concert, Idrætshallen, Aabenraa, 20 September 1983