Gabetta, Alsop / London Philharmonic Orchestra — Lucerne, 2018-09-14

Concert review, Sol Gabetta, Marin Alsop / London Philharmonic Orchestra — Lucerne Festival, KKL, Lucerne, 2018-09-14 — Elgar: “The Wand of Youth”, Suites No.1 & 2 for Orchestra, op.1a/1b (excerpts); Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85; Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major, “Titan”

Isserlis, Dausgaard / RPO — RFH London, 2018-04-04

Concert review: Steven Isserlis, Thomas Dausgaard / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @ Royal Festival Hall, London, 2018-04-04 — Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes”, op.33a; Sir Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85; Sergei Rachmaninoff: 3 Symphonic Dances, op.45

Schumann: Cello Concerto (Diary 2016-05-03)

Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129, in the new recording with Jean-Guihen Queyras and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, directed by Pablo Heras-Casado, compared to legacy recordings with Gregor Piatigorsky & Sir John Babirolli / London Philharmonic Orchestra (1934) and Mstislav Rostropovich & Gennadi Rozhdestvensky / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (1961)