8.573690 Release date: 27 Feb 2026
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Thomas Søndergård © Nikolaj Lund
English Cello Works BRIDGE • ELGAR • IRELAND
Tracklist: Sir Edward ELGAR (1857–1934) Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (1919) 1 I. Adagio – Moderato 2 II. Lento – Allegro molto 3 III. Adagio 4 IV. Allegro – Moderato – Allegro, ma non troppo – Poco più lento – Adagio 5 I. Moderato e sostenuto 6 II. Poco largamente – Quasi recitativo – 7 III. Con moto e marcato Frank BRIDGE (1879–1941) Cello Sonata in D minor, H125 (1913–17) 8 I. Allegro ben moderato 9 II. Adagio ma non troppo – Molto allegro e agitato – Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro moderato Sir Edward ELGAR 0 Salut d’amour, Op. 12 (1888) John IRELAND (1879–1962) Cello Sonata in G minor (1923)
Andreas Brantelid, Cello Bengt Forsberg, Piano The Royal Danish Orchestra Thomas Søndergård
Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor is a cornerstone of the cello repertoire, a product of the composer’s summer seclusion in the English countryside in 1919. A masterpiece of moods, it encompasses the world-weary and poignant but also the quicksilver and passionate. Two other cello works written at around the same time proved pivotal in their composers’ careers. John Ireland’s Cello Sonata in G minor fuses brooding, terse muscularity with lyricism and bravura, while Frank Bridge’s two-movement Cello Sonata in D minor reflects pre-War Romanticism coupled with wartime melancholy
and defiance. Key features: •
Cellist Andreas Brantelid is one of the most sought-after Scandinavian artists, winning worldwide critical acclaim for his performances. His Naxos albums include Russian Tales (8.573985) with – as with this current album – pianist Bengt Forsberg : ‘An exquisite recital
of Russian Romantic pieces that really glows’ ( The Strad ). He has also recorded a disc of Haydn’s and C.P.E. Bach’s Cello Concertos on 8.574365: ‘interpretations that are consistently erudite and musical’, wrote Fanfare . • His repertoire is famously wide and includes lesser-known and unjustly neglected composers. Among the composers he has recorded and played are Charles Alkan, Kaikhosru Sorabji, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Koechlin, Léon Boëllmann, Nikolai Medtner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
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