French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras
explores the late Romantic repertoire on this 2013 Harmonia Mundi
release and finds a kind of mirroring of intentions and expressions
between Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, and
Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto, Op. 85. While this is a rather subjective understanding
of the music that listeners can either take or leave, there's no
denying that Queyras, conductor Jirí Belohlávek, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
offer performances of both works that are evocative and beautiful, with
or without any underlying connections. Indeed, the polished soloist and
the committed orchestra play effectively in both pieces, and Queyras'
intense but controlled playing is well balanced by the orchestral
accompaniment, which never overwhelms. For a break between the two
heavyweight pieces, Queyras plays Antonín Dvorák's
Rondo, Op. 94, and the tone poem, Silent Woods, Op. 68/5, which provide
a lighter mood. Harmonia Mundi's reproduction is immaculate, with
central placement for the soloist and realistic depth for the orchestral
sections.
(Blair Sanderson)
French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras
explores the late Romantic repertoire on this 2013 Harmonia Mundi
release and finds a kind of mirroring of intentions and expressions
between Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, and Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto, Op. 85. While this is a rather subjective understanding
of the music that listeners can either take or leave, there's no
denying that Queyras, conductor Jirí Belohlávek, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
offer performances of both works that are evocative and beautiful, with
or without any underlying connections. Indeed, the polished soloist and
the committed orchestra play effectively in both pieces, and Queyras'
intense but controlled playing is well balanced by the orchestral
accompaniment, which never overwhelms. For a break between the two
heavyweight pieces, Queyras plays Antonín Dvorák's
Rondo, Op. 94, and the tone poem, Silent Woods, Op. 68/5, which provide
a lighter mood. Harmonia Mundi's reproduction is immaculate, with
central placement for the soloist and realistic depth for the orchestral
sections. (Blair Sanderson)
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