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Cello Suites
Benjamin Britten

Cello Suites

Pieter Wispelwey

Label: Evil Penguin
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917727326
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Catalog number: EPRC 0086
Releasedate: 04-09-26
  • Widely regarded as the most significant solo cello works since Bach's Suites, Britten's three Suites expand the expressive possibilities of the instrument while remaining rooted in centuries of musical tradition.
  • The cello as storyteller: Each Suite possesses a strikingly individual character: the First is theatrical and kaleidoscopic, the Second brilliant and expansive, and the Third dark, introspective and deeply moving.
  • Pieter Wispelwey has lived with these Suites for more than 45 years and has recorded them before. This new interpretation reflects a lifetime of artistic and personal engagement with the works.
Benjamin Britten’s three Cello Suites rank among the most important solo works for the instrument since Bach. Written for Mstislav Rostropovich, they unite references to early music traditions with a distinctly modern voice, combining formal mastery, dramatic imagination and profound emotional depth. In this recording, Pieter Wispelwey brings his new reading of a 45 year long engagement with these remarkable works for cello solo.