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Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op 107
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performers: 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Alban Gerhardt (Cello)
Conductor: Garry Walker
Date of broadcast: 18 February 2000
Grindingly unrelenting, this concerto is fierce and uncompromising both musically and emotionally. The cello seems almost heroic in the outer movements but the middle section is all doubt and despair.
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performers: 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Alban Gerhardt (Cello)
Conductor: Garry Walker
Recording date: 11 February 2000
Date of broadcast: 18 February 2000
