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In my previous article I spoke of a new CD of Krommer's Symphonies. i have purchased anthher one fo Svendsen's Cello Concerto (Opus#7). it is on The Dacord label with Erling Blondal Bengtsson on the cello with Ole Schmidt conducting. This is a Danish label.
Bengtsson (1936-2013) was a Danish cellist. He started playing the cello at age four. He studied at the Curtis institute of Music in Philadelphia when he was 16. I have only recently heard of him. This is a two CD set it also features Bengtsson playing cello concertos of Bent Lorentzen (1925-2018), Leif Thybo(1922-2001), Svend Westergaard (1922-1988), Franz Xavier neruda (1834-1915), Emil hartmann (1836-1898) plus Tchaikovski's Roccoco Variations (Opus 35). I am not familiar with the other composers. I have two other recordings of Tchaikovsky's Rocco Variotions. One with Mstislav Rostropovich and Herbert Von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. It is coupled with Dvorak's Cello Concerto. The other is with Misha Maisky and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and includes Tchaikovsky's other Cello woks. My favorites on that one are The Nocturn for Cello and Orchestra (Opus #19) and the Andante Cantabile (Opus #11) from his String quartet. The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra is based in New York and plays with out a conductor. Svendsen is one of my favorite composers. Johan Svendsen (1840-1911) Was Norwegian and spent most of his career in Denmark. He was also a conductor and a violinist. he is mainly remembered for his Romance for Violin and Orchestra (Opus #26) The Cello concerto lasts about 17 minutes it is in the standard three movements: Allegro, Andante and Tempo: allegro. I especially like the beginning movement. There is one other reccording abaiolable of this work that is with Neemi Jarvi conducting the Bergen Philharmonic with Truls Mork on the Cello. It is on the Chandos label and coupled with Svendsen's Second Symphony (Opus#15) I have seen several videos on You Tube of this concerto. Another Favorite Cello concerto of mine is that of Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937) (Opus #41). Widor was a French organist and is mainly known for his organ works. Like Sventsen adn William Walton (1902-1983) he wrote two symphonies and one each violin and cello concerto. I enjoy this CD. All of the other composers on this disc except Tchaikovsky are very obscure. I hope that the cello concertos of Svendsen adn Widor both become more popular in the near future!
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