Soloist: Gabetta, Sol

Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Rattle, Simon

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Composer: Ligeti, Gyorgy

Composer: Wagner, Richard

Composer: Grieg, Edvard

Composer: Stravinsky, Igor

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Venue: Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Date of Concert: 2014

Playing Time: 01:34:37

Television Director: Jacobsen, Torben Schmidt

Catalogue Number: EuroArts5996

UPC: 880242599681

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Sol Gabetta's debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Easter Festival 2014 in Baden-Baden stood under the sign of contrast: Beginning with Wagner's Lohengrin and Gyorgy Ligeti's orchestral piece Atmospheres they show how they both pursue similar objectives in different ways - that of an iridescent, otherworldly sound Elgar's warm and melodically charged Cello Concerto is contrasted with Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps, an entirely progressive piece that pushes the conventional boundaries of classical music.

"Sol Gabetta's Elgar Concerto is one of the best around, a heartfelt, tonally rounded performance. Hers is a softly spoken presence, especially beautiful in those infinitely sad modulations that fall towards the end of the piece." - Gramophone magazine