LATEST NEWS
UPDATED 17th June 2011

2010/11 sees plenty of activity at Cello Classics.

As part of the Classics Labels group, our new label manager Phil Hateley is devising new ways to get the attention of the cd buying (and downloading) public, starting with a targeted email newsletter, the first of which will pop into mailboxes in the Autumn of 2010

Meanwhile Cello Classics has spent much time in the studio, the fruits of which will be rolled out over the coming months.

Colin Carr appears throughout the world as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and teacher. With pianist Thomas Saucer he has recorded for Cello Classics the complete works for Cello by Mendelssohn, following two sell-out concerts at London's Wigmore Hall. The result is CC1029, our latest release.

In April we released CC1026 a spectacular tour-de-force by the award-winning Nancy Green, entitled Jaguar Songs. The cd comprises works by the Venezualen composer Paul Desenne for 1,3 and 4 cellos, all played by Nancy, using wizardry both in front of as well as behind the microphones. Samples can be heard on the Jaguar Songs page, where you can also read Nancy's article on the challenges and joys of multi-tracking. Hailed as ‘Editor’s Choice’ by Strings Magazine, the recording is already making waves in the cello world.

Charles Medlam is well known throughout the musical world as founder, director and cellist of London Baroque. In a fascinating programme of works by Hotman, de Buisson, de Machy and Marais, he traces the development of works for unaccompanied bass viol in the period immediately before the composition of Bach's Suites for cello. CC1028 has now been released.

Also recently released is Nancy Green's 2nd cd for Cello Classics, CC1025. With pianist Tannis Gibson, 'Song of the Birds' contains works with a Spanish/Latin flavour;

• Manuel de Falla – Spanish Dance & Suite Populaire Espagnole
• Pablo de Sarasate – Zapateado
• Astor Piazzolla – Le Grand Tango
• Enrique Granados – Orientale
• Gaspar CassadÛ – Requiebros & Suite for Solo Cello
• Alberto Ginastera – Pampeana no. 2
• Pablo Casals – Song of the Birds

The cellist Keith Harvey, apart from his career as principal cello with the London Philharmonic and English Chamber Orchestras as well as founder member of the Gabrielli String Quartet, has been a life-long cello activist, an avid collector of recordings, films and rare printed materials, as well as a generous supporter of concert and recording projects. For Cello Classics he will shortly release a 2-cd album entitled Dedications. Five years in the making, and comprising some 35 tracks, the album pays homage to a number of musical influences in Harvey's career by means of dedicated arrangements and miniatures. CC1027 is released in early 2011.

2011 also sees the release of CC1024, dedicated to Julius Klengel (1859-1933). Klengel was a hugely influential cellist, composer and pedagogue, his pupils including Piattigorsky, Feuermann and Pleeth among many other illustrious names. By way of celebrating Klengel's achievements we have put together a number of Klengel's own recordings, newly restored, and several compositions. The cd ends with a new recording of the Hymnus for 12 cellos, for which Cello Classics convened some of London's finest players, including many 'grand-pupils' of Klengel himself. The rarely-heard Capriccio for unaccompanied cello is played by Raphael Wallfisch.

If you wish to be kept informed of new releases, please send an email to info@celloclassics.com