
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos, Suite / Walevska, Inbal, Monte Carlo
This is one of those âsleeperâ discs that you overlook to your disadvantage. Every cellist plays at least the two concertos, but there are surprisingly few truly excellent recordings. Christine Walevska not only plays wonderfully, but she gives us all of the composerâs major works for cello and orchestra, and the performances have that French crispness and polish that so many more famous soloists lack. Sheâs also very well recorded, and the Monte Carlo Orchestra has this musical idiom in its collective bones. It really is rewarding to hear these performances again, so lovingly remastered and repackaged.
-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
This is one of those âsleeperâ discs that you overlook to your disadvantage. Every cellist plays at least the two concertos, but there are surprisingly few truly excellent recordings. Christine Walevska not only plays wonderfully, but she gives us all of the composerâs major works for cello and orchestra, and the performances have that French crispness and polish that so many more famous soloists lack. Sheâs also very well recorded, and the Monte Carlo Orchestra has this musical idiom in its collective bones. It really is rewarding to hear these performances again, so lovingly remastered and repackaged.
-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
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This is one of those âsleeperâ discs that you overlook to your disadvantage. Every cellist plays at least the two concertos, but there are surprisingly few truly excellent recordings. Christine Walevska not only plays wonderfully, but she gives us all of the composerâs major works for cello and orchestra, and the performances have that French crispness and polish that so many more famous soloists lack. Sheâs also very well recorded, and the Monte Carlo Orchestra has this musical idiom in its collective bones. It really is rewarding to hear these performances again, so lovingly remastered and repackaged.
-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com























