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 great elgar Oct 09, 2005
This version of the Elgar is very well done. I really like the way Ma played this piece and the orchestra is fine. The Walton is less to my liking but certainly on a technical basis (recording quality and musicianship) I have no complaints about this version. I thought the recording quality was overall very good although on a couple of occasions I hear artifactual noises. Recommended for the Elgar.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 The Best Digital Recording Of Elgar's Cello Concerto Dec 19, 2001
Ma gives passionate performances of both Elgar's and Walton's cello concertos, worthy of recognition for both his brilliant technical skills as well as his lyrical playing. I believe I have heard a recent recording of these works with Julian Lloyd Webber as soloist; unfortunately, Webber's playing doesn't resound with the passion coming from Ma. I don't know whether Ma's interpretation of Elgar is better than Du Pre's, but it is still wonderful in its own right (Yet I would not go as far as one previous reviewer in recognizing Ma as our finest living cellist; that honor still belongs to Rostropovich.). Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra give warm, spirited performances of both works, showing their familiarity with these scores.
14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
This is how it started Aug 03, 2000
This Ma performance of the Elgar lets you in on what it was like before the artist started playing the work too much and subjecting it to so many maulings and stages it got sickening. Here we find him sticking fairly close to the composer, and Previn is enough of a disciplinarian that the work's structure as a whole isn't sacrificed to maudlin detail. We get a good, solid, committed, communicative performance, something Ma hasn't been giving us too much lately. If you heard that awful PBS concert of this with the Chicago and Barenboim joining Ma in all the posturing, you'll find this quite refreshing. It won't make you want to junk your supremely eloquent and heartfelt Tortelier, though. And if you're old enough to have the Anthony Pini's around, you're not tossing it either. Some things just can't be bettered.The Walton here is very fine, wonderfully played, with color, insight, spritz and tingle. Ma gives it an appropriate, straight-ahead freshness that only adds to its stature as one of the greatest works for the instrument. I won't trade in my Piatagorsky, but I'll keep this around as a very good-sounding alternative. Overall, this is a very worthwhile release which shows honestly why Ma gained all his celebrity.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Best of the Digital Era Apr 21, 2000
After DuPre's performance of the Elgar cello concerto (EMI/Angel), this is my next favorite performance. It boasts first class digital sound, a conductor and orchestra highly experienced in this kind of repertory, and the man who is arguably the best living cellist. It is less extroverted and fierce than the DuPre, but played with a deep, soulful insight into the music; everyone involved obviously felt the deep sorrow and longing in this music when they made this recording.
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