
BRIAN ELIAS
Doubles (BBC commission: world premiere)
HAYDN
Cello Concerto in C major
TCHAIKOVSKY
No. 6 in B minor,
'Pathétique'
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor
Jean-Guihen Queryas
cello
Rising-star French cellist, Jean-Guihen Queyras' partnership with Jiří Bělohlávek has already delivered sensational results in their critically acclaimed recording of Dvořák's Cello Concerto. They turn here to Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major, written for Prince Esterházy's court orchestra and its virtuoso principal cellist, a composition lost for two centuries until its rediscovery in 1961. This irresistibly tuneful work is prefaced by a new composition from Brian Elias, a master of orchestral colour and expressive lyricism.
'a musician of rare subtlety and radiance'
The Daily Telegraph, on Jean-Guihen Queyras