{"title":"Andrew Manze","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"alban-gerhardt-andrew-manze-wdr-sinfonieorchester-koln-elgar-dvorak-cello-concertos-115400","title":"Elgar \u0026 Dvořák: Cello Concertos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the cello concertos by Edward Elgar and Antonín Dvořák, Alban Gerhardt turns to two cornerstones of the repertoire—while presenting, in his first studio recording of these works, a distillation of 35 years of close artistic engagement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoined by the WDR Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Manze, Gerhardt offers interpretations that consciously challenge inherited listening traditions. He describes his approach as a “return to the sources”—to the scores themselves—thereby reopening the question of what might be considered the “correct” way to perform these iconic works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis rigorous fidelity to the text results in tempos and proportions that at times diverge from convention, yet reveal a striking sense of freshness and immediacy, bringing the music closer to the detailed intentions of Elgar and Dvořák.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the spirit of Gustav Mahler—“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire”—this recording rekindles the expressive power of two masterpieces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCellokonzert in e-Moll op. 85\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdagio – Moderato –\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLento – Allegro molto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdagio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAllegro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCellokonzert in h-Moll op. 104\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAllegro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdagio ma non troppo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7. Allegro moderato\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alban Gerhardt, Andrew Manze, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln","offers":[{"title":"OS","offer_id":57936444752259,"sku":"522141000","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/2417\/5395\/files\/Alban-Gerhardt-Andrew-Manze-WDR-Sinfonieorchester-Koeln_Elgar-Dvorak-Cello-Concertos_1CD_s522141_o8073438_a631455_v13868919.cdab3225.png?v=1777458020"}],"url":"https:\/\/thecircle.de\/en\/collections\/andrew-manze.oembed","provider":"The Circle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}