Britten - Suite No. 1 for cello solo, Op. 72

this young Scot's ambition pays off: there's nowhere to hide in three solo suites, but why hide a technique as assured, a musical imagination so finely attuned to Britten's expression, or a... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is the fastest version of Britten's Cello Symphony on record. From the opening chords there's a brisk vigour to Alban Gerhardt's approach that marks it out as distinctive. He seems hell-bent... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The complex weave of the Second Suite has confounded many, especially its monumental fugue: this is where Viersen excels, limpidly at home in its intricately rhythmic, multi-voiced construction,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Muller-Schott has all the technical resources at his deposal, and opens the First Suite with just the right weight and poise...what Schott brings to all the Suites is a sharpness and power reminiscent... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It's fitting that the late Alexander Ivashkin's valedictory recording is a premiere of a piece many didn't know existed...Britten was always Ivashkin's great love and he has done the cello fraternity... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…