1 CD     [64:55]		Suites for Solo Cello Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) Suite No. 1 Op. 72 Suite No. 2 Op. 80 Suite No. 3 Op. 87 Jean-Guihen  Queyras  - cello
Reviews BBC Music Magazine "Jean-Guihen Queyras meets [the suites'] challenge with lucid, expressive playing. His 17th-century Milanese cello doubtless adds to the welcome Gallic lightness of gesture and timbre...The fugue, a miracle of suggesting many voices, is delivered without blemish, a tribute to Queyras's playing as a whole." Performance: FOUR STARS Hi Fi News & Record Review "Not only do Queyras's readings evince a considerable technical mastery, their intellectual grip and hushed concentration are most impressive, nowhere more so than in Suite 2 (perhaps the pick of the three), with its chilling Andante lento and inventive concluding Chaconne." Gramophone "[Queyras'] playing – technically superb – has an impressive consistency of style." Muze "One of the most brisk and invigorating readings in the catalog." The Sunday Times "This disc, part of Harmonia Mundi's Les Nouveaux Interpretes series, confirms with fine performances....that [Queyras] possesses the kind of artistic sensibility and technical assurance that...should assure a huge career. The sound he makes is rich, with much variety of colour, but what impresses above all is his ability to align himself totally, with apparent modesty, with the music...Queyras shapes both gesture and overall structure with a remarkable eloquence."