A Gramophone Tribute to Erling Blöndal Bengtsson
Erling Blöndal Bengtsson (cello)
With a wonderfully warm, steady tone, Denmark's great cellist is glorious in Beethoven's Op. 69 Sonata and not far behind in Brahms. Only Stravinsky's Suite Italienne is less pleasing. —
2 CDs
$16.50Contents
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Victor Schiøler
I. Allegro ma non tanto
II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
III. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace
Beethoven: Variations (7) on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Georg Vásárhelyi
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Victor Schiøler
I. Allegro vivace
II. Adagio affettuoso
III. Allegro passionato
IV. Allegro molto
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Herman D. Koppel
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegretto quasi menuetto
III. Allegro
Vivaldi: Concerto for Cello and Strings in E Minor
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson
- Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, Copenhagen
- Henrik Sachsenskjold
I. Largo
II. Allegro
III. Lento con espressione
IV. Vivo
Boccherini: Cello Sonata in A major
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Georg Vásárhelyi, Herman D. Koppel
I. Adagio
II. Allegro
III. Rondo
Popper: Dance of the Elves, Op. 39
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Herman D. Koppel
Stravinsky: Suite italienne
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Herman D. Koppel
I. Introduzione
II. Serenata
III. Aria - Allegro alla breve - Largo
IV. Tarantella
V. Minuetto e Finale
Grieg: An den Frühling
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Herman D. Koppel
Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Herman D. Koppel
Rubinstein, A: Romance, Op. 44 No. 1
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Herman D. Koppel
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Herman D. Koppel
Milhaud: Élégie
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Herman D. Koppel
Koppel, H D: Ternio Op. 53b
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Herman D. Koppel
I. Allegramente
II. Tempo di passacaglia
III. Allegro giocoso