Concerto in E Minor for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op.85 by Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934). Paul Tortelier (1914-1990), cello with Sir Adrian Boult (1889-1983). Elgar: Cello Concerto Falstaff. Release Date: September 1994. Originally recorded in 1993. Composer Sir Edward Elgar. Ralph Kirshbaum. Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor Sir Alexander Gibson. Venue Glasgow City Hall. Venue Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow. Producer Brian Couzens.

Elgar and making an early recording of the concerto (1920). Note the horns. 's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.

85, his last notable work, is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. Elgar composed it in the aftermath of the, when his music had already gone out of fashion with the concert-going public.

In contrast with Elgar's earlier, which is lyrical and passionate, the Cello Concerto is for the most part contemplative and elegiac. The first performance was a debacle because Elgar and the performers had been deprived of adequate rehearsal time. The work did not achieve wide popularity until the 1960s, when a recording by caught the public imagination and became a classical best-seller. Elgar made two recordings of the work with as soloist. Since then, leading cellists from onward have performed the work in concert and in the studio.

Contents • • • • • • History [ ] Elgar is not known to have done any work on the concerto until 1919. However, as far back as 1900 the cellist of the,, had extracted from Elgar an agreement to write a cello concerto.

Fuchs later wrote to Elgar reminding him of this agreement. In 1903, Fuchs' friend the cellist reiterated the request orally, and in 1906 by letter.

So the idea of such a piece was not new. The concerto was composed during the summer of 1919 at Elgar's secluded cottage 'Brinkwells' near, where during previous years he had heard the sound of the artillery of World War I rumbling across the at night from France. In 1918, Elgar underwent an operation in London to have an infected tonsil removed, a dangerous operation for a 61-year-old man. After regaining consciousness after sedation, he asked for pencil and paper, and wrote down the melody that would become the first theme in the concerto.

He and his wife soon retired to the cottage in an attempt to recover from their health problems. In 1918, Elgar composed three chamber works, which his wife noted were already noticeably different from his previous compositions, and after their premieres in the spring of 1919, he began realising his idea of a cello concerto.

The concerto had a disastrous premiere, at the opening concert of the London Symphony Orchestra's 1919–20 season on 27 October 1919. Apart from the concerto, which the composer conducted, the rest of the programme was conducted by, who overran his rehearsal time at the expense of Elgar's.

Lady Elgar wrote, 'that brutal selfish ill-mannered bounder. That brute Coates went on rehearsing.' The critic of,, wrote, 'There have been rumours about during the week of inadequate rehearsal. Whatever the explanation, the sad fact remains that never, in all probability, has so great an orchestra made so lamentable an exhibition of itself. The work itself is lovely stuff, very simple – that pregnant simplicity that has come upon Elgar's music in the last couple of years – but with a profound wisdom and beauty underlying its simplicity.'

Elgar attached no blame to his soloist,, who played for him again later. Elgar said that if it had not been for Salmond's diligent work in preparing the piece, he would have withdrawn it from the concert entirely. In contrast with the, which received a hundred performances worldwide in just over a year from its premiere, the Cello Concerto did not have a second performance in London for more than a year. Music [ ] This work is scored for solo cello, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3,,, and.

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