Charles-Marie Widor - Cello Concerto, Op. 41 (1877)

[@maestroclassico5801]

Since Widor is most known for his Organ music.....I never knew how lush his orchestration is.

[@rogermusson4110]

I'm always happy to hear Widor's non-organ music, which is so unjustly ignored. He was a master composer in any genre.

[@sebastiendamarey6673]

Grande découverte pour moi, j'adore !!!

[@user-nk5jb8dj1s]

Voilà une belle découverte, en dehors du répertoire connu de Widor. Merci beaucoup.

[@andrzejchmielewski392]

Thank you very much for uploading this wonderful concerto! I was playing it when I was a student and I enjoyed it so much! Some parts may seem strange, but I regret so much that it's not played widely. The ending of the first mouvement is my favourite, after such joyful and bright episode with long trill, leading to climax, this sudden minor tragic coda is so unexpected and just amazing! The second mouvement is such gorgeous and dreamy, but the finale! The finale is absolutely stunning! So many beautiful melodies, so much contrast to beetwen episodes. Though I'm a grown man, the coda of finale always bring tears to my eyes, it's beautiful beyond borders. Maybe some people would find this concerto quite primitive and strange, but I love it with all my heart, and this music gives meet such joy and pleasure, that I regret that it's not played at all in concert hall. I would like to listen to it live so much instead of Dvorak, Schumann or Haydn.

[@andrewpetersen5272]

A wonderful and heartfelt response.

[@kylejohnson8877]

I discovered this piece recently and, my goodness, is it gorgeous! It has some truly ravishing melodies that would make any composer jealous. Clearly Widor was a talented composer of far more than just solo organ music. Perhaps this work is not more popular because it is primarily lyrical as opposed to virtuosic, but that’s no excuse for it to not be in the standard cello repertoire!

[@greatmomentsofopera7170]

What an interesting piece. Never heard it before and I have over 400 cello concertos in my collection. It’s not very concerto like musical material but the more interesting for that!

[@AlbertoSegovia.]

Yet another broken metronome! Lovely and satisfying music. Thanks for sharing!

[@Clivejvaughan]

No idea he'd written one - thank you !

[@andrewpetersen5272]

A nice surprise for me; much like the Albeniz Piano Concerto.

[@franciscobarnes6602]

Beautiful upload. Thank you

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne und lyrische Interpretation dieses romantischen und fein komponierten Konzerts mit mildem doch gut phrasiertem Ton des technisch perfekten Solocellos sowie gut harmonisierten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen der anderen Instrumente. Der zweite Satz klingt besonders schön und echt lyrisch. Der intelligente und geniale Dirigent leitet das perfekt trainierte Orchester im angemessenen Tempo und mit sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Alles ist bewundernswert!

[@gerardbegni2806]

The instrumental music by Widor is often more interesting and original than his organ works. Hre knew instrument writing very well: in 1904, he wrote ans instrumentation treatise. This cello concerto is very beautiful, and his piano/cello sonata is even more moving.

[@ghmus7]

Ah, despite all his talk about Bach, he was a romanticist at heat!

[@MrBohuslav]

Nous on pense qu'il faut que Widor dure

[@sebastiendamarey6673]

Mouarffff !!!!