This CD set offers an extensive anthology of the Cello Concerto on 15 CDs. The deep resonant and eloquent sound of the cello is able to express the widest spectrum of human emotions, from intimately whispering, mournfully lamenting to passionately singing. The first cello concertos were written in the Baroque, when the instrument shed its modest role as part of the continuo group to take its place as solo instrument in a concerto setting. During the Classical and Romantic era surprisingly few concertos were written, while the 20th century yielded some of the greatest masterworks in the genre. The set contains concertos by Vivaldi, Platti, Porpora, Monn, C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, Boccherini, Leo, Schumann, Saint-Sa?ns, Dvorak, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Finzi, Lalo, Bruch, Faur?, Bloch, Ginastera, Kabalevsky, Khachaturian, Lutoslawski. Excellent performers, including Francesco Galligioni, Adriano Maria Fazio, Stefano Veggetti, Enrico Bronzi, Jan Vogler, Maria Kliegel, Alexander Rudin, Raphael Wallfisch, Julius Berger, Zara Nelsova, Istv?n V?rdai, Alexander Kniazev, Tim Hugh, Timora Rosler and Dmitri Yablonsky
