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ALBUMChin: Cello Concerto - EPBerlin Philharmonic, Myung-Whun Chung & Alban Gerhardt
Albums by Alban Gerhardt
ALBUMPhantasy in Blue: Music for Cello and Saxophone QuintetAlban Gerhardt & Alliage Quintett
ALBUMShostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Alban Gerhardt, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln & Jukka-Pekka Saraste
ALBUMBach: The 6 Suites for Solo CelloAlban Gerhardt
ALBUMRostropovich Encores: A Cello Tribute to Mstislav RostropovichAlban Gerhardt & Markus Becker
ALBUMFitzenhagen: Cello Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Cello Concerto 7)Alban Gerhardt, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Stefan Blunier
ALBUMVieuxtemps: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, etc. (Hyperion Romantic Cello Concerto 6)Josep Caballé-Domenech, Alban Gerhardt & Royal Flemish Philharmonic
ALBUMUnsuk Chin: 3 ConcertosSeoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung, Sunwook Kim, Alban Gerhardt & Wu Wei
ALBUMPfitzner: Cello Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Cello Concerto 4)Alban Gerhardt, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Sebastian Weigle
ALBUMBritten: Cello Symphony, Cello Sonata & Cello Suites Nos. 1, 2 & 3Alban Gerhardt
ALBUMFauré: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2; Elegy; Sicilienne etc.Alban Gerhardt & Cecile Licad
Artist Biography
Cellist Alban Gerhardt has been known for his commitment to unusual repertory and to presenting classical music in unorthodox ways. He has, for instance, been involved in a partnership with Deutsche Bahn, Germany's national railway, wherein he performs live on major German train routes. In 1995, Gerhardt released his debut album, Alban Gerhardt, cello. Increasingly often, Gerhardt has used his growing fame to explore and promote new repertory rather than to emphasize the standard set of cello concertos and chamber music. In 2019, he released a recording of Bach's complete Suites for solo cello. The following year, he joined the WDR Sinfonieorchester and conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste for a recording of the two Shostakovich cello concertos. Gerhardt returned in 2023 with the album Phantasy in Blue, featuring transcriptions for cello and saxophone quartet of works by Gershwin, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, and others.
Hometown
Berlin, Germany
Genre
Classical