Elgar - Cello Concerto

Elgar - Cello Concerto. The only cello concerto that Edward Elgar wrote, and one of the most famous concertos of all time. Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85) as well as his last notable work and the cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. It was composed in the aftermath of the First World War, when his music had already gone out of fashion with the concert-going public. In contrast with Elgar's earlier Violin Concerto, 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 Jacqueline du Pré caught the public imagination and became a classical best-seller.