Natalie Clein
-
...the compelling reason for acquiring this disc...is Clein's magnificent account of the Solo Sonata, Op. 8...Clein's depth of tone makes an immediate impact on this well-engineered recording...A... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, August 2010, Editor's Choice
-
-
Bloch/Bruch: Schelomo, Kol Nidrei & other works
Natalie Clein (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
As one might expect, Clein delivers a powerfully committed performance, but also manages to avoid over-indulgence, negotiating the peaks and troughs of the music's volatile emotional language... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Editor's Choice
-
-
Dobrinka Tabakova: Kynance Cove, On the South Downs, and Works for Choir
Natalie Clein (cello)
Truro Cathedral Choir, BBC Concert Orchestra, Joseph Wicks, Christopher Gray
Like much other music written for cathedral choirs, the works on this disc often inhabit an engaging post-Vaughan Williams world, with a periodic sprinkling of spice in the harmony, but nothing... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
Purchase product
CD
$17.50 -
-
Brian Elias: Music For Strings
Castalian Quartet, Natalie Clein (cello), Danny Driver (piano), Thomas Kemp
All are dedicated performers in compositions of textural and rhy thmic sophistication – but it’s the work for solo viola, But When I Sleep, that packs an emotional punch, sensitively performed... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2024, Editor's Choice
-
-
Undoubtedly the most approachable music in this fascinating programme is Ligeti’s Sonata, already a firmly established favourite amongst cellists. Clein’s performance is exemplary, bringing... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, February 2017, Editor's Choice
-
-
The Romantic Cello Concerto, Vol. 5: Saint-Saëns
Natalie Clein (cello), Antje Weithaas (violin), Julia Lynch (piano) & Judith Keaney (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze
It is the light airiness of Natalie Clein's approach that works so well here...she finds a golden timbre and fleet elegance, matched by Andrew Manze and the effervescent BBC Scottish forces.... —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, Concerto Choice
-
-
Natalie Clein's opening statement is confident and clean: this is an Elgar with pace and portamento, but rather thin on poetry. The upside is the delightful selection of salon pieces at the... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2007, Editor's Choice
Purchase product
-
-
Duruflé: Requiem
Aaron Webber (treble), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Ian Simcock (organ), Natalie Clein (cello)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell (The Master of Music)
-
Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata & Bridge: Cello Sonata
Natalie Clein (cello), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
Bridge’s Cello Sonata incline more to rhapsody than rhetoric, and draws particularly heartfelt playing from Clein and Hadland in the lingeringly regretful opening of the second movement…[The... —
-
Music For Mindfulness
Music Lab Collective (piano), Alice Rickards (violin), Sarah Curro (violin), Christopher Cartlidge (viola), Michelle Wood (cello), Ben Robertson (acoustic guitar), Alister Barker (cello), Lambert, Ben Russell (violin), Brian Snow (cello), Clarice Jensen (cello), Caleb Burhans (viola), Yuki Numata...
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide
