Cello Suites (Britten)

Cello Suites (Britten)

The Cello Suites by Benjamin Britten (opp. 72, 80, and 87) are a series of three compositions for solo cello, dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich. The suites were the first original solo instrumental music that Britten wrote for and dedicated to Rostropovich, but Britten had earlier composed a cadenza for Joseph Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major, for Rostropovich, in 1964. Rostropovich gave the first performances of each work, and recorded Suites Nos 1 and 2 commercially.

Read more about Cello Suites (Britten):  Cello Suite No 1, Opus 72, Cello Suite No 2, Opus 80, Cello Suite No 3, Opus 87

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