Four young European cellists: the Russian Anastasia Kobekin, the German Benedict Kloeckner, the Spaniard Pablo Ferrández and Frenchman Edgar Moreau, all brought together in the extraordinary showcase of talents which is the Kronberg Academy and its orchestra in residence, the Kremerata Baltica, offer up a superb range of works from across all genres, for one or several cellos, with or without orchestra, all under the watchful eye of cellist and conductor Heinrich Schiff. From Vivaldi to contemporary Latvian composer Pēteris Plakidis, who passed away in 2017, via Menotti, Rossini, Paganini, as well as – for the orchestra alone, of course – Hugo Wolf with his colourful Italian Serenade, making for a grand tour of the world of the cello going back about three centuries. © SM/Qobuz