Sheku Kanneh-Mason Essentials
Apple Music Classical
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has always shown a magnetic level of sophistication, even when he was a teen. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music and then went on to become the first black musician to win BBC’s Young Musician of the Year in 2016. Playing Elgar and Fauré with Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Kanneh-Mason finds a rich tone that expresses deep pathos, while his Shostakovich communicates the Russian composer’s transcendental melancholy. Proving his chops outside the classical canon and taking on Bob Marley, Kanneh-Mason turns out to have impressive versatility, unearthing something universal and almost Bach-like in the reggae singer’s melodies.
Bob Marley: No Woman, No Cry (Arr. Cello)
Sicilienne In E Flat Major - Arr. Hazell
Christopher Warren-Green, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Members of the English Chamber Orchestra, Members Of The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales
Song of the Birds
Blow The Wind Southerly (Arr. for Cello by Kanneh-Mason)
Deep River (Arr. Coleridge-Taylor, Kanneh-Mason)
Deep River (Arr. Coleridge-Taylor, Kanneh-Mason)
Josef Hadar: Evening of Roses (Arr. Cello, Clarinet & Ensemble)
IX. Nimrod (Adagio) [Arr. for Solo Cello & Strings by Parkin]
Ashok Klouda, Hannah Roberts, Ben Davies, Josephine Knight, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Caroline Dearnley
Elégie in C Minor, Op. 24 (Arr. for Solo Cello & Strings by Parkin)
Ashok Klouda, Robert Max, Chris Murray, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Nicholas Trygstad, Caroline Dearnley, Rowena Calvert, Josephine Knight, Hannah Roberts, Desmond Neysmith
A Slumber Song of the Madonna (Arr. Parkin for Cello and Piano)
I. Après un rêve
Christopher Warren-Green, Members of the English Chamber Orchestra, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Philharmonia Orchestra, Members Of The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales
Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah (Arr. Cello & Strings)
Come, Sweet Death (Arr. for 5 Cellos)
Ben Davies, Max Ruisi, Hannah Roberts, Desmond Neysmith, Sheku Kanneh-Mason