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| Barber Concerto in Berliner Philharmonie with Jeuness Musicales Worldorchestra+ C.Kalmar |
| “Fully charged |
| ...Samuel Barbers...wonderful Celloconcerto from 1945 should be in the knapsack of every single virtuoso. It combines Mediterranean charm with enchanting romanticizing melodies...and is through and through packed with great technical difficulties. Alban Gerhardt played it as it should be played: swinging, exciting, electrifying...” |
| January 10, 2001 |
| Haydn D Major Concerto in Hamburg Musihalle with Hamburg Symphony and Olaf Henzold: |
| “... With his spick and span intonation even in the highest, much feared positions, a springy ease and a richness of sound nuances Gerhardt pulled off a superior rendition of this highly demanding work. A great success for the 30-year old, who showed his appreciation for the ovations not as usually with a Bachsuite, but a movement from the Ligeti Solosonata....” |
| February 22, 2000 |
| Haydn D Major with Gerd Albrecht and the Hamburg Philharmonic: |
| “... Stroke of luck: For the Haydn Celloconcerto we had the highly talented Alban Gerhardt as a soloist who had not only enormous technical abilities at his disposal, but also already a conquering power of expression and sensitivity...” |
| November 9, 1994 |
| Symphonic Orchestra of Hamburg with Alban Gerhardt - Master of soft sounds |
| “The 'Variations of a Rokoko theme' by Tchaikovsky seems to be the favorite piece of the young cellist from Berlin. Only few weeks after his four performances with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Semyon Bychkhov, the 21 year old played the variations in the Große Musikhalle (Hamburg): magically mastering his precious Lorenzo Guadagnini cello with dreamlike noblesse and transcendental grace, he perfected the art of soft sounds. Free of all sentimentality and exaggerated emotionality the somewhat worn out piece gained new (unexpected) expressivity... Standing ovations and Bach E flat major Sarabande as encore...” |
| March 24, 1992 |
