New Arts International

- the Britten Cello Suites makes for an ideal companion album to the Bach Suites by Quirine Viersen (GLO 5244)

- Quirine Viersen's style gives this music a unique 'singing' quality, very unlike many other recordings

- this album is released in a luxury hand numbered limited edition of 1000 copies and as 96/24 download.

After the great success of the Bach Cello Suites (GLO 5244), Quirine Viersen set sail for that other Mount Everest of solo cello repertoire: the Britten Cello Suites. The untimely death of her good friend and producer Paul Janse prevented her from editing and releasing the album two years ago, but now the time seemed right. Her tribute to the inspiring friendship shows how right Janse was in his assuming that this music fits Viersen like a glove...

This release of the Britten Cello Suites follows Quirine Viersen’s successful album of the Bach Suites. The album is a tribute to the artist’s good friend and producer Paul Janse, who passed away two years ago. Dutch cellist Quirine Viersen is one of the leading musical personalities of her generation. Her intense and virtuosic playing has convinced the public, the press, and her colleagues of her special musicality. She has shown broad insight in classical music literature with her concerto and recital performances as well as her festival participation. Viersen has been awarded numerous prizes at international competitions, the most important being the Young Artist Award in 2000 which was presented to her by the Credit Suisse Groupe. Viersen plays a 1715 Joseph Guarnerius Filius Andreae, provided by the Dutch National Instrument Fund.