Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

Edward Elgar began composing the 30 minutes’ contemplative and elegiac Cello Concerto after World War I, in the spring of 1919, at Brinkwells Cottage near Fittleworth, Sussex. The wanton destruction of the Europe as he had known, by the Great War, brought on his depression, and he expressed it through this Concerto through the medium of the cello.  Its premier in October 1919 was not well received. It was not until the 1960s, when Jacqueline du Pre’s recording of the Concerto made it an overnight classical best-seller. Pablo Casals, Paul Tortelier, Yo-Yo Ma are among the cellists who have made landmark recordings of it.
 
A few albums are listed here:
Elgar Cello Concerto & Bach Cello Suites Nos. 1 & 2, Jacqueline du Pre with Sir John Barbirolli and BBC Symphony Orchestra. Label: Testament.
 
Elgar & Walton Cello Concertos, Steven Isserlis with Paavo Jarvi and Philharmonia Orchestra. Label: Hyperion.
 
Elgar, Sheku Kanneh-Mason with Sir Simon Rattle and London Symphony Orchestra. Label: Decca.
 
Elgar & Walton Cello Concertos, Yo-Yo Ma with Andre Previn and London Symphony Orchestra. Label: Sony.

Schwarm, B., (2015, April 26), Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cello-Concerto-in-E-Minor-Op-85