The Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 40, was completed in 1955 by British composer Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956). It is a relatively conservative work, but intense, dramatic, and still full of beautiful melodies and passages. Personally, I rate this as the second best cello concerto after Moeran, well ahead of usual suspects like Dvorak and Elgar. The three movements work's average playing time is 39 minutes (AllMusic). My version is by Raphael Wallfisch and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Vernon Handley on a Chandos CD.
