Paul Paradise has selected eight of Arcangelo Corelli's twelve Concerti Grossi and combined the concertino parts with the concerto grosso parts, edited the bowings, and added fingerings. Now these masterful works are playable by string orchestra or string quartet. The Concerto Grossi included are: No. 4 in D Major * No. 7 in D Major * No. 10 in C Major * No. 11 in B-flat Major * No. 12 in in F Major * No. 3 in C Minor * No. 8 in G Minor (Christmas) * No. 2 in F Major.

Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85 his last notable work is a cornerstone of the solo Cello repertoire. In contrast with Elgar's earlier Violin Concerto which is lyrical and passionate the Cello Concerto written in the aftermath of the First World War is for the most part contemplative and elegiac. The four-movement concerto scored for solo Cello 2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in A 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in C 3 Trombones Tuba Timpani and Strings did not achieve wide popularity until the 1960s however is now regarded to 'rank not only among his finest works but among the greatest ofits kind' (Michael Kennedy).Sir Edward William Elgar was an English composer many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Although Elgar is often regarded as ‘typically English’ most of his musical influences were not from England but from continental Europe.