Concerto for Orchestra
The Concerto for Orchestra has been praised by musician and critics alike. The cellist Fred Sherry (who performed the first recording of Carter's Cello Concerto) described the Concerto for Orchestra as one of three Carter pieces he would "recommend to every music lover," including "A Symphony of Three Orchestras" and "". Tom Service of "The Guardian" similarly praised the work as "an incandescent blaze of musical poetry."