Song of the Cello (music of Schumann, Brahms, Elgar, Poulenc, Dvorak, etc)

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SONG OF THE CELLO
Song of the Cello (music of Schumann, Brahms, Elgar, Poulenc, Dvorak, etc)
Mischa Maisky (cello) with various accompaniments

[ Deutsche Grammophon Portrait of an Artist / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Friday 25 January 2008

A fitting tribute to Mischa Maisky, who celebrates his 60th birthday on 10 January 2008 (see below), and also the 25th anniversary of recording with Deutsche Grammophon - not to mention his 30-year partnership with Martha Argerich.

Tracks:

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op.102
Allegro

Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
Minuet from String Quintet in E, Op.13, No.5

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.33

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33
VI: Andante
VII e Coda: Allegro vivo

Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85
1. Adagio - Moderato
2. Lento - Allegro molto

Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Don Quixote, Op.35
8. Variation 5 (Sehr langsam)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
Cello Concerto No.1, Op.107
1. Allegretto

Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104
3. Finale (Allegro moderato)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Suite for Cello Solo No.1 in G, BWV 1007
1. Prélude

Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Die schöne Müllerin, D.795
19. Der Müller und der Bach

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Songs without words
Liebestreu op. 3 No. 1
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op.105, No.2

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62
Transcription for Cello and Piano by Alfred Piatti
1. Andante espressivo (no.25)

Young-Sup Choi (1929 - )
Let me live amid nature (Arranged by Mischa Maisky)

Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
Vocalise - Étude (en forme de habañera)

and much more