SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 Alexander Ivashkin (cello) / Symphony Orchestra of Moscow / Valeri Polyansky [ Ode Records / CD - released 23/Apr/2007 ] ALEXANDER IVASHKIN is one of three Russian cellists (after Mstislav Rostropovich and Natalia Gutman) for whom Schnittke wrote his cello works. |
BLOCH / BRUCH / LALO / SAINT-SAENS
Works for cello and orchestra Pierre Fournier (cello) / Orchestre Lamoureux, Berlin Philharmonic, Jean Martinon, Alfred Wallenstein [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 20/Jan/2009 ] "Fournier is impassioned and eloquent [in the Lalo]...expressive in the slow movement and rhythmic in the delightful Allegro presto dance section […] the Bruch is played with dignity and without undue emotionalism" Gramophone |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 / Cello Concerto Heinrich Schiff (cello) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis-Antal Dorati [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] 'Schiff ... matches the superb accompaniment of Sir Colin Davis in combining a measure of individual poetry with a generally fresh and direct approach.' (Gramophone) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Cello Concerto (with Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations) Truls Mork (cello) / Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons [ Erato Classics Red Line / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "Truls Mork gives attractively lyrical performances of the Dvorak Cello Concerto and the delightful Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, well supported by Jansons." (Gramophone) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / GIUSEPPE TARTINI / C.P.E. BACH
Vivaldi / Tartini / CPE Bach: Baroque Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, with Layton James (harpsichord continuo) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] While J.S. Bach's Suites for solo cello are, by definition, closely identified with Mstislav Rostropovich as the supreme cellist of his time, the B flat concerto of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach represents a more unusual departure. It is programmed here... |
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: Liber Tango - Best of Piazzolla Tango Four Four, Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, Emiko Mizuki, Izumi Tateno (pianos), Marko Vlonen (cello) [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 5/Jul/2017 ] Master of Tango Nuevo: For a long time, tango in Argentina had a bad reputation and was regarded as almost offensive. No wonder the young Argentine Astor Piazzolla sought inspiration in European art music. In Europe the tango had just come into... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Sinfonia Concertante / etc Steven Isserlis (cello) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Roger Norrington [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] "Cellist Steven Isserlis's playing is alert, sensitive, and joyous." (Highbeam.com) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / In The South / Elegy for Strings Robert Cohen (cello) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Norma del Mar [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 1/Nov/1980 ] Recorded in the Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London - January 1980 & January 1978 |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Violin Concertos Lynn Harrell (cello) Salvatore Accardo (violin) / I Solisti Delle Settimane Musicali Internazionali di Napoli, English Chamber Orchestra [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 16/Aug/2010 ] "Beautifully recorded...and warmly recommended." Gramophone |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Fandango - Best Of Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi / Stephen Isserlis (cello) / Maggie Cole (harpsichord) / Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra [ Erato Classics / CD - released 21/May/2012 ] The very best of Boccherini includes the famous minuet and the 'castanets' quintet |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.10 / Symphony in C Major for Piano, Cello and Violin Op. 56 Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio / English Chamber Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Walter Weller [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
ELGAR
Sir Edward Elgar conducts Elgar (Recorded in 1931-32) Beatrice Harrison (cello) / London Symphony / New Symphony Orchestra / Sir Edward Elgar [ Dutton Historic Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] In this glorious programme featuring Elgar's late 1920s and '30s HMV recordings, works include the Falstaff: Symphonic Study in C minor, the charming Nursery Suite (the version presented here recorded in the presence of royalty) and the Cello... |
DVORAK
Cello Concerto in B minor (with works by Reger & Francaix) Anja Thauer (cello), with Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdeněk Mácal & Jean Françaix (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] In the year 2015 we should have been celebrating the seventieth birthdays of two uniquely talented women cellists who were both born in 1945, but instead we have been remembering a more tragic coincidence: in 1973, multiple sclerosis forced the... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Don Juan / Don Quixote Franz Bartolomey (cello) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] "Previn's Strauss with the Vienna Orchestra for Telarc is...rich, lush, well built and extremely musical. There is personality." -High Performance Review |
FAURE / GLAZUNOV / SAINT-SAENS / DVORAK / etc
The Swan - music for cello and orchestra Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2000) * * * * * 5 Stars - BBC Music Magazine (Dec 2000) |
ERNEST BLOCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bloch: Schelomo / Voice in the Wilderness (with works by Geiser & Oboussier) Zara Nelsova (cello) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Her Schelomo has a surprising payload of richness of sound and certainly Nelsova has deep reserves of passion which flows tirelessly." MusicWeb |
ANTONIN DVOARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Symphonic Variations Natalia Gutman (cello) / The Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Swallisch [ EMI Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Recorded At - Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, February 1991 |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 2, 4 & 8 Eric Kim (cello) / Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 17/Jan/2008 ] Heitor Villa-Lobos' nine Bachinas Brasileiras which combine the melodic and rhythmic characteristics of Brazilian music with the contrapuntal texture and expansive forms of Johann Sebastian Bach, were written for various combinations of instruments. |
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto / Double Concerto Gidon Kremer (violin) Clemens Hagen (cello) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Maestro / CD - released 1/Oct/2014 ] 'Harnoncourt, Kremer, Hagen and the orchestra invest both concertos with a wealth of insights, leaving nothing to chance but within a highly spontaneous interpretative framework.' Gramophone Editors Choice |
ANTONIN DVOARK / WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak/Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos (with Bruch: Kol nidrei) Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Frederick Stock, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy [ Sony Masterworks Heritage / CD - released 6/Dec/1997 ] Gregor Piatigorsky was born in Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipro in Ukraine) into a Jewish family. As a child, he was taught violin and piano by his father. After seeing and hearing the cello, he was determined to become a cellist and was given his first... |