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HILDUR GUDNADOTTIR & OTHERS
TÁR Cate Blanchett (piano), Hildur Guðnadóttir (cello, vocals), Sophie Kauer (cello) / Dresdner Philharmonia, London Contemporary Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Dec/2022 ] "More a concept album than a traditional musical facsimile of the film, the result is both creative and curious. Hildur Guðnadóttir's music lives within and without the film, and it rubs shoulders with snippets of Elgar and Mahler." BBC Music |
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GORDON SHI-WEN CHIN
Chin: Double Concerto / Formosa Seasons Cho-Liang Lin (violin) / Felix Fan (cello) / Kansas City Symphony Orchestra / Michael Stern [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] "Formosa Seasons" is based on a series of Haiku-like poems, and is dedicated to the celebrated Taiwanese-American violinist Cho-Liang Lin. |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bernstein conducts Bernstein - Symphony No 1 'Jeremiah' / On the Waterfront / etc Christa Ludwig (mezzo) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (Conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon Leonard Bernstein Edition / CD - released 1/Feb/1982 ] Recorded in Tel Aviv. October 1978 |
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MARIE-JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne (with Villa-Lobos's Bachianas brasileiras Aria and Dansa) Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate with Lynn Harrell (cello) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 21/Feb/2006 ] "Te Kanawa's richly sensuous approach to these delightful songs is very seductive, especially when the accompaniments by Jeffrey Tate and the ECO are so warmly supportive and the sound so opulent."(Gramophone) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.) - Don Quixote, Op. 35 / Cello Sonata / etc Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, with Herbert Schuch (piano) [ ORFEO / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] During his long and exceptionally fruitful creative life, Richard Strauss (18641949) composed only a few works for the cello. Only three have survived and small as that number may seem, those cello works are critical to the composers development.... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 (with Prokofiev - Sinfonia Concertante) Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) / WDR Köln, Jukka-Pekka Saraste [ Orfeo / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "These two 'symphony' concertos are hellishly demanding and Daniel Müller-Schott is more than equal to the task...A protege of Rostropovich, he's also well qualified to plumb their expressive depths." BBC Music |
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BERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Goldschmidt: Orchestral Works [Incls Cello Concerto] David Geringas (cello) / Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mathias Husmann [ CPO / CD - released 7/Mar/1995 ] Recorded: 12-14 September 1994 Recording Venue: Theater am Jerichower Platz, Mgdeburg, Germany |
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FERDE GROFE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite (with Victor Herbert: Cello Concerto) Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson, with Georges Miquelle (cello) [ Mercury Living Presence / CD - released 11/Oct/1995 ] Recorded 1957 - 1958 The original Three Track original recording |
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INGVAR LIDHOLM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lidholm: Greetings from an Old World / Toccata e Canto / Kontakion / Ritornell Elemer Lavotha (cello) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Recording made in 1991, 1992 & 1993 |
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DELIUS / ELGAR / GOODALL / etc
And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings English Chamber Orchestra, Julian Lloyd Webber (Conductor; Cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2015 ] This wide-ranging programme of English music for strings includes the world première recording of Howard Goodall's moving And the Bridge is Love, in which Julian Lloyd Webber plays cello, and of William Lloyd Webber's The Moon, only performed for the... |
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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. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Triple Concerto Op 56 / Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello Op 11 Eroica Trio / Prague Chamber Orchestra [ EMI Music / CD - released 4/Nov/2003 ] The Beethoven Triple Concerto has long been a long time staple of the Eroica Trio's repertoire and as an ensemble they have played the work more than any other group in history. |
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EDWARD ELGAR / FRANK BRIDGE
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Bridge: Oration Gabriel Schwabe (cello) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "..That plaintive quality is much in evidence in the Elgar, and I admire so much Schwabe's approach to this work, surely one of the most recorded concertos in the catalogue." MusicWeb Recommended Jan 2022 |
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EDWARD ELGAR / WILLIAM WALTON
Elgar & Walton: Cello Concertos Gautier Capuçon (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] "A dream team in the making, I suspect. Capuçon and Pappano may be collaborating here for the first time but it's a meeting of musical minds and sensibilities for sure." Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2024 |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Cello Concerto & Chamber Works Gautier Capuçon (cello), Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Bernard Haitink [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] "Capuçon's impetuosity and thoughtfulness are complemented by Haitink's lifelong engagement with this music...Each of the [chamber] works is played with collective grace and elan by these crème de la crème chamber musicians." Sunday Times |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Orchestral Works [Incls 'Suite algerienne'] Guillermo Pastrana (cello) / Basque National Orchestra, Jun Märkl [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Mar/2017 ] "Guillermo Pastrana performs the cello solos with fine musicianship and Jun Märkl conducts with taste, avoiding any sort of bombast. The Basque National Orchestra plays beautifully for him and the sound is of a high calibre." MusicWeb |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Falstaff / Cello Concerto / Romance for Bassoon / Smoking Cantata Halle Orchestra / Mark Elder / Graham Salvage with Heinrich Schiff (cello) & Andrew Shore (bassoon) [ Halle / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "The playing is glorious, and the recording does it full justice; what what really makes this Falstaff outstanding is Mark Elder's engagement with the musical storyline. A pleasant performance of the Romance is followed by a truly remarkable... |
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JULIAN ORBON
Orbon: Symphonic Dances / Concerto Grosso / Three Symphonic Versions Hector Corpus Aguilar (violin) Vladimir Atapin (cello) Oleg Lev (viola) Alexandre Vassiliev (violin) / Asturias Symphony Orchestra / Maximiano Valdes [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] Julián Orbón was born in Avilés in the northern Spanish region of Asturias, on 7th August 1925, and he spent most of his childhood in that region, with the exception of a year's visit to Cuba. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Immortal Beloved Original Soundtrack featuring Emmanuel Ax (piano) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Gidon Kremer (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the film "Immortal Beloved" by Bernard Rose |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven - Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasy Itzhak Perlman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Itzhak Perlman is joined by fellow veteran Daniel Barenboim and Yo-Yo Ma in two great Beethoven works |