Essential Cello

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Album Summary

Performers

• Han-Na Chang (Cello)
• Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Maggie Cole (Harpsichord)
• Steven Isserlis (Cello)
• Jacqueline du Pré (Cello)
• Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
• Natalia Gutman (Cello)
• John Lenehan (Piano)
• Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)
• Paul Tortelier (Cello)
• Maude-Martin Tortelier (Cello)
• Truls Truls Mork (Cello)
• Gautier Capuçon (Cello)
• Renaud Capuçon (Violin)
• Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
• Robert Cohen (Cello)
• Natalie Clein (Cello)
• Alexander Dedyukhin (Piano)

Conductors

• Berglund, Paavo
• Bernstein, Leonard
• Chung, Myung-Whun
• Giulini, Carlo Maria
• Handley, Vernon
• Jansons, Mariss
• Kangas, Juha
• Kempe, Rudolf
• Macal, Zdenek
• Masur, Kurt
• Pappano, Antonio
• Plasson, Michel
• Rostropovich, Mstislav
• Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
• Slatkin, Leonard
• Tortelier, Paul
• Warren-Green, Christopher

Ensembles

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• Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Nash Ensemble

Composers

• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)
• John Tavener (Composer) (1944 - )
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Pablo Casals (1876 - 1973)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• David Popper (1843 - 1913)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

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Vivaldi, Antonio : Cello Concarto in B minor, RV 424 :: Allegro non molto

• Performer: Han-Na Chang (Cello)
• Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1742

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Concerto for Cello no 1 in C :: 1. Moderato

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
• Notes: Composition written: By 1765.
• Running Time: 9 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1765

Boccherini, Luigi : Sonata no 5 in G for cello and continuo :: 2. Allegro militaire

• Performers: Maggie Cole (Harpsichord); Steven Isserlis (Cello)
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Boccherini, Luigi : Concerto for Cello in G :: 3. Allegro

• Performer: Steven Isserlis (Cello)
• Conductor: Juha Kangas
• Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Cello no 5 in D :: 1. Allegro con brio

• Performers: Jacqueline du Pré (Cello); Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1815

Schumann, Robert : Concerto for Cello in A minor :: 3. Sehr lebhaft

• Performer: Natalia Gutman (Cello)
• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Notes: Composition written: 1850.
• Running Time: 7 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1850

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Prelude for piano no 4 in E minor, Op. 28/4, CT. 169

• Performers: John Lenehan (Piano); Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838-1839

Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840) : Introduction and Variations from Rossini's Mosè "Dal tuo stellato soglio"

• Performers: Paul Tortelier (Cello); Maude-Martin Tortelier (Cello)
• Conductor: Paul Tortelier
• Running Time: 8 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1819

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Concerto for Cello in B minor :: 1. Allegro [extract]

• Performer: Truls Truls Mork (Cello)
• Conductor: Mariss Jansons
• Running Time: 6 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1895

Brahms, Johannes : Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double" :: 3. Vivace non troppo [extract]

• Performers: Gautier Capuçon (Cello); Renaud Capuçon (Violin)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1887

Brahms, Johannes : Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 99 :: 4. Allegro molto

• Performers: Daniel Barenboim (Piano); Jacqueline du Pré (Cello)
• Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor :: 1. Allegro non troppo

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1872

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals

• Ensemble: Nash Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33

• Performer: Robert Cohen (Cello)
• Conductor: Zdenek Macal
• Running Time: 7 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1876

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24

• Performer: Paul Tortelier (Cello)
• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 7 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1880

Elgar, Edward : Pieces (2) :: Chanson de matin

• Performer: Natalie Clein (Cello)
• Conductor: Vernon Handley
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1879-1899

Elgar, Edward : Concerto for Cello in E minor :: 1. Adagio - moderato

• Performer: Natalie Clein (Cello)
• Conductor: Vernon Handley
• Running Time: 7 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1919

Strauss, Richard : Don Quixote :: [Extract]

• Performer: Paul Tortelier (Cello)
• Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1897

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Songs (14), Op. 34

• Performer: Han-Na Chang (Cello)
• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
• Running Time: 7 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Casals, Pablo : El cant del ocells

• Performer: Han-Na Chang (Cello)
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1972

Piazzolla, Astor : Adiós Nonino, tango

• Ensemble: Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1959

Piazzolla, Astor : Enrico IV

• Performers: Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello); John Lenehan (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1982

Bloch, Ernest : Schelomo

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Running Time: 6 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1915-1916

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107

• Performer: Paul Tortelier (Cello)
• Conductor: Paavo Berglund
• Notes: Composition written: 1959.
• Running Time: 6 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1959

Debussy, Claude : Suite bergamasque :: Clair de lune

• Performers: Alexander Dedyukhin (Piano); Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890

Tavener, John : The Incarnation :: The Protecting Veil

• Performer: Steven Isserlis (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1998

Popper, David : Elfentanz for cello & piano, Op 39 "Dance of the Elves"

• Performers: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello); Alexander Dedyukhin (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1881

Villa-Lobos, Heitor : Bachianas brasileiras no 1 :: 3. Fugue

• Ensemble: Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930