Modern Period > Cello

Man of Steel [Original Score] [Limited Deluxe Edition]

2 CD / WaterTower Music / 2013-06-11

Works: Hans Zimmer: Man of Steel, film score
Performers: Allison, Ryeland; Bisquera, Curt; Calhoun, Ann Marie; Carey, Danny; Chamberlain, Matt; Colaiuta, Vinnie; Doering, George; Dresel, Bernie; E., Sheila; Freese, Josh; Jason Bonham Band, The; Keltner, Ji...
Conductors: Övarsson, Atli

Recording information: Eastwood Scoring Stage, Warner Bros.; Newman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox.

Instead of paying homage to John Williams' celebrated score for Richard Donner's 1978 Superm...continue...

Man of Steel [Original Score]

2 CD / WaterTower Music / 2013-06-11

Works: Hans Zimmer: Man of Steel, film score
Performers: Allison, Ryeland; Bisquera, Curt; Calhoun, Ann Marie; Carey, Danny; Chamberlain, Matt; Colaiuta, Vinnie; Doering, George; Dresel, Bernie; E., Sheila; Freese, Josh; Jason Bonham Band, The; Keltner, Ji...
Conductors: Övarsson, Atli

Recording information: Eastwood Scoring Stage, Warner Bros.; Newman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox.

Instead of paying homage to John Williams' celebrated score for Richard Donner's 1978 Superm...continue...

Yannis Papaioannou (1910-1989): In the Depth of the Looking Glass; Associations; Eortic; Rhythms and Colours / Kostas Chardas, piano; Myrto Papatanasiu, soprano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28

Works: Yannis Papaioannou: Twelve Preludes; Erotic, for piano; Farewell Roses, for voice & piano; Candles, for voice & piano; In the Depth of the Looking Glass, for voice, flute & piano; Scherzo for piano; ...
Performers: Anissegos, Jannis [Flute]; Chalkias, Grammenos [Clarinet]; Chardas, Kostas [Piano]; Papatanasiu, Myrtò; Papathanassiou, Evie [Cello]; Theofylaktou, Alexis [Violin]; Theos, Kostis [Cello]
Conductors: Symeonidis, Vladimiros
Ensemble: DissonArt Ensemble

Yannis Papaioannou lived mainly in Athens, but also experienced a crucial period of study in Europe with musicians such as Arthur Honegger, and encountering the...continue...

Britten: Suites for Solo Cello nos. 1-3 / Philip Higham, cello

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2013-05-14

Works: Benjamin Britten: Suite for solo cello no 1, Op. 72; Suite for solo cello no 2, Op. 80; Suite for solo cello no 3, Op. 87
Performers: Higham, Philip [Cello]

Britten's meeting with Rostropovich in 1960 was a watershed, with the great Russian cellist becoming the primary collaborator of his later years and inspiring a...continue...
Recording information: Broughton St. Mary's Parish Church, Edinburgh (09/03/2012-09/05/2012)....continue...

The Piano Guys 2

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-05-07

Works: Al van der Beek: Begin Again; Mission Impossible (after Shifrin); Berlin; Just the Way You Are; Charlie Brown Medley (after Guaraldi); Me and My Cello (Happy Together); Twinkle Lullaby; Steven Sharp ...
Performers: Nelson, Steven Sharp; Schmidt, Jon; Stirling, Lindsey; Van Der Beek, Al
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Piano Guys

The second studio outing from YouTube celebrities the Piano Guys (pianist Jon Schmidt. cellist Steven Sharp Nelson, and multimedia specialists Al Van Der Beek and Tel Stewart), the appropriately title...continue...

The Heifetz Piatigorsky Concerts [2012] (21 CDs)

21 CD / RCA Records / 2013-05-07

Works: Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; Trio for Piano and String...
Performers: Amoyal, Pierre; Baker, Israel; Belnick, Arnold; Hamilton, Malcolm; Harshman, Allan; Heifetz, Jascha; Lateiner, Jacob; Lesser, Laurence; Majewski, Virginia; Pasquale, Joseph de; Pennario, Leonard; Pia...
Conductors: Wallenstein, Alfred

The renowned artists, violinist Jascha Heifetz and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, joined forces in 1949 at Chicago's Ravinia Festival. Twelve years later, and now good friends,...continue...

Nino Rota (1911-1979): Clarinet Trio; Clarinet Sonata et al. / Goran Gojevic, clarinet; Mary Kenedi, piano; Lynn Kuo, violin; Winona Zelenka, cello

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Nino Rota: Trio for clarinet, cello & piano; Improvviso for violin & piano (from the films "Lovers without Love" / "Prelude to Madness"); Toccata for bassoon & piano; Sonata for clarinet & piano in D...
Performers: Gojevic, Goran; Kenedi, Mary; Kuo, Lynn; Sweeney, Michael; Zelenka, Winona

Although he is best known for his film scores and The Godfatherin particular, Nino Rota's concert music combines traditional tonality and forms with characteristically heartfelt...continue...
Recording information: Glenn Gould Studio, C.B.C., Toronto, Ontario, Canada (11/10/2010-11/14/2010)....continue...

Ernest John Moeran: Cello Concerto; Serenade in G; Lonely Waters; Whythorne's Shadow / Guy Johnston, cello; Rebekah Coffey, soprano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: E.J. Moeran: Concerto for cello & orchestra in B minor; Serenade for orchestra in G major; Lonely Waters, for orchestra (& soprano ad lib); Whythorne's Shadow, for orchestra
Performers: Coffey, Rebekah; Johnston, Guy [Cello]
Conductors: Falletta, JoAnn

The Cello Concerto is one of Anglo-Irish composer E. J. Moeran's most important works. Composed in 1945, its deft scoring and memorable melodic material mark...continue...
Recording information: Ulster Hall, Belfast, Ireland....continue...

Japanese Melodies / Yo-Yo Ma

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-04-23

Works: Kosaku Yamada: Matsushima Ondo, folk song, for voice & piano; Chugoku-Chiho-No-Komoriuta, folk song, for voice & piano; Rentaro Taki: Kojyo no tsuki; Japanese Traditional: Zui-Zui-Zukkorobashi, folk ...
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo; Nakagawa, Masami; Yoshiwara, Sumire [Percussion]; Zander, Patricia
Conductors: Mamiya, Michio
Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

Recording information: Niiza-Shimin-Kaikan-Hall, Saitama, Japan (11/25/1983-11/26/1983)....continue...

Manuel Ponce: Chamber Music for Strings

1 CD / Centaur Import / 2013-04-23

Works: Manuel Ponce: String Quartet; Sonate en Duo, for violin & viola; Petite suite dans le style ancien, for string trio
Performers: Elowitch, Jennifer; Lehmann, Kimberly; Lehmann, Robert [Violin]; Rounds, William

Recording information: Port-media, Kennebunkport, Maine (04/09/2009/04/27/2009); Port-media, Kennebunkport, Maine (05/11/2009/05/12/2009); Port-media, Kennebunkport, Maine (05/27/2009)....continue...

American Classics: Parlor Music Revisited - Music by Semyon and Daniel Kobialka

1 CD / Kobialka Music / 2013-04-09

Works: Daniel Kobialka: God Bless America Medley, for violin, viola, guitar, drums & percussion; Thomas Moore: The Minstrel-Boy; Stephen Foster: Gentle Annie; Joseph Philbrick Webster: Lorena, waltz; Americ...
Performers: Kobialka, Daniel; Kobialka, Semyon; Macias, Mason

Jón Leifs: Scherzo concreto, Op. 58; Quintet, Op. 50; Variazioni; Pastorale, Op. 8; Elegies, Op. 35

1 CD / Smekkleysa / 2013-04-09

Works: Jón Leifs: Scherzo concreto, Op. 58; Quintet, for flute, clarinet, basson, viola & cello, Op. 50; Variations on a Theme by Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. 8; Elegies, Op. 35
Performers: Arni Askelsson; Bjarni Benedikt Björnsson; Bragi Berg_órsson; Egill Arni Pálsson; Einar Jörundsson; Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson; Gudmundur Arnlaugsson; Hafsteinn _&oacut...
Conductors: Wilkinson, Bernhardur
Ensemble: Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra

Chamber music was never the main focus of Jón Leif ' s compositional activity. The ideal venue for his often rough and primitive music was...continue...

Vladimir Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca / Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell, Fistoulari, Solti, Kondrashin et al. [Limited Edition]

50 CD / Decca / 2013-04-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Belkin, Boris; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Cash, Teresa [Soprano Vocal]; Civil, Alan; Cohen, Franklin; Cooke, Terry; Corkhill...
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Fistoulari, Anatole; Maazel, Lorin; Segal, Uri; Zinman, David; Kertész, István; Previn, Andre; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Solti, S...

Decca Classics releases Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca on April 2, 2013, a limited edition box-set comprised of 50 CDs to celebrate the labels remarkable...continue...

Tribute to Piazzollo / Ernesto Acher & CO

1 CD / Acqua Records / 2013-03-26

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Prepárense, tango; Lo que vendra; Marrón y azul, tango; Bandó, tango; Mufa 72, tango; Enrico IV; Retrato de Alfredo Gobbi, tango; Adiós Nonino, tango; Fracanapa, ...
Performers: Alfija, Gubaidullina; Barraquero, Cecilia; Bru, Marcelo [Cello]; Falasca, Daniel; Falasca, Tomas [Double Bass]; Falconi, Gabriel; Lulja, Demir; Masci, Sebastian; Medina, Claudio; Medina, Grace; Muran...
Conductors: Acher, Ernesto
Ensemble: ; Ernesto Acher Chamber Orchestra

Argentinean composer, arranger, and musician, Acher, directed and arranged this tribute to Piazzolla performed by a twenty one piece chamber orchestra. The compositional challenge, in...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Astral, Buenos Aires (11/2011)....continue...

Rachmaninoff and Ginastera for Cello and Piano / Evelyn Elsing, cello; Santiago Rodriguez, piano

2 CD / Centaur / 2013-03-26

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Sonata for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 19; Pieces, Op. 2; Lied (Romance), for cello & piano in F minor, TN ii/32; Alberto Ginastera: Sonata for Cello Op. 49; Pampeana no 2 for C...
Performers: Elsing, Evelyn; Rodríguez, Santiago

Recording information: Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts C (2009-05-28_2009-05-30&2009-)....continue...

Moto Perpetuo: Moving Works for Cello by Andrew March, Greg Bartholomew, Alan Beeler, Bill Sherrill, Arthur Gottschalk et al. / Ovidiu Marinescu, cello

1 CD / Navona / 2013-03-26

Works: Andrew March: Pieces (3) for solo cello; Greg Bartholomew: Beneath the Apple Tree, for cello & flute; Alan Beeler: Dance Suite, for violin & cello; One Good Turn Deserves Another, for cello; Variatio...
Performers: Ahlquist, Janet [Piano]; Ahramjian, Sylvia Davis [Violin]; Marinescu, Ovidiu; Muench, Charles J. [Double Bass]; Trolier, Kim; Wagner, Scott; Weiderhold, Dana

This recording is a collection of 10 moving works for cello by March, Bartholomew, Beeler, Sherrill, Gottschalk, and Ascioti. Cellist Ovidiu Marinescu demonstrates the instruments...continue...

Samuel Adler (b.1928): Cantos; Close Encounters; Five Snapshots / Fulmer, violin; Kelly, viola; Eldan, cello; Muroki, db; Han, Harp

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Samuel Adler: Canto III for violin solo; Canto XVI, for viola solo; Canto X, for cello; Close Encounters for violin & cello; Canto VII, for bass; Canto XIX, for guitar; Canto XXI, for harp; Snapshots...
Performers: Eldan, Amir [Cello]; Fulmer, David; Han, June; Iznaola, Ricardo; Kelly, Randolph; Muroki, Kurt

The winner of many prestigious awards for composition, Samuel Adler is also Professor emeritus at the Eastman School of Music. His Canto series was written...continue...

God Makes a Path

1 CD / FBCIA / 2013-03-13

Works: Recorded Sound: Church Bells; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Prelude on Welsh Hymn Tunes for organ no 1 in G modal minor ("Bryn Calfaria"); Prelude on Welsh Hymn Tunes for organ no 3 in C major ("Hyfrydol" ...
Performers: Delmoni, Arturo [Violin]; Frazier, Margaret; Harp, Daniel; Martorella, Stephen; Scheele, Katie; Shealy, Jason [Baritone Vocal]; Tannehill, Esperanza [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Unruh, Steve

Britten: Suites for Solo Cello / Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12

Works: Benjamin Britten: Suite for solo cello no 1, Op. 72; Suite for solo cello no 2, Op. 80; Suite for solo cello no 3, Op. 87
Performers: Queyras, Jean-Guihen

BBC Music Magazine, March 2013
The influence of Bach and the artistry of the Suites' dedicatee, Rostropovich, is clear in Britten's three Suites. Their elusive soliloquising...continue...
Recording information: 03/1998....continue...

Prokofiev, Britten: The Cello Symphonies / Daniel Muller-Schott, cello

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-02-26

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 125; Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4
Performers: Muller-Schott, Daniel
Conductors: Saraste, Jukka-Pekka
Ensemble: ; WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln

Following up his recording of Britten's Cello Suites, Daniel Müller-Schott is now exploring other areas of the repertory opened up by the legendary Mstislav Rostropovich....continue...
Recording information: Kölner Philharmonie (10/04/2011-10/07/2011)....continue...

Grazyna Bacewicz: Cello Concertos / Bartosz Koziak, cello; Adam Krzeszowiec, cello

1 CD / Dux (Poland) / 2013-02-26

Works: Grazyna Bacewicz: Overture, for orchestra; Concerto no 1, for violin & orchestra; Concerto for Violin no 2
Performers: Koziak, Bartosz; Krzeszowiec, Adam
Conductors: Tchitchinadze, George; Wolinska, Monika
Ensemble: ; Iuventus Orchestra; Polish Sinfonia

The Overturefrom 1943 is an excellent reflection of the principles adopted by the composer, realized also in her later pieces: dense and disciplined, based on...continue...
Recording information: Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio of Polish Radio Warsa (2012-03-21_2012-03-22&2012-)....continue...

Antony Girard (b. 1959): In Praise of Folly; The Marriage of Orpheus; The Circle of Life / Genevieve Girard, piano; Jean-Marc Fessard, clarinet; Fabrice Bihan, cello

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Anthony Girard: Eloge de la folie, for clarinet & piano; Les Noces d'Orphée, for clarinet, cello & piano; L'Effroi de la nuit froide, for clarinet; Le Cercle de la Vie, preludes (24) for piano
Performers: Bihan, Fabrice [Cello]; Fessard, Jean-Marc [Clarinet]; Girard, Genevieve

A wide-ranging program from a contemporary French composer for whom Minimalism, oriental music, poetry and mysticism are central to his works....continue...
Recording information: Marcel Landowski Auditorium, Paris....continue...

Burning Questions: Music of Richard Cameron-Wolfe

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2013-02-26

Works: Richard Cameron-Wolfe: ARQ; Kyrie (Mantra), for flute trio; Roerich Rhapsody, for cello & piano; Toccata; Labyrinths; Lapis Lazuli, for flute & piano; Burning Questions - in memory of my father, for ...
Performers: Blankenburg, Gayle; Chow, Vicky; Fehrenbach, Paula; Fulmer, David; Menzies, Mark; Morkoski, Molly; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Shelton, Lucy [Soprano Vocals]; Spencer, Patricia; Starin, Stefani; Zoernig, Lawren...

Bernhard Sekles: Violin Sonata; Cello Sonata; Chaconne, Op. 38; Capriccio / Solomia Soroka, violin, viola; Noreen Silver, cello; Philip Silver, piano

1 CD / Toccata / 2013-02-26

Works: Bernhard Sekles: Chaconne on an Eight-Bar March-Theme, for viola & piano, Op. 38; Sonata for cello & piano in D minor, Op. 28; Capriccio in 4 movements, for violin, cello & piano; Sonata for violin &...
Performers: Silver, Noreen [Cello]; Silver, Phillip; Soroka, Solomia

Sekles (1872 - 1933) was a leading figure in German music in the first decades of the20th century. In 1928, as director of the Hoch...continue...
Recording information: Blue Griffin Recording Studio, Lansing, MI (2012-05-28_2012-05-29&2012-)....continue...

The Silver Violin - Music by Carlos Gardel, Korngold, John Williams, Howard Shores, Shostakovich / Nicola Benedetti, violin

1 CD / Decca / 2013-02-19

Works: John Williams: Schindler's List; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Carlos Gardel: Por una cabeza, tango for voice & chamber orchestra; Dmitry Sh...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Elschenbroich, Leonard; Grynyuk, Alexei; Knowles, Gregory [Percussion]; Sidorova, Ksenija [Accordion]; Sitkovetsky, Alexander; Tom Dunn [Violin/Viola]
Conductors: Karabits, Kirill
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Acclaimed as one of the leading violinists of her generation, best-selling violin virtuoso Nicola Benedetti turns the spotlight on Hollywood in this collection of the...continue...
Recording information: The Guildhall, Southampton, England (2012-04-11_2012-04-12&2012-)....continue...

Adolf Busch: Chamber Music for Clarinet and Strings / Wolfgang Meyer: clarinet; Eisler Quartett

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2013-02-13

Works: Adolf Busch: Serenade for string quartet in G major, Op. 14; Bagatelles (7) for clarinet, viola & cello, Op. 53a; German Dance for clarinet, violin & cello in F major, Op. 26c; Duet for violin & clar...
Performers: Linder, Clemens; Meyer, Mischa; Meyer, Wolfgang [Clarinet]; Sachse, Pauline [Viola]; Weber, Elisabeth
Conductors:
Ensemble: Eisler Quartett

After his emigration to the U.S. in 1939, Adolf Busch founded the famous School of Music in Marlboro. Well known as both a solo performer...continue...
Recording information: Festsaal Fürstenhaus, Weimar, Germany (03/2012)....continue...

Joseph Byrd: NYC 1960-1963 - Chamber music / American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Alan Zimmerman, percussion

1 CD / New World / 2013-02-12

Works: Joseph Byrd: Animals, for prepared piano, string quartet, marimba & vibraphone; Loops and Sequences, for cello & piano; Aphorisms (3), for prepared piano; Densities no 1, for solo viola & 4 treble in...
Performers: Andres, Timothy; Burhans, Caleb; Jensen, Clarice; Sirota; Zimmerman, Alan
Conductors: Jensen, Clarice
Ensemble: The American Contemporary Music Ensemble

The imaginative and carefully crafted music of Joseph Byrd (b. 1937) assumes an astonishing variety of guises: he was an integral part of the experimental...continue...
Recording information: Mission Sound, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (09/26/2012-09/28/2012); Systems Two, Brooklyn (09/26/2012-09/28/2012); Mission Sound, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (10/16/2010); Systems Two, Br...continue...

Around Britten - works for solo cello by Benjamin Britten, John Tavener and Matthew Barley / Matthew Barley, cello

1 CD / Signum UK / 2013-02-07

Works: Benjamin Britten: Suite for solo cello no 3, Op. 87; Greensleeves, folksong arrangement for high voice & piano; Folksongs (7), Volume 1; The Holy Sonnets; Gloriana; Oliver Cromwell, for voice & piano...
Performers: Barley, Matthew

The Very Best of Benjamin Britten [3 CDs]

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Cello Symphony, Op. 68; Elegy for Viola solo; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Blatchly, Mark; Booth, Claire; Bostridge, Ian; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dean, Stafford; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fullbrook, Charles; Gritton, Susan;...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Knussen, Oliver; Brown, Iona; Warren-Green, Christopher; Paavo, Järvi; Hickox, Richard; Willcocks, David; Brunelle, Philip; Haitink, Bernard; Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Endymion Ensemble

Since his death in 1976 many musicians have looked at Benjamin Britten's scores anew - not simply the repertory Britten never recorded, but the many...continue...

Ravel: Complete Works for Violin & Piano; Sonata for Violin & Cello / Lena Neudauer, violin; Julian Steckel, cello; Paul Rivinius, piano

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2013-01-29

Works: Maurice Ravel: Sonata Posthume for Violin and Piano; Pièce en forme de Habañera; Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré; Sonata for Violin and Cello; Kaddisch, song for voice & piano (M&ea...
Performers: Neudauer, Lena [Violin]; Rivinius, Paul; Steckel, Julian [Cello]

After her triumphant Schumann recording, rising violin star Lena Neudauer returns to tackle the incredibly demanding violin works of Maurice Ravel. Accompanied by Paul Rivinius...continue...
Recording information: Groáer Sendesaal des Saarländischen Rundfunks (05/01/2012-05/05/2012)....continue...

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time / Carolin Widmann, Jorg Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Performers: Altstaedt, Nicolas; Lonquich, Alexander; Widmann, Carolin; Widmann, Jorg

In 2008, the ensemble performed Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the end of time at the Salzburg Festival. Composed in 1940 in a German prisoner-of-war camp,...continue...
Recording information: Osterreichischen Rundfunks Mozarteum (07/26/2008)....continue...

Schulhoff: String Quartet no 1; Violin & Cello Duo; Pieces for String Quartet / Vogler Quartet

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2013-01-29

Works: Erwin Schulhoff: Quartet for Strings no 1; Duo for Violin and Cello; Pieces (5) for string quartet
Performers: Forck, Stephan; Reinecke, Frank
Conductors:
Ensemble: Vogler Quartet

After composer Erwin Schulhoff returned home from World War I, he had experienced human suffering, destruction, and the loss of own ideals. The composer had...continue...
Recording information: P4 Studio, Berlin (07/11/2011-07/12/2011)....continue...

Reflections - Bach: Cello Suite BWV 1007; Bloch: "Schelomo" / Amit Peled, cello

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-01-29

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Ernest Bloch: Schelomo
Performers: Peled, Amit
Conductors: Murai, Hajime Teri
Ensemble: ; Peabody Symphony Orchestra

American Record Guide, March / April 2013
This is presented as the beginning of a series where a Bach suite is coupled with a concerto. I...continue...
Recording information: Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD (01/31/2009); WGHB Radio, Boston, Massachusetts (01/31/2009); Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD (10/14/2004); WGHB Radio, Boston, Massachusetts (...continue...

British Guitar Music - music by Dowland, Britten, Fripp, Whettam, Maxwell Davies / Alberto Mesirca, guitar

1 CD / Paladino Music / 2013-01-29

Works: John Dowland: Preludium, P 98; Benjamin Britten: Nocturnal after John Dowland, for guitar, Op. 70; Lennox Berkeley: Pièces (4) for guitar, Op. Posth.; Robert Fripp: Fracture; Graham Whettam: Ser...
Performers: Mesirca, Alberto; Rummel, Martin

This recording is entirely devoted to English music. A reason for that is my interest in the culture and musical world of that country and...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Accademico, Castelfranco Veneto, Treviso (2012-05-10&2012-05-20_2012-)....continue...

Bill Ryan: Towards Daybreak - a collection of chamber works for piano, clarinet, cello, sax, violin & percussion

1 CD / Innova / 2013-01-29

Works: Bill Ryan: Simple Lines, for cello; Towards Daybreak, for saxophone, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion; Rapid Assembly, for saxophone, violin, cello, piano & percussion; A Simple Place...
Performers: Bathgate, Ashley; Chow, Vicky; de Jong, Paul; Reynolds, Todd [Violin]

A lot has happened since the 2004 release of Billband's innova debut album, Blurred. Where that album was called "gritty and funky" by Gramophone, the...continue...
Recording information: Grand View State University, Allendale, MI; Oktaven Audio, Yonkers, NY; Sear Sound, New York, NY; Still Life Recording, North Adams, MA....continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Dutilleux: Correspondences / Barbara Hannigan; Anssi Karttunen

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-22

Works: Henri Dutilleux: Correspondances, for soprano & orchestra; Tout un monde lointain. . ., concerto for cello & orchestra; The Shadows of Time, for 3 children's voices & orchestra
Performers: Buffin, Basile; Hannigan, Barbara; Karttunen, Anssi [Cello]; Selvestrel, Alexandre; Sztykgold, Armand
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France

This remarkable album is released on the 97th birthday of a composer who has been working for more than seven decades and has had a...continue...
Recording information: Alfortville, France (09/2012); Opéra Bastille, salle Liebermann, Paris, France (09/2012); Alfortville, France (12/2011); Opéra Bastille, salle Liebermann, Paris, Franc...continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Britten: Cello Symphony; Cello Sonata; Cello Suites nos 1-3 / Alban Gerhardt, cello; Steven Osborne, piano

2 CD / Hyperion / 2013-01-08

Works: Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Sonata for cello & piano in C major, Op. 65; Suite for solo cello no 1, Op. 72; Suite for solo cello no 2, Op. 80; Suite for solo cello no 3, Op....
Performers: Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Osborne, Steven
Conductors: Manze, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Britten's long friendship with cellist Mstislav Rostropovich was one of the most inspiring and fruitful musical collaborations in history. It led directly to the composition...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (03/10/2012-03/11/2012); Henry Wood Hall, London (03/10/2012-03/11/2012); City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (2011-12-19&2011-12-22&2011-); Henry ...continue...

Mit Myrten & Rosen - Schumann and Yun: Complete works for cello and piano / Isang Enders, cello; Andreas Hering, piano

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano in A flat major, Op. 70; Stücke im Volkston (5) for cello (or violin) & piano, Op. 102; Liederkreis, Op. 24; Phantasiestücke (3) for ...
Performers: Enders, Isang; Hering, Andreas

Robert Schumann and Isang Yun speak two very different musical languages that share a common love of vocal melody. This link has a special meaning...continue...

Dutch Cello Sonatas, Vol. 5 / Henk Badings: Sonata No. 1 & 2; Sem Dresden: Sonata No. 1 & 2 / Doris Hochscheid, violoncello; Frans van Ruth, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Audio Max / 2013-01-08

Works: Henk Badings: Sonata for Cello no 1; Sonata for Cello no 2; Sem Dresden: Sonata for Cello no 1; Sonata for Cello no 2
Performers: Hochscheid, Doris; Ruth, Frans van

On the latest release in their prizewinning series featuring cello sonatas from the Netherlands, Doris Hochscheid and Frans van Ruth bring together works by Henk...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (03/19/2012-03/21/2012)....continue...

Ernst Toch: Bunte Suite; Mozart Transcriptions; Cello Concerto

1 CD / Delta Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Ernst Toch: Bunte Suite, for orchestra, Op. 48; Variations on Mozart's "Unser Pöbel meint" (K. 455), for piano & orchestra; Concerto for cello & chamber orchestra, Op. 35
Performers: Blome, Tatjana; Bruns, Peter
Conductors: Bruns, Jürgen
Ensemble: ; Kammerochester Leipzig; Kammersymphonie Berlin

Anyone who tries to find out more about the composer Ernst Toch will soon realize that it is not an easy task. No monograph is...continue...

In the Shadow of War

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-01-01

Works: Ernest Bloch: Schelomo; Frank Bridge: Oration, concerto elegiaco for cello & orchestra, H. 180; Stephen Hough: The Loneliest Wilderness, elegy for cello & orchestra
Performers: Isserlis, Steven
Conductors: Wolff, Hugh; Takacs-Nagy, Gabor

Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany (01/2012); Tapiola Concert Hall, Finland (01/2012); Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany (11/2009); Tapiola Concert Hall, ...continue...

Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla

1 CD / K2 HD Import / 2012-12-18

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Tango Suite; Regreso al amor, tango song (from Sur); Le Grand Tango; Fugata, tango; Mumuki, tango; Tres minutos con la realidad; Milonga del Angel; L' Histoire du Tango; ...
Performers: Agri, Antonio; Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Castro-Neves, Oscar; Corliss, Frank; Gandini, Gerardo; Ma, Yo-Yo; Malvicino, Horacio; Marconi, Leonardo; Marconi, Nestor; Piazzo...

This disc contains a multimedia portion.

SOUL OF THE TANGO received the 1999 Grammy Award for "Best Classical Crossover Album." 'Tango Remembrances' was nominated for the Award for "Best Instr...continue...

Laura Schwendinger: Three Works - Esprimere for cello & Orch.; Chiaroscuro Azzurro for Violin and CO; Waking Dream for Flute & CO / Haimovitz, Macomber, Jennings

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11

Works: Laura Elise Schwendinger: Esprimere, for cello & orchestra; Chiaroscuro Azzurro, for violin & chamber orchestra; Waking Dream, for flute & chamber orchestra
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt; Jennings, Christina; Macomber, Curtis
Conductors: Paiement, Nicole A.; Smith, James
Ensemble: ; Madison Sinfonietta; University of Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra

Three works for solo instruments and orchestra by Laura Schwendinger are presented in world premiere recordings. Esprimere for cello and orchestra was written in 2007...continue...
Recording information: Mills Hall, University of Wisconsin School of Music, Ma (2009-11-12&2009-11-26_2009-)....continue...

Barber: Cello Concerto; Sonata

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-12-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Concerto for Cello, Op. 22; Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6; Adagio for Strings
Performers: Poltera, Christian; Stott, Kathryn
Conductors: Litton, Andrew

Recording information: Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway (07/2009); Nybrokajen 11 (The Former Academy of Music), Stockholm, (07/2009); Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway (10/2009/01/2012); Nybrokajen 11 (The Forme...continue...

Petit Noel / Alain Lefevre, Quatuor Philippe Dunnigan

1 CD / Analekta / 2012-11-27

Works: Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Norbert Glanzberg: Noel c'est l'amour, carol; Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis); Mykola Leont...
Performers: Bock, Marieve; Dunnigan, Philippe; Lefevre; Misbakhova, Elvira; Prevost, Christian [Violin]
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Ensemble: Quatuor Philippe Dunnigan

Recording information: Saint-Benoît de Mirabel Church (09/2011)....continue...

The Complete Astor Piazzolla Recordings

8 CD / Nonesuch / 2012-11-19

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en re; Vardarito, tango; Enrico IV; Escualo; Histoire du tango; Concierto para quinteto, tango; Soledad; Buenos Aires hora zero; Celos, tango; Le Grand Tango; Revirado; Pacho...
Performers: Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Chojnacka, Elisabeth; Desyatnikov, Leonid; Gabetta, Sol; Glorvigen, Per Arne; Kremer, Gidon; Lips, Svjatloslav; Meyer, Paul; Milva; Pekarsky, M...
Conductors: ; Gupta, Rolf; Kremer, Gidon
Ensemble: Astor Quartet; Kremerata Baltica; Kremerata Musica

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata / Sol Gabetta, cello; Olga Kern, piano

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-11-19

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107; Sergey Rachmaninov: Sonata for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 19
Performers: Gabetta, Sol; Kern, Olga
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

On this new, live album, Sol Gabetta plays with the Munich Philharmonic under the baton of Lorin Maazel. No stra nger to the music of...continue...

Pastoral - works by Tomasi; Ibert; Milhaud; Auric; Poulenc; Roussel; Martelli; Ferroud; Honegger et al / Jean-Louis Beaumadier & Friends

1 CD / Skarbo / 2012-11-13

Works: Henri Tomasi: Le Tombeau de Mireille, for galoubet (fife) (or oboe) & tamborine; Le petit chevrier corse; Jacques Ibert: Pastoral, for 4 pipes; Darius Milhaud: Exercice musical, for pipe (or flute) &...
Performers: Beaumadier, Jean-Louis; Bride, Philip; Callier, Yannick; Daoues, Stella; Desmond, Yves; Gabriel, Andre; Imbert, Cedric; Marzullo, Claire; Raynaut, Jacques

"The title of this lovely collection describes the character of the pieces heard on this new CD performed by Jean-Louis Beaumadier and friends. The friends...continue...
Recording information: La Grange, Studio Alys (2010)....continue...