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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Saint-Saëns - Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Christian Poltéra (cello) & Kathryn Stott (piano) Saint-Saëns wrote a considerable amount of chamber pieces during his life, and his works for cello are seen as some of the most supreme for the cello repertoire. Christian Poltéra and Kathryn Stott, best known for her performances of French repertoire perform Saint-Saëns melodic cello Sonatas, coupled with the legendary ‘Swan’ from The Carnival of the Animals. Romances Op.36 and Op.51 and Prière, Op.158 complete this programme. Saint-Saens remains one of the most important composers for the cello, and his contributions are considerable. Poltéra and Stott collaborate regularly in chamber music performances across the world and have recently recorded Faure Cello Sonatas for Chandos: ‘[Christian Poltéra]… is a fine choice of cellist for the two Sonatas. He phrases sensitively and makes the most of the composer’s dynamic markings… Kathryn Stott’s an ideal partner, managing her pedalling levels to produce a variety of textures.’ BBC Music Magazine “Why do these sonatas so rarely appear in recitals? Saint-Saëns's sensuous poeticism and ingenious craftsmanship are wonderfully combined in them. Despite Poltéra's elegance, it is the more extrovert Kathryn Stott who brings these performances truly alive. She has a true grasp of the idiom, and the sheer energy and range of sound to illuminate these big works. The disc is completed with a gloriously limpid Swan, and two further salon delicacies.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 “Saint-Saëns certainly knew how to tap the technical resources of his soloists and Poltéra and Stott are as one in playing some fleet, taxing passagework with fluency and power, Poltéra's mellow tone adding a dimension of poignancy and shapely phrasing that traces and defines the music's surging contours.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2010 | 
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| |  | Saint-Saens - Complete Works for Cello & Orchestra
Johannes Moser (cello) Radio SO Stuttgart, Fabrice Bollon These works are both sweepingly romantic and an acid test for any player’s technical finesse. Apart from the popular First Concerto and the ubiquitous “Swan”, Saint-Saëns composed a Second Cello Concerto in addition to several other shorter works for Cello and orchestra, most of which are seldom heard in performance. Stunning performances from the young start cellist, Johannes Moser. “Hearing the two concertos in succession brings it home how much more inspired the First is, with its thrillingly dramatic opening. Moser plays it with overwhelming passion, while firmly controlling tempo and intonation.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2009 “…Moser gives a strong, impassioned account of the Second Concerto… It's in this work that Moser distances himself most noticeably from Maria Kliegel… overall, Moser is more imaginative and alive to the music's dramatic possibilities. And why isn’t the wonderful Suite Op. 16 heard more often?” BBC Music Magazine, April 2009 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Brahms: | Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40 Peter Damm (hunting horn), Amadeus Webersinke (piano), Manfred Scherzer (violin) | Françaix: | Divertimento Peter Damm (horn), Peter Rösel (piano) | Gounod: | 6 Mélodies (selection) Peter Damm (horn), Peter Rösel (piano) | Haydn: | Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, Hob.VIId:3 Peter Damm (horn), Matthias Eisenberg (harpsichord), Matthias Pfaender (cello), Manfred Pernutz (double bass) Kammerorchester C. P. E. Bach der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Hartmut Haenchen | Heinichen: | Concerto for 2 Horns and 2 Flutes in F major Peter Damm (horn), Dieter Pansa (horn) Capella Sagittariana, Eduard Melkus | Mendelssohn: | Der Jäger Abschied: Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald, Op. 50 No. 2 (arr. for horn quartet) Members of the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Abschied vom Walde (No. 3 from Sechs Lieder in Freien zu singen, Op. 59) (arr. for horn quartet) Members of the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra | Rossini: | Le rendez-vous de chasse Prelude, Theme & Variations Peter Damm (horn), Peter Rösel (piano) | Saint-Saëns: | Morceau de concert in F minor, Op. 94 Peter Damm (horn) Staatskapelle Dresden, Siegfried Kurz Romance in F major, Op. 36 Peter Damm (horn), Peter Rösel (piano) | Schumann: | Konzertstück for four horns, Op. 86 Peter Damm (horn), Klaus Pietzonka (horn), Dieter Pansa (horn), Johannes Friemel (horn) Staatskapelle Dresden, Siegfried Kurz Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 Peter Damm (horn), Amadeus Webersinke (piano) | Weber: | Horn Concertino in E minor, Op. 45 Peter Damm (horn) Staatskapelle Dresden, Siegfried Kurz |
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Ian Bousfield (trombone) & Alison Procter (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Bruno Schneider (horn) & Eric Le Sage (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Renaud Capuçon (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano), Michel Dalberto (piano), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Paul Meyer (clarinet), David Guerrier (trumpet), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Béatrice Muthelet (viola), Esther Hoppe (violin), Janne Saksala (double bass), Florent Jodelet (percussion) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Saint-Saëns - Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Torleif Thedéen (cello) Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Mischa Maisky & Daria Hovora Orpheus Chamber Orchestra | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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| |  | Saint-Saens: Complete Music for Piano and Orchestraand chamber and orchestral pieces for various instruments
Gabriel Tacchino (piano), Francis Orval (horn), J.P. Kemmer (organ), Ruggiero Ricci (violin) Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg, Louis de Froment | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Chamber Music - Peter Rösel
Bozza: | Sur les Cîmes | Brahms: | Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Die schöne Magelone, Op. 33 | Büsser: | La Chasse de Saint Hubert | Damase: | Pavane variée | Debussy: | Violin Sonata Cello Sonata | Dukas: | Villanelle | Françaix: | Divertimento | Franck, C: | Violin Sonata in A major | Gounod: | Mélodies (6) for Horn and Piano | Poot: | Légende | Rossini: | Peches de Vieillesse | Saint-Saëns: | Romance, Op. 67 Romance in F major, Op. 36 | Schubert: | Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout' Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F major for piano, violin, viola and cello, D487 | Schumann: | Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121 3 Romances, Op. 94 Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47 | Tartini: | Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill' |
Peter Rösel (piano), Karl Suske (Violin), Giorgio Krohner (Violin), Christian Funke (Violin), Dietmar Hallmann (Viola), Jurnjakob Timm (Cello), Joachim Bischof (Cello), Rainer Hucke (Double Bass), Peter Schreier (Tenor), Burkhard Glaetzner (Oboe), Peter Damm (Horn) Gewandhaus-Quartett | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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