Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58

Variations Concertantes Op. 1

Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58

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Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65

Richard Lester (cello), Susan Tomes (piano)

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Gregor Piatigorsky

Chopin:

Rudolf Firkušny (piano)

Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 6

Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58

Leonard Pennario (piano)

Strauss, R:

Leonard Pennario (piano)

Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)

These sonatas were all written for excellent cellists. Mendelssohn had his brother Paul in mind for his D major Sonata, although he dedicated it to the Russian amateur player and music patron Prince Mateusz Wielhorski. Piatigorsky’s freewheeling interpretation is reminiscent of Feuermann’s: he did not know that master’s recording, which was still unpublished at the time, but he may well have heard Feuermann play the work. Chopin’s G minor Sonata – one of his few chamber works and his last large-scale creation – was composed for a friend, the cello virtuoso Auguste Franchomme, with whom he gave the première in 1847. It cost Chopin an immense amount of effort, none of which shows in the finished piece. Richard Strauss’s Sonata in F major is a youthful work, dating from 1883, but the Czech cellist Hanus? Wihan, for whom Dvor?ák wrote several masterpieces, accepted the dedication and gave the first performance with the composer. This work needs the firm shaping it gets from the performers here.

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Mendelssohn - Music for Cello and Piano

Frühlingslied, Op. 19 No. 1

Song Without Words, Op. 19, No. 3 (Hunting Song)

Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58

Lied ohne Worte, Op. 109

Venetianisches Gondellied

Antonio Meneses (cello) & Gérard Wyss (piano)

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Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No. 2

Schilflied, Op. 71 No. 4

Suleika (Goethe/von Willemer) Op. 34 No. 4

Die Liebende schreibt (Goethe) Op. 86 No. 3

Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58

Songs without Words No. 25, Op. 62 No. 1 May Breezes

Spring Song in A major, Op. 62 No. 6

Mischa Maisky & Sergio Tiempo

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - Awards Issue 2002

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Sonatas for Cello and Piano

Chopin:	Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
Fauré:	Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117 Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109
Mendelssohn:	Cello Sonata No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 45 Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
Rachmaninov:	Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

Paul Tortelier (cello), Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Eric Heidsieck (piano)

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Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58

Variations concertantes

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Cello Recital: Hai-Ye Ni

Beethoven:	7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46
Mendelssohn:	Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
Popper:	Dance of the Elves, Op. 39
Schubert:	Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821
Schumann:	Fantasiestücke, Op. 73

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Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58

Maria Kliegel (cello), Kristin Merscher (piano)

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Mendelssohn: Cello Music