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A rarity from the British Library Sound Archive - Mstislav Rostropovich in a dramatic live account of Richard Strauss's Don Quixote given during an early visit to the London Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in 1964. Rostropovich only recorded the work eleven years later in 1975 in a studio version. Haydn's Cello Concerto in D from 1965 follows on Rostropovich's account of the earlier Concerto in C (BBCL 4198-2) which was given excellent reviews at the time of it's release. “This BBC Legends issue celebrates the playing of Mstislav Rostropovich relatively early in his career. The disc also provides a welcome reminder that, at a time when his reputation has rather fallen back, Malcolm Sargent always produced his best performances at the Proms and that he was always at his best in late Romantic music such as that of Strauss.
Rostropovich's playing is masterly, dominating each performance with its magnetism as well as its resonance. Harry Danks, principal viola in the BBC SO for many years, makes a colourful character out of the faithful Sancho Panza, bringing out the wit of the writing even if his tone is no match for the resonant cello of the principal soloist. Each of the 10 variations is presented in clean separation, with the orchestral players relishing the often spectacular orchestral effects, like the imitation of the bleating of sheep in the second variation, the brilliant percussion-writing in the 'Ride through the Air' and the powerful brass and ominous timpani beats in 'Defeat of Don Quixote'.
That leads up to the most glorious playing of all from Rostropovich in the long epilogue marking the Don's death. He uses a very free vibrato, and yet in the close of his solo his pianissimo is breathtaking. For radio recordings of the mid-1960s the sound is excellent and Tully Potter's notes are exemplary.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “Rostropovich's playing is masterly, dominating each performance with its magnetism as well as its resonance.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2008 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Volume 5 - Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2Recorded at the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies Snape England 1996
Haydn: | Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) |
William Pleeth, teacher of the legendary Jacqueline du Pré and many other internationally recognized cellists, celebrated his 80th birthday in 1996. To mark the occasion, he was filmed giving a series of eight one-hour classes at the renowned Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies in Snape, England. In the classics of the cello repertoire, he had the uncanny ability to guide and inspire talented young players. This series is the only filmed document of his extraordinary work as a teacher. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| | | Volume 5 - Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2Recorded at the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies Snape England 1996
Haydn: | Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) |
William Pleeth, teacher of the legendary Jacqueline du Pré and many other internationally recognized cellists, celebrated his 80th birthday in 1996. To mark the occasion, he was filmed giving a series of eight one-hour classes at the renowned Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies in Snape, England. In the classics of the cello repertoire, he had the uncanny ability to guide and inspire talented young players. This series is the only filmed document of his extraordinary work as a teacher. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Cello - Greatest Works
Bach, J S: | Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV1007 Jan Vogler (cello) | Bruch: | Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 Peter Bruns (cello) Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester, Claus Peter Flor | Debussy: | Cello Sonata Joachim Bischof (cello), Peter Rösel (piano) | Haydn: | Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) Jan Vogler (cello) Virtuosi Saxoniae, Ludwig Güttler | Rachmaninov: | Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 Jan Vogler (cello), Bruno Canino (piano) | Saint-Saëns: | Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 Jan Vogler (cello) Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR, Thierry Fischer | Schubert: | Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821 Jan Vogler (cello), Bruno Canino (piano) | Schumann: | Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 Jan Vogler (cello) Münchener Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen | Tchaikovsky: | Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 Jürnjakob Timm (cello) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur |
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| |  | Haydn - Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Directed by Brian Large. Produced at Hetzendorf Castle, Vienna “Maisky and his players perform the Haydn with warm, polished energy. His Schumann, with a fairly restrained Bernstein, sometimes overdoes the languishing, but it's beautiful playing, and visually compelling.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2007 **** “What a joy, as Maisky's performance of Haydn's C major Cello Concerto opens in the beautiful concert room of the Schloss Hetzendorf in Vienna, to hear the rich-timbred soloist and the lovely sounds of the Vienna strings” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 & Sinfonia Concertante
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“A scintillating performance of the symphony…Quirine Viersen is a cellist of growing and very justifiable renown…These are superb performances, neatly accompanied by the expert Combattimento Consort, and clearly recorded.” Peter Branscombe, Early Music Review | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Haydn: | Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1 Recorded at the Henry Wood Hall, London, 17–19 November, 1975 Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) Recorded at the Henry Wood Hall, London, 17–19 November, 1975 Keyboard Concerto No. 11 in D major, HobXVIII:11 Recorded at the Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth, 23–27 November 1982 |
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