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Boccherini: | Cello Sonata in A major, G4a: Allegro Moderato | Chopin: | Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 arr. David Popper Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop' arr. Pablo Casals | Debussy: | Petite Suite: Menuet arr. Gaston Choisnel | Elgar: | Salut d'amour, Op. 12 | Falla: | Nana (No. 5 from Siete canciones populares españolas) arr. Maurice Maréchal | Fauré: | Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 arr. Pablo Casals | Godard, B: | Berceuse from Jocelyn | Granados: | Danza española, Op. 37 No. 5 'Andaluza' arr. Pablo Casals | Kreisler: | Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane (In the style of Couperin) | Lassen: | Thine Eyes So Blue arr. Pablo Casals | MacDowell: | Romance for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 35 | Popper: | La Chanson villageoise, Op. 62 No. 2 Mazurka in G minor, Op. 11 No. 3 Vito, Spanish Dance Op. 54/5 | Saint-Saëns: | Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne Allegro Appassionato in B minor Op. 43 | Sgambati: | Serenata napoletana, Op. 24 No. 2 | trad.: | The Song of the Birds traditional, arr. Pablo Casals | Wagner: | O du, mein holder Abendstern (from Tannhäuser) arr. Leo Schulz |
This sensational new release from German cellist Alban Gerhardt recaptures the novelty of the much-loved encores performed by Pablo Casals. Spanish-born Casals was universally recognized as one of the world’s greatest cellists and had a vast repertoire of intimate encores which were adored by his audiences. The disc features transcriptions of works by many notable composers including Fauré, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Boccherini and Wagner. Also featured are frequently performed musical gems by David Popper: Vito, Chanson villageoise and his Mazurka in G minor, pieces which have gained a special place in the cello literature. Gerhardt performs these miniature masterworks with extraordinary finesse and verve. His very personal interpretations never lapse into self-indulgence and he projects a distinctive luminescence of tone with infallible intonation. Gerhardt is intelligently partnered and perfectly matched by pianist Cecile Licad on her Hyperion debut. This unique disc demonstrates sublime musicianship, with both performers revelling in a wide expressive scope from the vivacious to the lyrical. “There is much more to an encore, as Alban Gerhardt will tell you, than casually capping a recital with an audience-pleaser...Listen to Gerhardt in Benjamin Godard’s Berceuse de Jocelyn and there is a paradigm of the exceptional eloquence and discernment that distinguishes the entire disc.” The Telegraph, 2nd June 2011 ***** “his playing [is] less heart-on-sleeve than Casals's own, but wonderfully eloquent and noble: he can be extraordinarily moving in such once-familiar standards as the Berceuse from Godard's Jocelyn, or in Casals's arrangement of Chopin's Raindrop Prelude...Some of this music makes considerable demands on the pianist, and Cecile Licad rises to its challenges with considerable elegance.” The Guardian, 9th June 2011 **** “Gerhardt has a honeyed, liquid tone all his own. He has created a well-contrasted programme that clearly took a long time to research and hone...This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication and bold imagination. Casals, I feel sure, would have approved.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2011 ***** “An unexpected disc from a cellist one usually thinks of as a heavyweight...he brings to them absolutely the same seriousness of approach and sensitivity that he does to everything. And it works for an album that feels worthwhile as well as easily digestible.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2011  BBC Music Magazine
Chamber Choice - August 2011 |
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| |  | Romantic Cello FavouritesA tribute to cellist/composer David Popper
Popper: | Once Upon More Beautiful Days (In Memory of my Parents) Gavotte Mazurka in G minor, Op. 11 No. 3 Vito, Spanish Dance Op. 54/5 Fantasy on Little Russian Songs Begegnung, for cello & piano Le Papillon, for cello & piano Autumn Flower Gnomentanz, Op. 50 No. 2 Spanischer Carneval Nocturne La Chanson villageoise, Op. 62 No. 2 Wiegenlied Dance of the Elves, Op. 39 Serenade, Op. 54, No. 2 Spinning Song Feuillet d'album Menuetto, Op. 65, No. 2 Tarantella, Op. 33 |
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| |  | Daniel Shafran EditionThe recordings were made between 1948 and 1982
Bach, J C: | Cello Concerto in C minor USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky | Bach, J S: | Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV1008 Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV1009 Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV1010 Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV1011 | Breval: | Cello Sonata in G major | Chopin: | Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 | Davidov: | Cello Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Op. 14 State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky | Falla: | Suite populaire espagnole | Franck, C: | Cello Sonata in A major | Haydn: | Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky | Kabalevsky: | Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 49 Great Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Kabalevsky | Popper: | Vito, Spanish Dance Op. 54/5 Concert Etude Op. 55/2 | Prokofiev: | Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for cello & orchestra, Op. 125 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky | Rachmaninov: | Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 | Schnittke: | Suite in the Old Style | Schumann: | Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traümerei | Shostakovich: | Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 126 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 Dmitri Shostakovich (piano) | Tchaikovsky: | Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: Mélodie in E flat major Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6 Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin |
Daniel Shafran (cello), Anton Ginzburg (piano), Nina Musinyan (piano) The repertoire in this set ranges from J.S. Bach (four of the solo suites) to Schnittke (Suite in the old style). As is customary in this series, some of the music included is virtually unknown in the West, for example the Romance by Nikolai Rakov and the Melody by Vladimir Vlasov. See also the Russian Legends box set. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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