BRILLIANT CLASSICS

Romantic Cello / Various Romantic Cello / Various CD

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This invaluable survey of that most Romantic of instruments includes both the classic concertos of the era, by Dvorak and Saint-Saens, as well as a generous selection of encores and showpieces, performed by a variety of cellists from this and earlier generations. Including Zara Nelsova, in whose classic interpretation of the Dvork one may readily hear the admiration evinced by the composer's friend Brahms who, on hearing the work, remarked that he would have composed a concerto for the instrument himself had he realized the possibilities inherent in a combination that may present certain problems of balance, pitting the mellow voice of the solo instrument against a full orchestra, but that yet may be overcome through a sensitive songfulness that came beautifully and naturally to Dvorak. Brahms, of course, can be considered to have made good his omission with the late flowering of the Double Concerto. His expansive E minor Sonata is here, alongside the deft turns of Mendelssohn's first sonata (in a performance by Luca Fiorentini on a rare Strad cello), as well as more lyrical sonatas by Chopin and Rachmaninoff, treasured by cellists for their juicy melodies and the opportunity to engage with the idioms of composers who largely wrote for the piano. The last disc opens with perhaps the most famous of all cello encores, the Swan, from Saint-Saens's Carnival of the Animals, which seems perfectly to capture the potential both for melancholy and for imitation of the human voice which places the cello alone among the string family. The most beautiful cello music of Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schumann Chopin, Saint-Sa?ns, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff and many more.

1. I. Allegro 2. II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo 3. III. Finale: Allegro Moderato 4. Klid (Silent Woods), Op. 68, No. 5, B. 182 5. Rondo in G minor, Op. 94, B. 181 6. I. Nicht Zu Schnell 7. II. Langsam 8. III. Sehr Lebhaft 9. Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 10. Elegie, Op. 24 11. Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 12. Variations on a Rococo Theme in a Major, Op. 33 13. I. Allegro Non Tanto 14. II. Scherzo: Allegro Molto 15. III. Adagio Cantabile - Allegro Vivace 16. I. Allegro Vivace 17. II. Andante 18. III. Allegro Assai 19. I. Allegro Non Troppo 20. II. Allegretto Quasi Menuetto 21. III. Allegro 22. I. Allegro Moderato 23. II. Scherzo: Allegro Con Brio 24. III. Largo 25. Iv. Finale: Allegro 26. I. Lento - Allegro Moderato 27. II. Allegro Scherzando 28. III. Andante 29. IV. Allegro Mosso 30. Carnival of the Animals: XIII. the Swan 31. Goyescas: Intermezzo 32. No. 1. Zart Und Mit Ausdruck 33. No. 2. Lebhaft, Leicht 34. No. 3. Rasch Und Mit Feuer 35. 14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 14. Vocalise in E minor 36. Pezzo Capriccioso, Op. 62 (Version for Cello and Piano) 37. The Golden Cockerel, Act II: Hymn to the Sun (Arr. for Cello and Piano) 38. 6 Morceaux, Op. 51: No. 6. Valse Sentimentale 39. Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C Major, Op. 3 40. No. 1. El Pano Moruno 41. No. 5. Nana 42. No. 6. Cancion 43. No. 7. Polo 44. No. 3. Asturiana 45. No. 4. Jota 46. I. Prologue 47. II. Serenade - 48. III. Finale

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