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Essential Cello

Han-Na Chang (cello), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Iona Brown (director), Steven Isserlis (cello), Maggie Cole (harpsichord), Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Natalia Gutman (cello), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (piano), Paul Tortelier/Maud Tortelier/English Chamber...

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Contents

Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in B minor RV 424: I Allegro non molto

Work length3:59
$1.30
$1.70
  • Han-Na Chang (cello)
  • London Chamber Orchestra
  • Christopher Warren-Green
  • Recorded: 2008-06-29
  • Recording Venue: 26-29 June 2008. Abbey Road Studio no.1, London

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV1007

Work length7:58
$3.90
$5.10
  • Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
  • Recorded: 1991-03-26
  • Recording Venue: 9-26 March 1991, Basilique Sainte-Madeleine, Vézelay, Yonne, France

Prélude

Track length2:03
$1.30
$1.70

Allemande

Track length3:20
$1.30
$1.70

Courante

Track length2:35
$1.30
$1.70

Excerpt, Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1

Work length9:49
$1.30
$1.70
  • Mstislav Rostropovich/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Iona Brown, Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Mstislav Rostropovich
  • Recorded: 1975-11-15
  • Recording Venue: 15 November 1975: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Boccherini: Cello Sonata No. 5 in G Major, G.5: II. Allegro militare

Work length2:36
$1.30
$1.70
  • Maggie Cole (harpsichord), Steven Isserlis (cello)
  • Recorded: 1988-11-30
  • Recording Venue: November 1988 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Boccherini: Concerto in G major for cello and orchestra G480 : III. Allegro

Work length4:44
$1.30
$1.70
  • Steven Isserlis (cello)
  • Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
  • Juha Kangas
  • Recorded: 1988-11-30
  • Recording Venue: February 1990 / Sibelius Hall, Järvenpää

Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D Op. 102 / 2 (1988 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro con brio

Work length6:34
$1.30
$1.70
  • Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
  • Recorded: 1965-12-23
  • Recording Venue: 21-23 December 1965. No. Studio, Abbey Road, London

Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op.129: Sehr lebhaft - (Cadenza) - Im Tempo - Schneller

Work length7:59
$1.30
$1.70
  • Natalia Gutman (cello)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Kurt Masur
  • Recorded: 1991-04-07
  • Recording Venue: 4,5, & 7 April 1991, No 1 Studio, Abbey Road

Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor

Work length2:24
$1.30
$1.70
  • John Lenehan (piano), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
  • Recorded: 2006-03-28
  • Recording Venue: 21-25th Nov 2005 & 28th March 2006; Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, Wales

Paganini: Introduction & Variations on 'Dal tuo stellato soglio' from Rossini's 'Mosé in Egitto', MS23 (Op. 24)

Work length8:33
$1.30
$1.70
  • Maud Tortelier, Maud Martin-Tortelier (cello)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Paul Tortelier
  • Recorded: 1973-12-03
  • Recording Venue: 14-15 October & 3 December 1973 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 - 1st movement

Work length6:19
Album only
Album only
  • Truls Mørk (cello)
  • Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Mariss Jansons
  • Recorded: 1992-05-14
  • Recording Venue: 12-14 May 1992 / Konserthus, Oslo

Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 102: III. Vivace non troppo

Work length2:56
$1.30
$1.70
  • Gautier Capuçon (cello), Renaud Capuçon (violin)
  • Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
  • Myung-Whun Chung
  • Recorded: 2007-04-10
  • Recording Venue: 8-10 April 2007, Osterfestspiele - Grosses Festspielhaus (Salzburg) Grazer Kongress - Stefaniensaal (Graz) Wiener Musikverein (Vienna)

Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano in F major Op. 99 (1968 Digital Remaster): IV - Allegro molto

Work length4:44
$1.30
$1.70
  • Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano)
  • Recorded: 1968-08-18
  • Recording Venue: 20th May & 18th August 1968. Studio 1, Abbey Road, London

Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op.33 (2001 - Remaster): I. Allegro non troppo -

Work length5:35
$1.30
$1.70
  • Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Carlo Maria Giulini
  • Recorded: 1977-05-01
  • Recording Venue: 29th April - 1st May 1977. Abbey Road Studios, London

Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne

Work length2:57
$1.30
$1.70
  • The Nash Ensemble
  • Recorded: 1988-03-24
  • Recording Venue: 21, 23-24 March 1988 / All Saints' Church, Petersham, Surrey

Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Roccoco Theme, Op.33 (1995 Digital Remaster): Introduction - Theme - Variations I, II & VII

Work length7:07
$1.30
$1.70
  • Robert Cohen (cello)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Zdenek Macal
  • Recorded: 1981-04-30
  • Recording Venue: April 1981: Watford Town Hall, London London

Fauré: Élégie in C minor, Op. 24

Work length7:37
$1.30
$1.70
  • Paul Tortelier (cello)
  • Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
  • Michel Plasson
  • Recorded: 1979-01-01

Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2

Work length3:14
$1.30
$1.70
  • Natalie Clein (cello)
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Vernon Handley
  • Recorded: 2007-05-29
  • Recording Venue: 28 & 29 May 2007, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 - 1st movement

Work length7:44
$1.30
$1.70
  • Natalie Clein (cello)
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Vernon Handley
  • Recorded: 2007-05-29
  • Recording Venue: 28 & 29 May 2007, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Strauss, R: Don Quixote, Op. 35

Work length2:13
$1.30
$1.70
  • Paul Tortelier (cello)
  • Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1973-06-29
  • Recording Venue: 22-29 June 1973: Lukaskirche, Dresden, Saxony

Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14

Work length7:31
$1.30
$1.70
  • Han-Na Chang (cello)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Leonard Slatkin
  • Recorded: 2000-03-26
  • Recording Venue: 24-26 March 2000/Abbey Road Studio No.1

Casals: El Cant dels Ocells (Song of the birds)

Work length4:40
$1.30
$1.70
  • Han-Na Chang (cello)
  • Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
  • Antonio Pappano
  • Recorded: 2005-12-06
  • Recording Venue: 3rd-6th December 2005; Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica Roma

Piazzólla: Adiós Nonino

Work length4:54
$1.30
$1.70
  • Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Recorded: 2000-01-31
  • Recording Venue: January 2000, Siemensvilla, Berlin

Piazzólla: Oblivion

Work length3:46
$1.30
$1.70
  • John Lenehan (piano), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
  • Recorded: 2005-11-25
  • Recording Venue: 21-25th Nov 2005 & 28th March 2006; Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, Wales

Bloch, E: Schelomo

Work length6:11
Album only
Album only
  • Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
  • Orchestre National de France
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 1976-11-12
  • Recording Venue: 11-12 November 1976. Salle Wagram, Paris

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in Eb, Op.107 (2006 - Remaster): Allegretto

Work length6:19
$1.30
$1.70
  • Paul Tortelier (cello)
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Paavo Berglund
  • Recorded: 1973-01-08
  • Recording Venue: 7-8 January, 1973, Guildhall, Southampton

Debussy: Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune

Work length4:54
$1.30
$1.70
  • Alexander Dedyukhin (piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
  • Recorded: 1957-04-27
  • Recording Venue: 26 & 27 April, 1957. London AR Studio

Tavener: The Protecting Veil: The Incarnation

Work length3:43
$1.30
$1.70
  • Steven Isserlis (cello)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  • Recorded: 1991-05-29
  • Recording Venue: 28 & 29 May 1991, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Popper: Dance of the Elves, Op. 39

Work length2:30
$1.30
$1.70
  • Alexander Dedyukhin (piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
  • Recorded: 1900-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Date & venue unknown

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1: III. Fugue (Conversa)

Work length3:43
$1.30
$1.70
  • Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Recorded: 2000-01-31
  • Recording Venue: January 2000, Siemensvilla, Berlin