Daniil Shafran: Cello Masterpieces: Haydn, Schubert & Shostakovich

Though not to everyone’s taste, many cellists regard his emotionally charged, free-spirited, yet finely nuanced playing as essential listening, and Cello Masterworks contains three particularly... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022 More…

Release Date: 18th Feb 2022
Catalogue No: PACL95008
Label: Parnassus

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Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101)

Daniil Shafran (cello)
The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

Schubert: Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821

Daniil Shafran (cello), Lydia Pecherskaya (piano)

Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

Daniil Shafran (cello), Lydia Pecherskaya (piano)

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(Stephen Isserlis): “I love his playing. Sebastian Comberti came up with the best description ...it was like finding the last member of a lost tribe of cellists. His playing takes you right back to a different era" “(Schubert) Shafran emerges as very able … not as rhythmically wayward as Rostropovich … the finale has an irresistible rhythmic lilt. (Shostakovich) presents a fuller picture of Shafran's artistry. He plays with very serious commitment, considerable tonal variety and technical ease, and has a splendid partner in Lydia Pecherskaya - a very perceptive musician throughout the Schubert too. The charm of the Allegretto is very well caught by both artists” (Haydn): Shafran claimed that his affinity with the concerto began before birth: his father was practicing it when his mother went into labour and was reluctant to take her to the hospital until it was perfect !” (Gramophone)

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May 2022

Though not to everyone’s taste, many cellists regard his emotionally charged, free-spirited, yet finely nuanced playing as essential listening, and Cello Masterworks contains three particularly fine performances.

Daniil Shafran: Cello Masterpieces

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