[ Sony Classical / 8 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Monday 1 April 2013
"The CD gives an absolutely truthful projection of a cello image which in the concert hall can seem too reticent, but here is perfectly balanced with the orchestra."
(Gramophone on the Lalo / Saint-Saens)
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Cd 1 :
Vivaldi :
Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor
Largo from "Winter" Cello Concertos in B-flat major and in C minor Concerto for Viola d'amore and Lute (arr. for cello)
Aria arrangements by Ton Koopman
Cd 2 :
Boccherini : Cello Concerto No. 9 in B-flat major
J.Haydn: cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Cd 3 :
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Dvorak: Cello Concerto • Silent Woods • Rondo
Cd 4 :
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No.1
Lalo: Cello Concerto
Walton: Cello Concerto
Cd 5 :
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Cd 6 :
J.S. Bach: Suites for Unaccompanied Cello Nos. 1, 3 & 5
Cd 7 :
Beethoven :
Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 3, 7 Variations on "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen" 12 Variations on "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen"
Cd 8 :
Brahms : Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro • 3 Fantasiestucke