[ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Monday 15 September 2014
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Born in The Hague in 1934, Bylsma won First Prize in the 1959 Pablo Casals Competition in Mexico and served as Principal Cellist in Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1962 to 1968, before becoming better known as one of the leading pioneers in the period-instrument revival of the Sixties and Seventies.
Highlights include Bylsma's two recordings of Bach's six Cello Suites recorded on both a Baroque cello from Venice and a five-string 'violoncello piccolo'; His equally remarkable 1992 remake on which he played the uniquely surviving 'Servais' Stradivarius of 1701; the complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas and Schubert's 'Arpeggione' Sonata with pianist Jos van Immerseel; two Brahms Sonatas with pianist Lambert Orkis; Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet, Mendelssohn's two String Quintets and other chamber works by Haydn, Mozart, Spohr and more.
Also included are flute and recorder sonatas by Bach, Corelli and Handel with flautist Frans Brüggen and harpsichordists Gustav Leonhardt and Bob van Asperen; Cello concertos by Haydn, Vivaldi and Boccherini with Tafelmusik; and the Beethoven Triple Concerto with pianist Paul Badura-Skoda and violinist Franzjosef Maier directing Collegium Aureum.
"Anner Bylsma is a tremendous enthusiast, whose high spirits and nervous energy never fail to manifest themselves in his performances." (Gramophone)
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violoncello, Strings and Basso Continuo in A Minor, RV 418
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violoncello, Strings and Basso Continuo in G Major, RV 413
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, Violoncello, Strings and Basso Continuo in B-Flat Major, RV 547
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D Major, RV403
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in B minor, RV424
Vivaldi: Concerto for cello, bassoon, strings & continuo RV409
Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins & 2 Cellos in D Major, RV 564
Johann Sebastian Bach, Frans Brüggen: Concerto in D Minor (Excerpt) - After the first movement of the Flute Sonata in B Minor BWV 1030 (Arranged by Frans Brüggen)
Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 7 in G major, G480
Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 10 in D major, G483
Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 3 in D major, G476
Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 11 in C major, G573
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101)
Kraft, Antonin: Cello Concerto in C Major, Op. 4
Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56
with Paul Badura-Skoda (piano), Franzjosef Maier (violin)
Beethoven: String Quintet in A Major (Arrangement of Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 "Kreutzer")
Servais: Souvenir de Bade, Op. 20
Servais: Caprice in A Major, Op. 11 / 4
Servais: Caprice in D Major, Op. 11 / 2
Servais: Caprice sur des motifs de l'opéra Le Comte Ory, Op. 3
Servais: Grand Duo de Concert (sur deux airs nationaux anglais)
Servais: Souvenir de Spa, Op. 2
Franchomme: Air auvergnat varié in A Minor, Op. 26: Andante - Tema, Andante - L'istesso tempo - Allegro non troppo - a Tempo ben risoluto
Franchomme: Caprice for 2 Violoncellos in C Major, Op. 7, No. 7: Andante maestoso - Allegro agitato - Andante maestoso
Franchomme: Nocturne for Violoncello and Piano in G Major: Andante cantabile - Lento sostenuto - Tempo I
Franchomme: Grande Valse, Op. 34: Introduction. Largo - Allegro
Auguste Franchomme, Frédéric Chopin: Grand Duo concertant sur des thèmes de Robert le Diable: Introduction. Largo - Andantino - Allegretto - Andante cantabile - Tempo I
Franchomme: Caprice in A Minor, Op. 7, No. 4: Largo
Franchomme: Nocturne in A-Flat Major, Op. 15, No. 3: Andante sostenuto
Franchomme: Caprice in E Minor, Op. 7, No. 2: Andante
Franchomme: Air russe varié in D Minor, Op. 32, No. 2: Poco lento -Tema. Andante sostenuto - Allegro moderato - Allegro - Lento - Allegro moderato