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100 BEST CELLO
CD 1 THE BAROQUE CELLO
J. S. BACH
Cello Suite No.1 in G BWV1007
1 I. Prélude
2 II. Allemande
3 III. Courante
4 IV. Sarabande
5 V. Menuet I & II
6 VI. Gigue
Pablo Casals cello (P) 2003* MONO
Cello Suite No.3 in C BWV1009
7 I. Prélude
8. II. Allemande
9. III. Courante
10. IV. Sarabande
11. V. Bourrées I & II
12 VI. Gigue
Paul Tortelier cello (P) 1961/1987 EMI Music France
Cello Suite No.5 in C minor BWV1011
13 I. Prélude
14 II. Allemande
15 III. Courante
16 IV. Sarabande
17 V. Gavotte I –
18 Gavotte II – Gavotte I
19 VI. Gigue
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
(P) 1995 SGOL Music Ltd under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd.
VIVALDI
Cello Concerto in G RV413
20 I. Allegro
Lynn Harrell cello
Academy of St Martins in the Fields / Pinchas Zukerman (P) 1980/1992*
Cello Concerto in B minor RV 424
21 I Allegro non molto
22 II Largo
23 III Allegro
Han-Na Chang cello
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green (P) 2008
CD 2 THE CLASSICAL CELLO
MONN
Cello Concerto in G minor
1 I. Allegro
Jacqueline du Pré cello
Valda Aveling harpsichord continuo
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1969/2009*
HAYDN
Cello Concerto No.1 in C
2 I. Moderato
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Mstislav Rostropovich (P) 1976/1999*
Cello Concerto No.2 in D
3 III. Finale: Allegro
Truls Mørk cello
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra / Iona Brown
(P) 1991 Pro Musica AS/SIMAX under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
BOCCHERINI
Sonata No.6 in C for cello and continuo
4 I. Allegro
5 II. Largo assai
6 III. Allegro moderato
Steven Isserlis cello, Maggie Cole harpsichord
(P) 1991 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
Cello Concerto in B flat
7 I. Allegro moderato
Wouter Möller cello
Linde Concert / Hans Martin Linde (P) 1987 EMI Records Ltd/ Virgin Classics
Sonata No.5 in G for cello and continuo
8 II. Allegro militaire
Steven Isserlis cello, Maggie Cole harpsichord
(P) 1991 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
Cello Concerto in G
9 III. Allegro
Steven Isserlis cello
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Finland / Juha Kangas P 1991
BEETHOVEN
Cello Sonata No.3 in A Op.69
10 III. Adagio cantabile –
11 IV. Allegro vivace
Paul Tortelier cello, Eric Heidsieck (P) 1972/1994* EMI Music France
Cello Sonata No.5 in D Op.102 No.2
12 I. Allegro con brio
13 II. Adagio con molto sentimento d’affetto
14 III. Allegro – Allegro fugato
Jacqueline du Pré cello, Stephen Kovacevich piano (P) 1966/1988*
CD 3 BRAHMS AND BEFORE
SCHUBERT
‘Arpeggione’ Sonata in A minor D821
1 II. Adagio
Paul Tortelier cello, Robert Weisz piano (P) 1962/1999* EMI Music France
SCHUMANN
2 Rêverie (Scènes d’enfants) Op.15 No.2
Paul Tortelier cello, John Newmark piano
(P) 1959/1999* EMI Music France MONO
Cello Concerto in A minor
3 III. Sehr lebhaft
Natalia Gutman cello
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Kurt Masur (P) 1992
MENDELSSOHN
4 Song without Words in D Op.109
Jacqueline du Pré cello, Gerald Moore piano (P) 1982/1995*
CHOPIN
5 Introduction and Polonaise brillante Op.3
Natalie Clein cello, Charles Owen piano (P) 2006
6 Prelude in E minor
Julian Lloyd Webber cello, John Lenehan piano (P) 2006
Cello Sonata in G minor Op.65
7 III. Largo
Janqueline du Pré cello, Daniel Barenboim piano (P) 1972/2000*
PAGANINI arr. Tortelier
8 Variations on a Theme of Rossini
Paul Tortelier cello I, Maude Martin-Tortelier cello II
English Chamber Orchestra / Paul Tortelier (P) 1974/1991*
DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto in B minor
9 I. Allegro extract
Truls Mørk cello
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1993
10 Silent Woods
Timothy Walden cello
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Libor Pešek (P) 1994
BRAHMS
Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor Op.38
11 II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto
Janqueline du Pré cello, Daniel Barenboim piano (P) 1972/2000*
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.83
12 III. Andante extract
Timothy Hugh cello, Stephen Hough piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis
(P) 1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
Double Concerto in A minor
13 III. Vivace non troppo extract
Gautier Capuçon cello, Renaud Capuçon violin
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester / Myung-Whun Chung
(P) 2007 EMI Records Ltd/ Virgin Classics
Cello Sonata No.2 in F Op.99
14 IV. Allegro molto
Janqueline du Pré cello, Daniel Barenboim piano (P) 1972/2000*
CD 4 THE ROMANTIC CELLO
SAINT-SAËNS
1 Allegro appassionato Op.43
Han-Na Chang cello
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nationale di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Antonio Pappano (P) 2007
2 The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)
Nash Ensemble
(Christopher van Kempen cello, Ian Brown & Susan Tomes pianos)
(P) 1991 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.33
3 I. Allegro non troppo
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini (P) 1978/2001*
FAURÉ
4 Élégie
Paul Tortelier cello
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson
(P) 1982/1991* EMI Music France
FRANCK arr. Delsart
Sonata in A
5 IV. Allegretto poco mosso
Jacqueline du Pré cello, Daniel Barenboim piano (P) 1972/2000*
GRIEG
Cello Sonata Op.36
6 II. Andante molto tranquillo
Truls Mørk cello, Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
(P) 1994 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
TCHAIKOVSKY
Variations on a Rococo Theme Op.33
7 Introduction – Theme – Variations I, II & VII
Robert Cohen cello
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Zdenek Macal (P) 1981/1995*
BRUCH
8 Kol Nidrei
Han-Na Chang cello
London Symphony Orchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich (P) 1996
ELGAR arr. Milone
9 Salut d’amour
10 Chanson de matin
Natalie Clein cello
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley (P) 2007
RICHARD STRAUSS
11 Don Quixote Op.35 extract
Paul Tortelier cello
Dresden Staatskapelle / Rudolf Kempe (P) 1974/1987*
RACHMANINOV adpt. Hazell
12 Vocalise
Han-Na Chang cello
Philharmonia Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (P) 2000
SULLIVAN
Cello Concerto in D
13 III. Molto vivace
Julian Lloyd Webber cello
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras (P) 1986
CD 5 THE MODERN CELLO
ELGAR
Cello Concerto in E Minor
1 I. Adagio - Moderato
Natalie Clein cello
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley (P) 2007
SIBELIUS
2 Romance (Four Pieces Op.78)
Truls Mørk cello, Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
(P) 1994 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
CASALS arr. Casals
3 El cant dels ocells
Han-Na Chang cello
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nationale di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Antonio Pappano (P) 2007
PROKOFIEV
4 Marche Op. 65 (Music for Children) arr. Piatigorsky adapt. Tortelier
Paul Tortelier cello
(P) 1959/1999* EMI Music France MONO
5 Cinderella – Adagio trans. Prokofiev
Mstislav Rostropovich cello, Alexander Dedyukhin piano
(P) 1997/1997* Original recordings licensed to EMI Records Ltd by Mstislav Rostropovich MONO
Live recording
PIAZZOLLA arr. Medaglia & Ammon
6 Adiós Nonino
The 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 2000
BRITTEN
Cello Symphony Op.68
7 IV. Passacaglia: Andante allegro
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Benjamin Britten
(P) 1997/1997* Original recordings licensed to EMI Records Ltd by Mstislav Rostropovich MONO
Live recording
BLOCH
8 Schelomo extract
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
Orchestre National de France / Leonard Bernstein (P) 1977/1987*
BARBER
Cello Concerto
9 II. Andante sostenuto
Ralph Kirshbaum cello
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste (P) 1989
SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat Op.107
10 I. Allegretto
Paul Tortelier cello
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Berglund (P) 1973/2006*
Cello Sonata in D minor Op.40
11 IV. Allegro
Mstislav Rostropovich cello, Dmitri Shostakovich piano
(P) 1997/1997* Original recordings licensed to EMI Records Ltd by Mstislav Rostropovich MONO
Cello Concerto No.2 in G Op.126
12 II. Scherzo: Allegretto
Truls Mørk cello
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
(P) 1995 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
TAVENER
13 The Protecting Veil – The Incarnation
Steven Isserlis cello
London Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
(P) 1980 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
GUBAIDULINA
14 The Canticle of the Sun extract
Mstislav Rostropovich cello, Simon Carrington & Neil Percy percussion
London Voices / Ryusuke Numajiri (P) 2001
MILHAUD
Cello Concerto No.1
15 I. Nonchalant
Janos Starker cello
Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Süsskind (P) 1957/1995* MONO
CD 6 ENCORES AND SHOWPIECES
PAGANINI trans. Klengel
1 Moto perpetuo Op.11
Paul Tortelier cello, John Newmark piano
(P) 1959/1999* EMI Music France MONO
SARASATE
2 Zapateado Op.23
Paul Tortelier cello, John Newmark piano
(P) 1959/1999* EMI Music France MONO
KREISLER
3 Allegretto in the style of Boccherini
Janos Starker cello, Gerald Moore piano (P) 1960/1995* MONO
DE GIARDINI
4 Tamborino
Paul & Maud Tortelier cellos (P) 1959/1999* EMI Music France MONO
PROKOFIEV trans. Rostropovich
5 March (Love of Three Oranges)
Mstislav Rostropovich cello, Alexei Zybtsev piano
(P) 1997/1997* Original recordings licensed to EMI Records Ltd by Mstislav Rostropovich MONO
Live recording
KREISLER arr. Fournier
6 La Gitana
Pierre Fournier cello, Gerald Moore piano (P) 1959/1997* MONO
HAHN
7 L’Heure exquise
Julian Lloyd Webber cello, John Lenehan piano (P) 2006
NIN
8 Granadina arr.Kochanski
Paul Tortelier cello, John Newmark piano
(P) 1959/1999* EMI Music France MONO
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
9 Chant hindou (Sadko)
Julian Lloyd Webber cello, Catrin Finch harp (P) 2006
MUSSORGSKY arr. Stutschewsky
10 Gopak (Sorotchinsky Fair)
Janos Starker cello, Gerald Moore piano (P) 1960/1995* MONO
DEBUSSY
11 Clair de lune (Suite Bergamasque)
Mstislav Rostropovich cello, Alexander Dedyukhin piano (P) 1959/2007*
PAGANINI arr. Kreisler
12 Caprice No.13 Op.1
Janos Starker cello, Gerald Moore piano (P) 1960/1995* MONO
RAVEL
13 Pièce en forme de habanera
Paul Tortelier cello, John Newmark piano
(P) 1959/1999* EMI Music France MONO
SAINT-SAËNS arr. Papin
14 Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix (Samson et Dalila)
Gautier Capuçon cello, Frank Braley piano
(P) 2004 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
POPPER
15 Dance of the Elves Op.39
Mstislav Rostropovich cello, Alexander Dedyukhin piano
(P) 1959/2007*
J. S. BACH
16 Arioso (Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, BWV1056)
Janos Starker cello, Gerald Moore piano (P) 1960/1995* MONO
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr. Strimer
17 Flight of the Bumble-Bee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Pierre Fournier cello, Gerald Moore piano (P) 1959/1997* MONO
BRITTEN
Cello Suite No.1 Op.72
18 VI. Moto perpetuo e Canto quarto
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
(P) 1997/1997* Original recordings licensed to EMI Records Ltd by Mstislav Rostropovich MONO
Live recording
PROKOFIEV trans. Rostropovich
19 Waltz-Coda (Cinderella)
Mstislav Rostropovich cello, Alexander Dedyukhin piano
(P) 1997/1997* Original recordings licensed to EMI Records Ltd by Mstislav Rostropovich MONO
Live recording
POPPER
20 Rhapsodie hongroise
Janos Starker cello, Gerald Moore piano (P) 1960/1995* MONO
VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas brasileiras No.1
21 III. Fugue: Conversa
The 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker (P) 2000
(P) as shown. The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by EMI Records Ltd except where otherwise stated. *Digital remastering (P) as shown by EMI Records Ltd except where otherwise stated. This compilation (P) 2009 by EMI Records Ltd. (C) 2009 EMI Records Ltd.
Compilation producer: Tony Locantro
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