Ultimate Cello Classics [Box Set] (2007)
performed by
Heinrich Schiff (cello), John Birch (organ), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Maurice Gendron (cello), Samuel Sanders (piano)
composed by
Antonin Dvorák, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Darius Milhaud, Edward Elgar, Enrico Mainardi, Enrique Granados, Franz Schmidt, Fritz Kreisler, Gabriel Fauré, Henryk Wieniawski, Johann Sebastian Bach, Manuel de Falla, Niccolò Paganini, Scott Joplin
For the price, Decca's five-disc collection entitled Ultimate Cello Classics does a fairly nice job of introducing listeners to some of the instrument's great literature. It includes the concertos of Dvorák, Saint-Saëns, Elgar, and Tchaikovsky (Rococo Variations), as well as the complete Bach solo suites. There are definite holes in the programming, however. With the exception of the aforementioned works, the remainder of the album is devoted almost exclusively to short transcriptions -- works not even written for the cello ...
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For the price, Decca's five-disc collection entitled Ultimate Cello Classics does a fairly nice job of introducing listeners to some of the instrument's great literature. It includes the concertos of Dvorák, Saint-Saëns, Elgar, and Tchaikovsky (Rococo Variations), as well as the complete Bach solo suites. There are definite holes in the programming, however. With the exception of the aforementioned works, the remainder of the album is devoted almost exclusively to short transcriptions -- works not even written for the cello. This wouldn't be so troubling if the collection included some of the "essential masterpieces" of the twentieth century or any of the sonata literature, works that are certainly more essential to the repertoire than Kreisler or Wieniawski transcriptions. As for the performances themselves, they are in general sufficient, but nothing more. None of the legendary performers associated with these works (such as du Pré's Elgar or Rostropovich's Dvorák) are included. Julian Lloyd Webber's...
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- Cello Concerto in B minor, B. 191 (Op. 104)
- The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements
- Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni)
- Kinderszenen No. 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7
- Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Chorale "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
- Variations on a Rococo Theme, for cello & orchestra (or cello & piano) in A major, Op. 33
- The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
- Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
- Élégie for cello & piano or orchestra in C minor, Op. 24
- Meditation on Prelude No. 1 of Bach, for violin or cello & piano with organ or cello ad lib. (or other instrumental arrangement), CG8
- Allegro appassionato, for cello & piano (or orchestra) in B minor, Op. 43
- Romance, for bassoon & orchestra (also arr. for cello & piano), Op. 62
- Pieces (3) for violin & piano, Op. 4: 1. Une Idylle (version for cello and organ)
- Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
- Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
- Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010
- Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
- Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
- Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
- Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
- Scherzo-tarantelle, for violin & piano in G minor, Op. 16
- Valse sentimentale, for piano (or violin & piano) in F minor, Op. 51/6
- Sumaré, arranged for cello & piano (by Maurice Gendron from Saudades No. 6), Op. 67/6arr
- The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements
- Papillon, for cello & piano, Op. 77
- Après un rêve ("Dans un sommeil"), song for voice & piano, Op. 7/1
- Ritual Fire Dance, for orchestra (from "El Amor brujo")
- Spanish Dances (12), in 4 volumes for piano, Op. 37, H. 142, DLR 1:2: Andaluza
- Schön Rosmarin, for violin & piano
- Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow), for violin & piano
- Cantabile, for violin & piano (or guitar) in D major, Op. 17, MS 109
- Introduction and Variations on "Dal tuo stellato soglio" from Rossini's "Mosè", for violin & orchestra, MS 23
- Canti giapponesi (2), for cello & orchestra
- Fantasiestucke (3) for cello & piano, after Hungarian national melodies: No. 1
- Music for Children, easy pieces (12) for piano, Op. 65: 10. March
- Waltz for cello & piano in A major, Op. 48
- Original Rags, for piano (collaboration with Charles Daniels)
- Elite Syncopations, for piano
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