Essential Cello – Various Artists

1

Cello Concerto in B Minor, RV 424: I. Allegro non molto

Han-Na Chang & Antonio Vivaldi

4:00

2

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude

Mstislav Rostropovich & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:04

3

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande

Mstislav Rostropovich & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:21

4

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante

Mstislav Rostropovich & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:36

5

Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1: I. Moderato (Cadenza by Britten)

Mstislav Rostropovich/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Iona Brown

9:50

6

Cello Sonata No. 5 in G Major, G. 5: II. Allegro alla militaire

Steven Isserlis & Maggie Cole

2:37

7

Cello Concerto No. 7 in G Major, G. 480: III. Allegro

Steven Isserlis, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra & Juha Kangas

4:45

8

Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2: I. Allegro con brio

Jacqueline du Pré, Stephen Kovacevich & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:35

9

Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: III. Sehr lebhaft

Natalia Gutman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur & Robert Schumann

8:00

10

24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor (Perf. by Cello and Piano)

Julian Lloyd Webber, John Lenehan & Frédéric Chopin

2:25

11

Fantasia on a Theme from Rossini's Mosè "Sonata a preghiera" (Orch. Tortelier)

Maud Tortelier, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Tortelier & Niccolò Paganini

8:34

12

Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: I. Allegro

Truls Mørk, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons & Antonín Dvořák

6:20

13

Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102: III. Vivace non troppo

Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester & Myung-Whun Chung

8:40

14

Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: IV. Allegro molto

Jacqueline du Pré, Daniel Barenboim & Johannes Brahms

4:45

15

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33: I. Allegro non troppo

Mstislav Rostropovich, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini & Camille Saint-Saëns

5:36

16

Le carnaval des animaux: XIII. Le cygne

Nash Ensemble & Camille Saint-Saëns

2:58

17

Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33: Introduction - Theme - Variations I - II & Variation VII and Coda

Robert Cohen & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

7:08

18

Élégie, Op. 24 (Orchestral Version)

Michel Plasson & Gabriel Fauré

7:38

19

2 Chansons, Op. 15: No. 2, Chanson de matin (Arr. Milone for Cello and Orchestra)

Natalie Clein, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley & Edward Elgar

3:15

20

Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato

Natalie Clein, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley & Edward Elgar

7:45

21

Don Quixote, Op. 35: Theme. Don Quixote, Knight of the Mournful Countenance

Paul Tortelier

2:14

22

14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise (Arr. Hazell for Cello and Orchestra)

Han-Na Chang, Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra & Sergei Rachmaninoff

7:32

23

El cant dels ocells

Han-Na Chang, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Antonio Pappano

4:41

24

Adiós Nonino (Arr. Medaglia & Hammon for Cello Ensemble)

Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker

4:55

25

Oblivion

Julian Lloyd Webber & John Lenehan

3:47

26

Schelomo, Rhapsodie hébraïque for Cello and Orchestra: (Lento moderato)

Mstislav Rostropovich, Leonard Bernstein & Orchestre National de France

6:12

27

Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107: I. Allegretto

Paul Tortelier, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund & Dmitri Shostakovich

6:20

28

Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

Mstislav Rostropovich, Alexander Dedyukhin & Claude Debussy

4:55

29

The Protecting Veil: IV. The Incarnation

Steven Isserlis, London Symphony Orchestra & Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

3:44

30

Elfantanz, Op. 39 (Presto)

Mstislav Rostropovich & Alexander Dedyukhin

2:31

31

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1, W246: III. Fugue. Conversa

Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker & Heitor Villa-Lobos

3:44