LUIGI BOCCHERINI: Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1001 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
FIVE SONATAS FOR CELLO AND CONTINUO (Played on period instruments): Sonata in D major G.563*; Sonata in g minor; G.562*; Sonata in Eb major G.567*; Sonata in C major G.6; Sonata in G major G.5. Sebastian Comberti, cello; Elizabeth Kenny, archlute/guitar; Ruth Alford, cello. including recently discovered works recorded here for the first time Premiere Recording*For the first release, Cello Classics has chosen to bring out something of a coup, in hitherto unplayed works by the first great composer for the cello to achieve universal recognition, Luigi Boccherini. Three of the sonatas on this disc have been obtained from manuscripts until recently in a private collection, and provide a wonderful addition to the classical cello repertoire. -Sebastian Comberti has been involved in the period instrument revival in London since the early 1980s and has made the study of late 18th Century cello repertoire something of a speciality. This recording has been made using original instruments with a continuo team unusually comprising archlute/guitar and cello, providing a rich and yet light accompaniment to these delightful works. It is bound to be of interest to lovers of the cello and scholars alike. "Technically....outstanding. Comberti's tone is clean and even, his phrasing impeccable."-- Gramophone October 2001 -"Cellist Comberti has an excellent tone, and clearly has mastered this music. Boccherini's cello sonatas deserved to be discovered by all those who enjoy post-baroque music." --MusicWeb July 2001"The three later sonatas on this disc are World Premiere Recordings and are particularly rewarding compositionally. Comberti brings great flair to these performances which sparkle with vitality, each movement being sharply characterised. The phrasing is tastefully conceived, with a pleasing elegance and grace, coupled with a vivid awareness of dynamics. In addition the recording quality is particularly clear, which suits the repertoire and makes this a thoroughly enjoyable CD." --Joanne Talbot The Strad August 2001
	WEBER/PIATIGORSKY, ET AL. Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1002 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
VIRTUOSO CELLO TRANSCRIPTIONS - Frescobaldi/Cassadó: Toccata; Locatelli/Piatti: Sonata in D; Popper: Dance of the Elves; Autumn Flower; Happy Recollections; Weber/Piatigorsky: Adagio and Rondo; Klengel: Scherzo; Ginastera/Fournier: Triste; Martinu: Variations on a Theme of Rossini; Schnittke/Shafran: Suite "In Olden Style". Leonid Gorokhov, cello; Bobby Chen, piano.- This rare collection of works offers an insight into the creative heritage of the great cellists of the past as composers and arrangers. "Virtuoso Cello Transcriptions"combines highly virtuosic performing with a nostalgic look at the past, ranging from the baroque through to Schnittke. Since his studies with Nikitin and Shafran, and following early successes at competitions in Paris and Geneva, Leonid Gorokhov has been in great demand as soloist with orchestras throughout Europe. A large discography for Melodya and Supraphon has won many plaudits and his recent CD "Russian Discoveries" was voted Record of the Month by London's Classic FM. -"Between the mercurial movements, such as Frescobaldi¹s Toccata, we can enjoy Gorokhov¹s smooth and lyrical qualities in the slow movements, the elegance of the Adagio in Locatelli's Sonata being of rare beauty. His bowing technique is so wonderfully fluid, Weber's Adagio being just one of the examples of his seamless legato." The Strad August 2001-"Especially good however is the trilogy of Popper showpieces in which Gorokhov shows himself a deftly spirited advocate. A promising start for a new label that’s certain to excite cello devotees, and whose promised historical bias should also have general wider appeal." Michael Jameson, BBC Music Magazine August 2001
	EMANUEL FEUERMANN - RARE RECORDINGS 1934 TO 1942 Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1003 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
EMANUEL FEUERMANN – RARE RECORDINGS 1934 TO 1942 -- ANTONIN DVORAK: Concerto Op. 104: Slow Mvt.; ISAAC ALBENIZ: Tango; ERNEST BLOCH: Prayer from Jewish Life; FREDERIC CHOPIN: Nocturne in Eb Op.9 No.2; Introduction and Polonaise Brillante; KARL DAVIDOFF: At the Fountain; GEORG FREDERIC HANDEL: Adagio and Allegro; FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Spring Song Op. 62 No.6; DAVID POPPER: Spinning Song; ANTON RUBINSTEIN: Melody in F; PABLO DE SARASATE: Zapateado; ROBERT SCHUMANN: Zigeunerleben Op. 29 No 3; GIOVANNI SGAMBATI: Serenata Napoletana; PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse Sentimantale Op. 51 No. 6; GIUSEPPE VALENTINI: Gavotta and Allegro. Accompaniment: Franz Rupp, piano; Wolfgang Rebner, piano; Theo van der Pas, piano; Teddy Saidenberg, piano; Orchestra and Frank Black; Gerald Moore, piano; Albert Hirsch, piano. The first in Cello Classics’ Historical Series, we are herewith presenting several recordings made by one of the greatest cellists of the twentieth century, while at the height of his powers. Before his untimely death at the age of only 39, Emanuel Feuermann was in demand worldwide; indeed the recordings in this collection span three continents, studio recordings, a live broadcast and a rare early television broadcast. --What makes this collection so exciting to lovers of great cello playing, and the work of Feuermann in particular, is that some of the tracks are here presented for the first time on CD; indeed, several have never appeared since they were originally released on 78s in the 1930s. The rendition of Popper’s “Spinning Song” is a remarkable performance of a truly virtuosic miniature, and must be heard to be believed. "Cello Classics (an offshoot of Clarinet Classics) have come up with a CD of rare Emanuel Feuermann recordings, including dazzling virtuoso performances of pieces by Popper and Sarasate as well as Feuermann's very last recording, the slow movement from Victor Herbert's cello concerto (with piano). The sound quality varies but the playing combines seductive tonal luster with outrageous dexterity. The Popper in particular parades so many notes in such quick succession that you would never expect them all to register accurately. And they do!" -- Gramophone August 2001
	DANZI; KLENGEL; ROMBERG; Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1004 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
MUSIC FOR TWO CELLOS - CERVETTO: Divertimento in G Minor, Op.4; DANZI: Arias from Mozart Operas; OFFENBACH: Duo in D Major, Op.52/3; KLENGEL: Suite in D Minor, Op.22; GLIERE: Nos. 1-5 from 10 Duets for Two Cellos, Op. 53; HINDEMITH: Duet for Two Cellos - Helena Binney; Sarah Butcher (cellos). This label has been praised for its adventurous and noteworthy programming. This unusual disc highlights an area of cello repertoire largely unexplored on CD.
	GREAT MOMENTS in CELLO PLAYING Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1006 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
VARIOUS COMPOSERS - Pablo Casals; Emanuel Feuermann; Gregor Piatigorsky; Gaspar Cassado; Arnold Foldesi; Pierre Fournier; Zara Nelsova; Felix Salmond; Andre Navarra; Maurice Gendron; Leonard Rose; Samuel Mayes; Daniil Shafran; Derek Simpson; George Neikrug; Anthony Pini; Raymond Clark; Alexander Rudin; Maurice Marechal. This disc is a personal selection by the renowned cellist and collector, Keith Harvey, of some of the most spectacular and treasured recordings of the last century. While some of the artists represented will be familiar to many, there are also several included whose work will astonish aficionados of string playing of the highest order. TRACKS: Zara Nelsova - Emanuel Moor: Prelude Op.123; Pablo Casals - Haydn/Piatti: Minuett and Variations; Arnold Földesy - Popper: Spinning Song; Emanuel Feuermann - Haydn/Klengel: Concerto in D Op. 102: Cadenza; Maurice Marechal - Caix d'Hervelois: Plainte; Samuel Mayes - J.S. Bach: St. John Passion :"All is Fulfilled"; Anthony Pini - Elgar: Concerto: Final part of Mvt. 4; Daniil Shafran - Ibert: Le Petit Âne Blanc (Little White Donkey); EnnioBolognini - Bolognini: Serenata del Gaucho; Gregor Piatigorsky - Schubert: Introduction, Theme & Variations; Pierre Fournier - Debussy: Reverie; Maurice Gendron - Moszkowski: Guitare Op. 45. No. 2; George Neikrug - Ravel: Kaddisch; Janos Starker - Popper: Etude Op.73 No. 28 in A; Alexandre Gotgelf - Shaporin: Scherzo; Mischa Maisky - Tschaikovsky: Eugen Onegin: Lensky's Aria; Alexander Rudin - Rimsky-Korsakov: Fantasy on "Le Coq d'Or".
	OFFENBACH; KLENGEL, ETC. Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1007 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
PETITS FOURS - Cello Quartets - OFFENBACH: (Adagio & (Scherzo); KLENGEL: Four Pieces, Op. 33; Two Pieces, Op. 5; GOLTERMANN: 2 Morceaux de Salon, Op. 53; PAQUE: Souvenir de Curis; GRUTZMACHER: Consecration Hymn, Op. 65; FITZENHAGEN: Die Spennerin, Op. 59/2; Ave Maria, Op. 4; Concert Waltz. Cellists of the London Mozart Players (Sebastian Comberti; Julia Desbruslais; Ben Chappell; Sarah Butcher). These are all gems written for the combination of 4 cellos by the great Cellist-Composers of the 19th century. Grutzmacher, Klengel and Fitzenhagen all taught at major conservatories in Europe.
	PROKOFIEV;KABELEVSKY,ETC. Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1008 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
RUSSIAN SOUL - PROKOFIEV: Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 125; KABALEVSKY: Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 77; TSINTADZE: 5 Pieces on Folk Themes. Daniil Shafran (cello); USSR State Symphony Orchestra; G. Rozhdestvensky, cond.; Lenningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; D. Kabalevsky, cond.; Nina Musinyan (piano). These are rare historical recordings by an artist who rarely ventured outside of Russia during his long career, but became a cult figure to his admirers. Classictoday.com rightly calls the Prokofiev performance "gripping" and Kabalevsky, conducting his own Cello Concerto here with Shafran, exclaimed, "It's wonderful. Magnificent!" I don't recognize my own music." Finally, Classictoday.com said this disc, "couldn't be more welcome."
	THE YSAYE CONNECTIONS Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1009 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
EUGENE YSAYE: Sonata for unaccompanied cello; Reve d’Enfant; CESAR FRANCK: Sonata in A; GUILLAUME LEKEU: Sonata in G Major - Raphael Wallfisch, cello; JohnYork, piano - One of the worlds most respected and recorded cellists, Raphael Wallfisch, in his first recording for Cello Classics, turns his attention to works inspired and written by the great Belgian violinist Eugene Ysaye. During the years he spent in Paris, from 1883 to 1886, Ysaye formed close ties with many great composers of the day, receiving the dedication of Franck’s Sonata in A, and commissioning what is probably the best know work by Guillaume Lekeu, himself a pupil of Franck.In addition to the many works for his own instrument, cellists are fortunate to have two works written by Ysaye, his Solo Sonata Op. 28 and the Reve d’Enfant.
	THE BRITISH CELLO PHENOMENON Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1010 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
ROSSINI: Overture William Tell (Part 1); BACH: Gamba Sonata BWV1027 (Adagio); Suite in D minor BWV 1008 (Allemande) & (Courante); GODARD: Berceuse de Jocelyn; DELIUS: Elegy; POPPER: Polonaise de Concert Op14; Hungarian Fantasy; GRIEG: To Spring; SAINT-SAENS: Softly Wakes my Heart (Samson & Dalila) Op4; TCHAIKOVSKY: Vision Scene (Sleeping Beauty Op66 Act 2); MASSENET: elegie; RUBBRA: Sonata in G minor Op60 (Vivace flessibile); Soliloquy; FAURE: elegie; Sonata No2 Op117 (Andante); Après un rêve; DEBUSSY (arr Harvey): Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune; VERDI: Overture I Masnadieri (part); SUPPE: Overture Morning, Noon & Night (part); SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata (Allegretto); DUTILLEUX: Strophe No3; JANACEK: Pohadka III ; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Figaro; KODALY: Solo Sonata Op8 (Allegro molto vivace); GLIERE: Albumblätter No5 & No1; WALTON: Concerto (Allegro appassionato); HANDEL (arr Halvorsen): Theme and Variations; WOOD: Fantasia on British Sea Songs (Tom Bowling); HOLST: Invocation Douglas Cameron/National Symphony Orchestra; John Barbirolli/Ethel Bartlett; WH Squire/Hamilton Harty; Beatrice Harrison/Orchestra/Eric Fenby; Cedric Sharpe/Cecil Dixon; Felix Salmond/Piano; Lauri Kennedy/Dorothy Kennedy; Anthony Pini/Ensemble; Raymond Clark/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Constant Lambert; Reg Kilbey/Jack Byfield; William Pleeth/Edmund Rubbra; Alan Dalziel/John Constable; Thomas Igloi/Clifford Benson; Keith Harvey/Linn Hendry; Jacqueline du Pre/Newbury String Players/Christopher Finzi; Norman Jones/Philharmonia/Gardelli; Denis Vigay/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville Marriner; Derek Simpson/Ernest Lush; Douglas Cummings; Moray Welsh; Christopher van Kampen/Ian Brown; Raphael Wallfisch/Linn Hendry; Colin Carr; Alexander Baillie/Dominic Harlan; Robert Cohen/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Litton; Steven Isserlis/Stephen Hough; Tim HughClive Greensmith/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Carl DavisPaul Watkins/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davies The exceptional tradition of British cello playing is celebrated on this exclusive 2-CD set, which gathers together many of the key cellists from the early years of the recording era to the present day. Here are such rarities as Sir John Barbirolli playing Bach; Beatrice Harrison, the Delius dedicatee, playing the Elegy; William Pleeth, one of the leading English cello teachers of his time, playing Rubbra with the composer at the piano; as well as performances from the current cello stars of the concert platform. Specially featured is the rediscovered recording of Jacqueline du Pre playing Rubbra’s Soliloquy, made during a performance with the Newbury String Players and conducted by her brother-in-law Christopher Finzi. With over two hours of music, this is a unique historical document. (2 CDs price of 1)
	WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART; HELE LIEBMANN; JOSEPH WOLFL; JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL: Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1011 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
MOZARTIANA - WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Andantino in B flat Major K.Anh. 46 (374g); HELEN LIEBMANN: Grande Sonata Op. 11; JOSEPH WOLFL: Sonata in D minor, Op. 31; JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL: Variations a la Monferina, Op. 54. Sebastian Comerti, cello; Maggie Cole, fortepiano. Mozart's unfinished Sonata movement in B flat is here, having been completed by Annette Isserlis. The disc also includes works by Mozart's pupils: J N Hummel's "Variations à la Monférine" Op.54 and Wölfl's Sonata in D minor, Op. 31 are both beautifully crafted and make virtuoso demands on the performers. Together with the exquisite Mozart inspired sonata by Hélène Liebmann, this is a CD of exhilarating and unjustly neglected masterpieces. Cello Classics' founder Sebastian Comberti and fortepianist Maggie Cole play on instruments of the period, bringing these works to light in all their true colors. The works on this recording reflect the richness of the cello repertoire from the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.
	NIKOLAI MIASKOVSKY Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1012 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
WORKS FOR CELLO: Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12; Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81; Concerto in C minor, Op. 66 - Alexander Rudin, cello; Victor Ginsburg, piano; Musica Viva Orchestra/Andrei Golovin Twice a winner at the Tchaikovsky Competition, Alexander Rudin is arguably the foremost cellist playing in Russia today. Already featured in ‘Great Moments’ CC1006, Rudin brings to Cello Classics a stunning recording of the complete works for cello by the much- neglected Soviet composer Nikolai Miaskovsky. Spanning the period from the 1st Sonata of 1911 to the Concerto of 1944, the works reflect the composer’s natural gift of melody and deep emotional expression. This ravishing recording is played with great eloquence by performers entirely at one with the genre.
	FEUERMANN IN CONCERT Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1013 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS (1835 – 1921): Concerto for Cello & Orchestra No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750): Adagio; Sarabande & Bourrée from Suite III GABRIEL FAURE (1845 – 1924): Après un Rêve DAVID POPPER (1843 - 1913): Papillon Emanuel Feuermann, cello; Franz Rupp, Theodore Saidenberg, piano New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Smallens Enhanced Cd Includes 1939 Film of Dvorak Rondo and Popper Spinning Song Originally a live broadcast, this electrifying performance of Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto, the only recording of the work by Feuermann, has been re-mastered and completed with the aid of the cellist Steven Isserlis and a certain amount of technical wizardry. Included as an encore is the only recording of unaccompanied Bach that Feuermann ever made. In addition there are previously un-heard takes of works by Bach and Fauré. Also included on this enhanced CD is the only existing film footage of Feuermann in a short film made in 1939 featuring two popular works from this great cellist's repertoire. A hugely important Release.
	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1014 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
Sonata in A major Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’; Sonata in F major Op. 17; Duet for viola and Cello WoO 32 Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano; Yuko Inoue, viola Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata - written "in the style of a concerto" - has long been considered one of the great challenges in the chamber music repertoire. Here a recently discovered transcription by the composer's pupil and friend Carl Czerny receives its World Premiere Recording by the distinguished partnership of Raphael Wallfisch and John York. Coupled with Beethoven's own transcription of his Horn Sonata and the rarely heard 'Eyeglass' Duet with Yuko Inoue, this CD fulfills Cello Classics' remit to bring rare and neglected repertoire to the world stage. Running time 74 minutes.
	JEAN BALTHASAR TRICKLIR (1750 – 1813) – CELLO CONCERTOS Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1015 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
Concerto No. 3 in C; Concerto No. 4 in D; Concerto No. 5 in A; Concerto No. 6 in G Alexander Rudin, cello and director Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Jean Balthasar Tricklir (1750-1813) was born in France, of German descent, was one of the finest cellists of his day, appearing as soloist at the celebrated 'Concerts Spirituels'. Nowadays his works remain largely unknown to all but a few cellists. Here the renowned Russian cellist, Alexander Rudin, winner of the 1973 Tschaikovsky International Competition, plays four of Tricklir's once celebrated concertos, in a World Première recording, that will surely do much to bring back to the composer the public recognition he undoubtedly deserves. Running time 73 minutes. World Premiere Recording!!
	EARLY ITALIAN CELLO MUSIC Label: CELLO CLASSICS 1016 Our Price: $19.00 Quantity in Basket: none
DOMENICO GABRIELLI (1651 – 1690): Ricercar No. 1 in G minor; Ricercar No. 6 in G major; Sonata in G (1st version); Ricercar No. 7 in D minor; Ricercar No. 5 in C major; Ricercar No. 3 in D major; Canon for Two Cellos; Sonata in A major; Ricercar No. 4 in E flat major; Ricercar No. 2 in A minor; Sonata in G (2nd version) FRANCESCO ROGNONI (d. ca. 1626): Divisions on “Susanne ung jour”; GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI (1583 – 1643): Canzona No. 5 “la Tromboncina”; Canzona No. 7 “la Superba”; Canzona No. 8 “l’Ambitisoa”; BARTOLOME DE SELMA Y SALAVERDE (c. 1580 – c. 1640): Fantasia No. 9 Richard Tunnicliffe, cello & bass violin; James Johnstone, harpsichord & organ; Paula Chateauneuf, theorbo; Sebastian Comberti, cello Baroque specialist Richard Tunnicliffe has performed and recorded with many leading groups, notably the Locatelli Trio and Fretwork. On his first recording for Cello Classics he performs the complete works for cello by Domenico Gabrielli, including the unaccompanied Ricercars, placing them in the context of contemporary Italian cello works, using a variety of continuo accompaniments.