This 10 CD box set contains some of the world’s best classical cellists: Jacqueline du Pré, Pablo Casals, Mstislav Rostropovich, Pierre Fournier, Paul Tortelier, Gregor Piatigorsky and Emanuel Feuermann. These high-class interpretations include some of the most significant recordings of all-time.
The set features accompanying artists of the highest order, including Friedrich Gulda, Rudolf Serkin, Jascha Heifetz, Arthur Rubinstein and others. They perform concertos and chamber music by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Walton, Bruch and others.
Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV1007
Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV1008
Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV1009
Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV1010
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2
Beethoven: Variations (7) on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen”, for Cello and Piano, WoO 46
Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102
Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Saint-Saëns: Le Cygne (from Le carnaval des animaux)
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV1011
Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV1012
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for cello & orchestra, Op. 125
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107
Prokofiev: Adagio for cello & piano (from Cinderella), Op. 97bis
Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63
Walton: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 ‘In Memory of a Great Artist’
Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Major, Op. 97 ‘Archduke’