Classical Music for Aficionados
charles1dad: For cello sonatas I would recommend: Piatti: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-3, samples of which are: https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/8015516--piatti-cello-sonatas-nos-1-3 Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 (complete) and variations, Andras Schiff & Miklos Perenyi: https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/7932984--beethoven-cello-sonatas-nos-1-5-comple... Russian Cello Sonatas, Alexander Chaushian & Yevgeny Sudbin: https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/7996384--russian-cello-sonatas Pericoli: Cello Sonatas (cello & harpsichord): https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/8260858--pericoli-cello-sonatas-6 and my favorite cellist Daniil Shafran: Daniil Shafran plays Franck and Debussy (High Def Tape Transfers): https://www.highdeftapetransfers.com/products/daniil-shafran-plays-franck-and-debussy-pure-dsd |
For cello lovers, there’s an incredible, but pricey, set by my favorite cellist called the “Art of Maurice Gendron” on Decca. He was certainly one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century, with a tone like liquid gold. The set contains both his solo and concerto recordings. He was like none other with the possible exception of Emanuel Feurman, with whom I believe he studied. |
charles1dad, Schubert did more piano duos than any other great composer. A 4CD set by two fine pianists . Christoph Eschenbach and Justus Frantz on Brilliant Classics 92858 from HMV originals gives you 4 hours of the best at a cheap price .ADD CD A dark horse with Evgeny Kissin and James Levine on RCA 8287669283-2 sounds good to me, A DDD recording .one CD . A cello piece that might be interesting to a jazzman like yourself is Takemitsu's "Orion " a beautiful piece with piano pizzicatos , very modern classical piece that could be called avant jazz IMO . |
Charles1dad 12-10-2017Charles, cellist Janos Starker and pianist Gyorgy Sebok recorded three Bach sonatas (S. 1027, S. 1028, and S.1029, which may also be identified as being in G Major, D Major, and G Minor respectively) on the great Mercury Living Presence label many decades ago. I have it on an original LP, and I don't know if it has been released on CD or incorporated into a CD set or compilation. But if it has been, and you can find it, I guarantee you will be delighted! Best regards, -- Al |
