Janos Starker: The Warner Legacy | Warner - Icon 2564634125

Janos Starker: The Warner Legacy

Label: Warner - Icon

Cat No: 2564634125

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Release Date: 6th October 2014

Contents

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cello Suites 1-6 (complete), BWV1007-1012
Keyboard Concerto no.5 in F minor, BWV1056
Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major, BWV1068
» II Air 'Air on the G string'

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Cello Sonata no.1 in F major, op.5 no.1
Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5 no.2
Cello Sonata no.3 in A major, op.69
Cello Sonata no.4 in C major, op.102 no.1
Cello Sonata no.5 in D major, op.102 no.2

Boccherini, Luigi

Cello Concerto no.9 in B flat major, G482

Brahms, Johannes

Cello Sonata no.1 in E minor, op.38
Cello Sonata no.2 in F major, op.99

Cassado, Gaspar

Allegretto grazioso (Schubert)

Chopin, Frederic

Nocturnes (21)
» no.2 in E flat major, op.9 no.2

Debussy, Claude

Petite Suite
» III Menuet
Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.8 La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)

Dohnanyi, Erno

Konzertstuck in D major for cello and orchestra, op.12

Dvorak, Antonin

Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104

Faure, Gabriel

Elegie in C minor, op.24 (cello and orchestra)

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Cello Concerto in D major, Hob.VIIb:2 (op.101)

Kodaly, Zoltan

Sonata for solo cello, op.8

Kreisler, Fritz

Allegretto (in the style of Boccherini)

Milhaud, Darius

Cello Concerto no.1, op.136

Mussorgsky, Modest

Sorochintsy Fair: Hopak

Paganini, Nicolo

Caprices (24) for solo violin, op.1
» no.13 in B flat major 'Devil's laughter'

Popper, David

Hungarian Rhapsody, op.68

Prokofiev, Sergei

Cello Concerto in E minor, op.58

Saint-Saens, Camille

Allegro appassionato in B minor, op.43
Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33

Schubert, Franz

Moments musicaux (6), op.94 D780
» no.3 in F minor

Schumann, Robert

Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129
Kinderszenen, op.15
» no.7 Traumerei (arr. cello and piano)

Tcherepnin, Alexander

Ode

Artists

Janos Starker (cello)
Gerald Moore (piano)
Gyorgy Sebok (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Carlo Maria Giulini
Walter Susskind

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cello Suites 1-6 (complete), BWV1007-1012
Keyboard Concerto no.5 in F minor, BWV1056
Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major, BWV1068
» II Air 'Air on the G string'

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Cello Sonata no.1 in F major, op.5 no.1
Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5 no.2
Cello Sonata no.3 in A major, op.69
Cello Sonata no.4 in C major, op.102 no.1
Cello Sonata no.5 in D major, op.102 no.2

Boccherini, Luigi

Cello Concerto no.9 in B flat major, G482

Brahms, Johannes

Cello Sonata no.1 in E minor, op.38
Cello Sonata no.2 in F major, op.99

Cassado, Gaspar

Allegretto grazioso (Schubert)

Chopin, Frederic

Nocturnes (21)
» no.2 in E flat major, op.9 no.2

Debussy, Claude

Petite Suite
» III Menuet
Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.8 La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)

Dohnanyi, Erno

Konzertstuck in D major for cello and orchestra, op.12

Dvorak, Antonin

Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104

Faure, Gabriel

Elegie in C minor, op.24 (cello and orchestra)

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Cello Concerto in D major, Hob.VIIb:2 (op.101)

Kodaly, Zoltan

Sonata for solo cello, op.8

Kreisler, Fritz

Allegretto (in the style of Boccherini)

Milhaud, Darius

Cello Concerto no.1, op.136

Mussorgsky, Modest

Sorochintsy Fair: Hopak

Paganini, Nicolo

Caprices (24) for solo violin, op.1
» no.13 in B flat major 'Devil's laughter'

Popper, David

Hungarian Rhapsody, op.68

Prokofiev, Sergei

Cello Concerto in E minor, op.58

Saint-Saens, Camille

Allegro appassionato in B minor, op.43
Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33

Schubert, Franz

Moments musicaux (6), op.94 D780
» no.3 in F minor

Schumann, Robert

Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129
Kinderszenen, op.15
» no.7 Traumerei (arr. cello and piano)

Tcherepnin, Alexander

Ode

Artists

Janos Starker (cello)
Gerald Moore (piano)
Gyorgy Sebok (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Carlo Maria Giulini
Walter Susskind

About

In the years from 1957 to 1959, producer Walter Legge had recordings made of the essential items in the Hungarian cellist János Starker’s repertoire. This complete collection of his recordings for EMI and Erato represents the summit of Starker’s achievement on disc.

Legge, a perfectionist and a ruthless critic, undoubtedly found in the restrained manner and inward-looking temperament of Starker an ideal talking companion, especially since the two men had a pronounced liking for caustic humour, and one can be sure that the stamp of the famous artistic director was constantly in evidence throughout the recording sessions.

The listener will be surprised, on the other hand, when he hears again the first complete set of the Suites of Bach recorded by Starker (he was to record them twice more) by an approach which is much more committed and much more varied than memory will have led him to believe. The manner is of course apollonian, the playing both subtle and full of intensely personal accents, but it is the variation in tempo and the animation with which each Suite is charged that bring to the whole collection an unaccustomed depth, only otherwise to be found in the recent recordings made by exponents of the gamba.

The Sonata of Kodály, recorded between sessions devoted to the complete Suites of Bach, is one of the rare recordings by Starker that reveal the technical mastery that the virtuoso had attained by the end of the Fifties. This electrifying production gives the lie to the legend of an exclusively intellectual and severe János Starker and highlights one of the facets of an artist it is high time we rediscovered in all his varied dimensions.

May this issue contribute to a revaluation of a remarkable musical personality.

Contents:
CD 1 [69.16]
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Cello Suite No.1 in G BWV1007
- Cello Suite No.2 in D minor BWV1008
- Cello Suite No.3 in C BWV1009
- Cello Suite No.4 in E flat BWV1010
Recorded: 1957, 1958, 1959 - No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

CD 2 [71.04]
- Cello Suite No.5 in C minor BWV1011
- Cello Suite No.6 in D BWV1012

Zoltán Kodály
- Sonata for Solo Cello Op.8
Recorded: 1957, 1959 - No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

CD 3 [73.02]
Luigi Boccherini
- Cello Concerto in B flat G482
Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini

Johann Sebastian Bach
- Air (Orchestral Suite No.3 in D BWV1068)

Fritz Kreisler
- Allegretto in the Style of Boccherini

Camille Saint-Saëns
- Allegro appassionato Op.43

Claude Debussy
- La fille aux cheveux de lin (Préludes Book I No.8, arr. Feuillard)

Frédéric Chopin
- Nocturne No.2 in E flat Op.9 No.2 (arr. Popper)

David Popper
- Hungarian Rhapsody Op.68
  
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Arioso (Concerto No.5 in F minor BWV1056)

Franz Schubert
- Allegretto grazioso (arr. Cassadó)
- Moment musical D780 No.3 in F minor (arr. Becker)

Modest Mussorgsky
- Gopak (Sorochintsď Fair, arr. Stutschewsky)

Robert Schumann
- Träumerei (Kinderszenen Op.15, arr. Palaschko)

Claude Debussy
- Menuet (Petite Suite L65, arr. Gurt)

Alexander Tcherepnin
- Ode

Niccolň Paganini
- Caprice in B flat minor Op.1 No.13 (arr. Kreisler)

Gerald Moore (piano)
Recorded: 1958 -  Kingsway Hall, London / No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

CD 4 [71.08]
Joseph Haydn
- Cello Concerto No.2 in D Hob.VIIb/2

Robert Schumann
- Cello Concerto in A minor Op.129

Camille Saint-Saëns
- Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.33

Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini
Recorded: 1957, 1958 - Kingsway Hall, London

CD 5 [59.25]
Antonín Dvorák
- Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104

Ernst von Dohnányi
- Konzertstück in D Op.12

Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Süsskind
Recorded: 1956 - Kingsway Hall, London

CD 6 [49.55]
Gabriel Fauré
- Élégie in C minor Op.24

Darius Milhaud
- Cello Concerto No.1 Op.136

Sergei Prokofiev
- Cello Concerto in E minor Op.58

Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Süsskind
Recorded: 1956 - Kingsway Hall, London

CD 7 [54.02]
Johannes Brahms
- Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor Op.38
- Cello Sonata No.2 in F Op.99
György Sebok (piano)
Recorded: France

CD 8 [59.52]
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Cello Sonata No.1 in F Op.5 No.1
- Cello Sonata No.4 in C Op.102 No.1
- Cello Sonata No.5 in D Op.102 No.2


CD 9 [52.25]
- Cello Sonata No.2 in G minor Op.5 No.2
- Cello Sonata No.3 in A Op.69
György Sebok (piano)
Recorded: unknown

CD 10 [53.03]
Encores and showpieces by JS Bach, Valensin, Davidoff, Chopin, Delef, Rubinstein, Dinicu, Pergolesi, Saint-Saens, Hindemith, Handel, Liadov, Ravel and Popper

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