Janos Starker: The Mercury Living Presence Recordings | Decca 4786754

Janos Starker: The Mercury Living Presence Recordings

Label: Decca

Cat No: 4786754

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Release Date: 5th May 2014

Contents

About

This box is a collection of some of the finest recordings made by the master cellist Janos Starker. His death in 2013 prompted warm obituaries across the world’s press, and this collection celebrates his life’s work.

It includes key cello works in distinguished performances, from Bach’s cornerstone solo suites, to some lesser known Italian Sonatas, the two classic Brahms sonatas, and concertos by Schumann, Dvorák, Lalo and Saint-Saëns.

The accompanying booklet includes three separate elements – an overview on Starker’s contribution to recording, Starker’s recording notes and the original album essays.

Contents:
CD 1/2

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
- Complete Suites for unaccompanied cello, BWV 1007–1012

CD 3
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
3 Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1027–1029
- Sonata No.1 in G major, 1027
- Sonata No.2 in D major, 1028
- Sonata No.3 in G minor, 1029
Gyorgy Sebok

CD 4 Italian Cello Sonatas
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
- Sonata No.4 in A major, G4
ANTONIO VIVALDI
- Sonata for cello and continuo in E minor, RV 40
ARCANGELO CORELLI
- Sonata in D minor, op.5 no.7 arr. August Lindner
PIETRO LOCATELLI
- Sonata in D major arr. Alfredo Piatti
GIUSEPPE VALENTINI
- Sonata in E major arr. Alfredo Piatti
Stephen Swedish (piano)

CD 5
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
- Variations concertantes, op.17
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
- Variations on a Theme of Rossini
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
- Polonaise brillante, op.3
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
- Sonata No.1 in D minor
BÉLA BARTÓK
- Rhapsody No.1, BB 94
Version for cello and piano
LEÓ WEINER
- Hungarian Wedding Dance
György Sebök (piano)

CD 6
JOHANNES BRAHMS
- Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, op.38
- Cello Sonata No.2 in F major, op.99
György Sebök (piano)

CD 7
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
- Cello Sonata No.2 in D major, op.58
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
- Cello Sonata in G minor, op.65
György Sebök (piano)

CD 8
ANTONÍN DVORÁK
- Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
MAX BRUCH
- Kol Nidrei, op.47
London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati

CD 9
ROBERT SCHUMANN
- Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129
ÉDOUARD LALO
- Cello Concerto in D minor
London Symphony Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

CD 10
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
- Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
- Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, op.33
London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati

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