Gregor Piatigorsky: Milestones of a Legend | Documents 600445

Gregor Piatigorsky: Milestones of a Legend

Label: Documents

Cat No: 600445

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Release Date: 6th October 2017

Contents

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5 no.2
Cello Sonata no.5 in D major, op.102 no.2
String Trio in D major, op.9 no.2
Variations (12) on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen' for cello and piano, op.66

Bloch, Ernest

Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody for cello and orchestra)

Boccherini, Luigi

Cello Sonata in C major

Brahms, Johannes

Cello Sonata no.1 in E minor, op.38
Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, op.102

Chopin, Frederic

Introduction and Polonaise brillante, op.3

Debussy, Claude

Romance

Dvorak, Antonin

Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104

Elgar, Edward

Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85

Faure, Gabriel

Duets (2), op.10
» no.2 Tarantelle

Granados, Enrique

Danzas espanolas (12)
» no.2 Orientale

Grieg, Edvard

Cello Sonata in A minor, op.36

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Divertimento no.5 in D major, Hob.XI:114 (arr. Gregor Piatagorsky)

Hindemith, Paul

Cello Concerto (1940)

Mendelssohn, Felix

Piano Trio in D minor, op.49

Prokofiev, Sergei

Cello Sonata in C major, op.119
Romeo and Juliet, op.64
» Masks (Act 1)

Ravel, Maurice

Piano Trio in A minor
Piece en forme de Habanera

Rubinstein, Anton

Melodies (2), op.3
» no.1 in F major

Saint-Saens, Camille

Carnival of the Animals
» The Swan
Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33

Schumann, Robert

Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129
Fantasiestucke (3), op.73

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Cello Sonata in D minor, op.40

Strauss, Richard

Don Quixote, op.35

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Piano Trio in A minor, op.50 'In Memory of a Great Artist'

Walton, William

Cello Concerto

Artists

Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5 no.2
Cello Sonata no.5 in D major, op.102 no.2
String Trio in D major, op.9 no.2
Variations (12) on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen' for cello and piano, op.66

Bloch, Ernest

Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody for cello and orchestra)

Boccherini, Luigi

Cello Sonata in C major

Brahms, Johannes

Cello Sonata no.1 in E minor, op.38
Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, op.102

Chopin, Frederic

Introduction and Polonaise brillante, op.3

Debussy, Claude

Romance

Dvorak, Antonin

Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104

Elgar, Edward

Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85

Faure, Gabriel

Duets (2), op.10
» no.2 Tarantelle

Granados, Enrique

Danzas espanolas (12)
» no.2 Orientale

Grieg, Edvard

Cello Sonata in A minor, op.36

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Divertimento no.5 in D major, Hob.XI:114 (arr. Gregor Piatagorsky)

Hindemith, Paul

Cello Concerto (1940)

Mendelssohn, Felix

Piano Trio in D minor, op.49

Prokofiev, Sergei

Cello Sonata in C major, op.119
Romeo and Juliet, op.64
» Masks (Act 1)

Ravel, Maurice

Piano Trio in A minor
Piece en forme de Habanera

Rubinstein, Anton

Melodies (2), op.3
» no.1 in F major

Saint-Saens, Camille

Carnival of the Animals
» The Swan
Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33

Schumann, Robert

Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129
Fantasiestucke (3), op.73

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Cello Sonata in D minor, op.40

Strauss, Richard

Don Quixote, op.35

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Piano Trio in A minor, op.50 'In Memory of a Great Artist'

Walton, William

Cello Concerto

Artists

Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)

About

Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976) is a singular phenomenon among the cellists of the twentieth century as a person, pedagogue and musician. He was an ideal partner to the great instrumentalists of his time: Heifetz, Milstein, Horowitz, Rubinstein, Rachmaninov, Bartok and many others.

More than two generations of young musicians were introduced to the art of cello-playing by him, in cities like Berlin, Boston, Philadelphia, Tanglewood, Chicago, Los Angeles, Baltimore and Paris. He experienced the Russian October Revolution as the first cellist in the Moscow Bolshoi Orchestra. He came to Leipzig via Warsaw, where he studied with Julius Klengel, and went through hard times before becoming first cellist under Furtwängler in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (1924-29).

For the first time Piatigorsky’s fascinating playing during the most important stages of his career can be experienced comprehensively on the 10 CDs documented in this box set.

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