Essential Cello

Cello Concerto in B minor, RV 424: I. Allegro non molto

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Cello in B minor, RV 424

Christopher Warren-Green, Han-na Chang, London Chamber Orchestra

Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude

Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite für Violoncello solo no. 1 G-Dur, BWV 1007

Mstislav Rostropovich

Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande

Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite für Violoncello solo no. 1 G-Dur, BWV 1007

Mstislav Rostropovich

Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: III. Courante

Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite für Violoncello solo no. 1 G-Dur, BWV 1007

Mstislav Rostropovich

Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major: I. Moderato

Joseph Haydn - Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1

Iona Brown, Mstislav Rostropovich, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Cello Concerto in G major: Allegro

Luigi Boccherini - Cello Concerto no. 7 in G major, G. 480

Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas

Cello Sonata no. 5 in D major: I. Allegro con brio

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Cello and Piano no. 5 in D major, op. 102 no. 2

Stephen Kovacevich

Cello Concerto in A minor: III. Sehr lebhaft

Robert Schumann - Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129

Kurt Masur

Prelude in E minor

Frédéric Chopin - Prélude no. 4 in E minor, op. 28: Largo

Julian Lloyd Webber

Variations on a Theme of Rossini

Niccolò Paganini - Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Rossini

English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Tortelier

Cello Concerto in B minor: I. Allegro (extract)

Antonín Dvořák - Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

Double Concerto in A major: III. Vivace non troppo (extract)

Johannes Brahms - Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in A minor, op. 102 “Double Concerto”

Myung-whun Chung, Renaud Capuçon, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra

Cello Sonata no. 2 in F major: : IV. Allegro molto

Johannes Brahms - Sonata no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 120 no. 2

Daniel Barenboim

Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor: III. Allegro non troppo

Camille Saint-Saëns - Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 33

Carlo Maria Giulini, Mstislav Rostropovich

Variations on a Rococo Theme: Introduction – Theme – Variations I, II, and VII

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33

Robert Cohen, Zdeněk Mácal

Élégie

Gabriel Fauré - Élégie, op. 24

Michel Plasson, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Paul Tortelier

Chanson de matin

Edward Elgar - Chanson de matin, op. 15 no. 2

Vernon Handley, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Cello Concerto in E minor: I. Adagio – Moderato

Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85

Vernon Handley, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Don Quixote (extract)

Richard Strauss - Don Quixote

Rudolf Kempe, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Paul Tortelier

Vocalise

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14

Han-na Chang, Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra

Oblivion

Astor Piazzolla - Oblivion

Julian Lloyd Webber

Schelomo (extract)

Ernest Bloch - Schelomo

Leonard Bernstein, Mstislav Rostropovich, Orchestre National de France

Cello Concerto no. 1 in E-flat major: I. Allegretto

Dmitri Shostakovich - Cello Concerto no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 107

Paavo Berglund, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paul Tortelier

Clair de lune (Suite Bergamasque)

Claude Debussy - Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune

Mstislav Rostropovich

The Protecting Veil: The Incarnation

John Tavener - The Protecting Veil

Gennady Rozhdestvensky, London Symphony Orchestra

Dance of the Elves

David Popper - Elfentanz, op. 39

Mstislav Rostropovich