{"product_id":"various-artists-romantic-cello","title":"Various Artists: Romantic Cello - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRomantic Cello\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eVarious Artists\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eBrilliant Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e5028421949345\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2015-02-24\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e5\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         This invaluable survey of that most Romantic of instruments includes both the classic concertos of the era, by Dvorak and Saint-Saens, as well as a generous selection of encores and showpieces, performed by a variety of cellists from this and earlier generations. Including Zara Nelsova, in whose classic interpretation of the Dvorák one may readily hear the admiration evinced by the composer's friend Brahms who, on hearing the work, remarked that he would have composed a concerto for the instrument himself had he realized the possibilities inherent in a combination that may present certain problems of balance, pitting the mellow voice of the solo instrument against a full orchestra, but that yet may be overcome through a sensitive songfulness that came beautifully and naturally to Dvorak. Brahms, of course, can be considered to have made good his omission with the late flowering of the Double Concerto. His expansive E minor Sonata is here, alongside the deft turns of Mendelssohn's first sonata (in a performance by Luca Fiorentini on a rare Strad cello), as well as more lyrical sonatas by Chopin and Rachmaninoff, treasured by cellists for their juicy melodies and the opportunity to engage with the idioms of composers who largely wrote for the piano. The last disc opens with perhaps the most famous of all cello encores, the Swan, from Saint-Saens's Carnival of the Animals, which seems perfectly to capture the potential both for melancholy and for imitation of the human voice which places the cello alone among the string family. The most beautiful cello music of Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schumann Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff and many more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 I. Allegro \u003cbr\u003e1.2 II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo \u003cbr\u003e1.3 III. Finale: Allegro Moderato \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Klid (Silent Woods), Op. 68, No. 5, B. 182 \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Rondo in G minor, Op. 94, B. 181 \u003cbr\u003e1.6 I. Nicht Zu Schnell \u003cbr\u003e1.7 II. Langsam \u003cbr\u003e1.8 III. Sehr Lebhaft \u003cbr\u003e2.1 Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 \u003cbr\u003e2.2 Elegie, Op. 24 \u003cbr\u003e2.3 Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 \u003cbr\u003e2.4 Variations on a Rococo Theme in a Major, Op. 33 \u003cbr\u003e3.1 I. Allegro Non Tanto \u003cbr\u003e3.2 II. Scherzo: Allegro Molto \u003cbr\u003e3.3 III. Adagio Cantabile - Allegro Vivace \u003cbr\u003e3.4 I. Allegro Vivace \u003cbr\u003e3.5 II. Andante \u003cbr\u003e3.6 III. Allegro Assai \u003cbr\u003e3.7 I. Allegro Non Troppo \u003cbr\u003e3.8 II. Allegretto Quasi Menuetto \u003cbr\u003e3.9 III. Allegro \u003cbr\u003e4.1 I. Allegro Moderato \u003cbr\u003e4.2 II. Scherzo: Allegro Con Brio \u003cbr\u003e4.3 III. Largo \u003cbr\u003e4.4 Iv. Finale: Allegro \u003cbr\u003e4.5 I. Lento - Allegro Moderato \u003cbr\u003e4.6 II. Allegro Scherzando \u003cbr\u003e4.7 III. Andante \u003cbr\u003e4.8 IV. Allegro Mosso \u003cbr\u003e5.1 Carnival of the Animals: XIII. the Swan \u003cbr\u003e5.2 Goyescas: Intermezzo \u003cbr\u003e5.3 No. 1. Zart Und Mit Ausdruck \u003cbr\u003e5.4 No. 2. Lebhaft, Leicht \u003cbr\u003e5.5 No. 3. Rasch Und Mit Feuer \u003cbr\u003e5.6 14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 14. Vocalise in E minor \u003cbr\u003e5.7 Pezzo Capriccioso, Op. 62 (Version for Cello and Piano) \u003cbr\u003e5.8 The Golden Cockerel, Act II: Hymn to the Sun (Arr. for Cello and Piano) \u003cbr\u003e5.9 6 Morceaux, Op. 51: No. 6. Valse Sentimentale \u003cbr\u003e5.10 Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C Major, Op. 3 \u003cbr\u003e5.11 No. 1. El Pano Moruno \u003cbr\u003e5.12 No. 5. Nana \u003cbr\u003e5.13 No. 6. Cancion \u003cbr\u003e5.14 No. 7. Polo \u003cbr\u003e5.15 No. 3. Asturiana \u003cbr\u003e5.16 No. 4. Jota \u003cbr\u003e5.17 I. Prologue \u003cbr\u003e5.18 II. 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