Solo Cello

[snyprrr]

BACH- 6 suites


KODALY- Sonata

HINDEMITH- Sonata

DALLAPICCOLA
KRENEK
SESSIONS
MARTINO

BERIO- Sequenza
XENAKIS- Nomos Alpha, Kottos
BA ZIMMERMAN- Sonata, 4 studies
"The Paul Sacher Dedications"-berio, halffter, lutoslawski, henze, etc.....
SCELSI- Triologia

I know there's tons of other good stuff out there.
anyone?

[snyprrr]

BRITTEN- 3 suites
BLOCH- 3 suites

[PaulR]

Weinberg-Solo Cello sonatas
B. Tchaikovsky-Suite for Solo Sonata
Tischenko-Sonata for Solo Cello #1 and #2

[J]

BRITTEN- 3 suites
BLOCH- 3 suites

REGER- 3 suites

[Maciek]

I'm sure both Luke and Guido will attest that this list could have no end.

I think you might enjoy the Cellovator disc.

[some guy]

If you admit electric cello, there's Jeffrey Krieger. Outlandishly good.

[snyprrr]

i appreciate "ring of fire" bringing up the russian front.

i agree...it doesn't take long to get a solo cello list to the "box set" limit. the only further dimension would be electronics, as in pieces by Saariaho and Reynolds.

matt haimovitz has the 3-cd box on DG. his most outre excursion is a jimi hendrix treatment of the star spangled banner i believe (a la kronos).

the music and arts label had a series called "cello america"......

ah, oh how i wish i could wail on a string instrument.

[sul G]

I'm sure both Luke and Guido will attest that this list could have no end.

Yes, I would.

But first things first, I'd add some more Scelsi to the single piece listed above...

[ezodisy]

Tischenko-Sonata for Solo Cello #1 and #2

have you heard these?

[pjme]

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello solo no 6 in D major, BWV 1012
György Kurtág (1926 - ) : Pilinszky János - Gérard de Nerval, Op. 5b
: Jelek, Op. 5b
: Az hit
: Arnyak
Halffter, Cristobal : Klagelied eines verwundeten Vogels
Vassiliev, Artem : Alter Ego
André Jolivet (1905 - 1974) : Suite en concert for Cello solo

[Maciek]

Forgot to mention the obligatory Krzysztof Meyer Sonata for solo cello op. 1. Written when he was 16. Excellent piece!

[Maciek]

Has anyone heard Peter Gregson's SPEM CD? How is it?

[snyprrr]

FRAINCAIX- Ghirarzana
                  etude-caprice pour un toimbeau de chopin

ok....fantasy:

SHOSTAKOVICH- 3 cello suites, op177-179

ooooo.....scary!!!

this IS fun!

oh, and chinary ung...let's not forget maya beiser

[Maciek]

Another one I forgot is of course Szymanski's Gigue!!! The score used to be available online at the Lutoslawski Cello Competition site.

[sul G]

I've got it, if anyone wants it.

[sul G]

Have the Ligeti and Crumb sonatas not been mentioned?

[Maciek]

Wow, Luke! Quick reaction!

(Have you ever tried playing it? I wish someone would record it...)

[EDIT: just downloaded and had a look through it (couldn't find mine) and wow! is it insane! really, really love it!]

[Guido]

There's a set of twelve pieces - variations on the name of (e)SACHER(é) which was commisioned for Sacher's 70th(?) birthday - 12 of the leading composers of the day all contributed a piece, with Britten contributing the theme. The best are Lutoslawski's contribution, Boulez' contribution for solo cellist and six cellists, and finest of all Dutilleux's Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher. For me, the Dutilleux Trois Strophes, Kodaly Solo Sonata and Britten Suites represent the absolute pinnacle of solo cello writing in the 20th century.

Other works which are extremely fine which have already been mentioned are the solo sonatas of Ligeti and Crumb, Xenakis' Kottos and and Nomos Alpha, Bloch's late Solo Cello Suites, Hindemith's solo sonata, and a few others...

This CD is the best CD of solo cello music I have ever heard (and I have a fairly good handle on what is available in this repertoire). The review is mine:


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Emmanuelle-Bertrand-Works-for-Cello/dp/B00004T6W0/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1235921755&sr=8-7

Her recording of the Bloch Solo Suites is also just superb:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ernest-Bloch-Suites-pour-violoncelle/dp/B0000DYMUC/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1235921865&sr=8-8

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Penderecki's Divertimento for Solo Cello. Available on the same Naxos disc as his Sextet and Clarinet Quartet

[Maciek]

This CD is the best CD of solo cello music I have ever heard (and I have a fairly good handle on what is available in this repertoire). The review is mine:

I've had that on my wishlist for a while. I guess I'll nudge it up a bit...