Solo Cello

[FideLeo]

Joseph-Marie-Clement Dall'Abaco
11 Capricen
Kirstin von der Goltz

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[not edward]

I think the Kodaly sonata on here is the most spectacular solo 'cello performance I've heard (even over de Saram's Xenakis):

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[Maciek]

Got an e-mail from Harmonia Mundi today ( guess one of you guys must have given them my address...) announcing a new Emmanuelle Bertrand CD (or actually: CD+DVD combo)! WOW!

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(The amazon UK site lists it as released over two weeks ago, but amazon COM, says it was released 3 days ago, hmmm...?)

[torut]

This is very good. (I think this has not been mentioned.)

Arne Deforce / Jonathan Harvey - Advaya
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Curve With Plateau for Cello Solo
Limen for Cello Solo
Advaya for Cello And Electronics
Riti for Cello Solo
Info at megadisc

'Advaya' for cello and electronics by Jonathan Harvey (1994)
played by Gabriel Prynn
https://www.youtube.com/v/9oUSgXGbuHU
(This is from another disc.)

[torut]

Wolfgang von Schweinitz - Plainsound-Litany für Violoncello solo, op. 46 a (2004)
Ashley Walters (cello)

https://www.youtube.com/v/FoJMlw9nyfo

The score can be downloaded from here.

I also highly recommend Plainsound Glissando Modulation (violin+bass).

[snyprrr]

I got '400 Years of Italian Music' (I think that's it)- a very nice recital, including the Sciarrino piece, and Dallapiccola.

btw- torut- great stuff!!

[North Star]

I got '400 Years of Italian Music' (I think that's it)- a very nice recital, including the Sciarrino piece, and Dallapiccola.

btw- torut- great stuff!!

You must mean this one from Sonia Wieder-Atherton & co.:
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[snyprrr]

You must mean this one from Sonia Wieder-Atherton & co.:
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No- two almost identical cds came out around the same time. I thought mine was Haimovitz? It's cross-referenced in 'Sciarrino' in the Amazon. '400 Years of Italian bla bla', but definitely '400 Years cello' should get you there, or 'cello sciarrino'.

How about that Haimovitz DG 3cd Box? eh

Also, I saw a Truls Mork Kodaly Sonata somewhere, sounds interesting.

My current cello cd of choice is the Arne Deforce Xenakis disc on Aeon.

[North Star]

This isn't all solo cello, but close enough
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[snyprrr]

This isn't all solo cello, but close enough
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The Veress pops up quite a bit.

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

I think the Kodaly sonata on here is the most spectacular solo 'cello performance I've heard (even over de Saram's Xenakis):

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This is great, but not the once-in-a-lifetime performance that he made on the Period label in the early 50s. I would say that one is probably the greatest single recording of anything I have ever heard.

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

Buy this. This is freakin' amazing--Ernst Reijseger's soundtrack to the Werner Herzog documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams




(Not strictly solo in many tracks)

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

This will blow your mind. Start at 1:30 if the opening is a bit slow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIMvM8u9C-o

[torut]

No- two almost identical cds came out around the same time. I thought mine was Haimovitz? It's cross-referenced in 'Sciarrino' in the Amazon. '400 Years of Italian bla bla', but definitely '400 Years cello' should get you there, or 'cello sciarrino'.

How about that Haimovitz DG 3cd Box? eh

Also, I saw a Truls Mork Kodaly Sonata somewhere, sounds interesting.

My current cello cd of choice is the Arne Deforce Xenakis disc on Aeon.

Do you mean this: 300 Years of an Italian Cello? (There were no cellos 400 years ago, right?) It looks interesting: a collection of cello work by Domenico Gabrielli, Berio, Dallapiccola, Cherney, Sciarrino, Ambrosini... but there are no notable Italian cello compositions in 18th & 19th centuries? (Gabrielli:17th century; others: 20th century) Is Gabrielli's work good?
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[Philo]

Perhaps the greatest solo cell piece is missing from this thread.

Liza Lim's Invisibility:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuvQwCuJDpY

[torut]

Perhaps the greatest solo cell piece is missing from this thread.

Liza Lim's Invisibility:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuvQwCuJDpY

That is great, though I don't like the camerawork. It is a pity, because the usage of the bow(s) is interesting.

So, it seems that Liza Lim is the final answer to solo cello and solo viola , how about violin and bass? There is one piece for solo violin, but no solo contrabass work?

[not edward]

This is great, but not the once-in-a-lifetime performance that he made on the Period label in the early 50s. I would say that one is probably the greatest single recording of anything I have ever heard.

Is that one available these days?

[Philo]

That is great, though I don't like the camerawork. It is a pity, because the usage of the bow(s) is interesting.

So, it seems that Liza Lim is the final answer to solo cello and solo viola , how about violin and bass? There is one piece for solo violin, but no solo contrabass work?

True enough. She is very young though, so there's still hope. 

[king ubu]

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

This looks mighty good - and it seems to be reissued shortly!

[Rinaldo]

Perhaps the greatest solo cell piece is missing from this thread.

Liza Lim's Invisibility

Truly something!

https://www.youtube.com/v/v9ZLvZJlv_s

I have a soft spot for David Darling's Cello and Dark Wood.

https://www.youtube.com/v/h_KqYI8G2Vc

His other new age-y output, not so much.