GIANTS OF THE CELLO - THE GREATEST CELLO RECORDINGS (10 CDS)

This 10 CD box set contains some of the world’s best classical cellists: Jacqueline du Pré, Pablo Casals, Mstislav Rostropovich, Pierre Fournier, Paul Tortelier, Gregor Piatigorsky and Emanuel Feuermann. These high-class interpretations include some of the most significant recordings of all-time.

The set features accompanying artists of the highest order, including Friedrich Gulda, Rudolf Serkin, Jascha Heifetz, Arthur Rubinstein and others. They perform concertos and chamber music by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Walton, Bruch and others.

Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV1007

Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV1008

Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV1009

Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV1010

Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1

Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2

Beethoven: Variations (7) on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46

Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102

Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Op. 47

Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

Saint-Saëns: Le Cygne (from Le carnaval des animaux)

Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69

Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV1011

Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV1012

Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for cello & orchestra, Op. 125

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107

Prokofiev: Adagio for cello & piano (from Cinderella), Op. 97bis

Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63

Walton: Cello Concerto

Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 'In Memory of a Great Artist'

Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Major, Op. 97 'Archduke'