Composer: Pablo Casals, Frédéric François Chopin, Clémont Philibert Léo Delibes, Antonín Dvořák, Edward William Elgar, Gabriel Urbain Fauré, Ottorino Respighi, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, Charles Camille Saint-Saëns, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Peteris Vasks, Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Sol Gabetta, Irène Timacheff-Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou, Cello Ensemble Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Sonatori de la Gioisa Marca
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Mario Venzago, Charles Olivieri-Monroe, Ari Rasilainen
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Sony
Catalogue: 88985342962
Release: 2016
Size: 541 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
01. I. Adagio – Moderato
02. II. Lento – Allegro molto
03. III. Adagio
04. IV. Allegro – Moderato – Allegro ma non troppo
05. Elgar: Sospiri, Op. 70
06. Elgar: Salut d’amour, Op. 12
07. Elgar: La Capricieuse, Op. 17
Dvořák: From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68
08. V. Silent Woods
09. Dvořák: Rondo for Cello and Orchestra in G Minor, Op. 94
10. Respighi: Adagio con variazioni, P. 133
CD 02
Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125
01. XIII. The Swan
02. Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra)
03. Casals: Song of the Birds
04. Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum (Arr. for Cello and Piano)
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons – Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297, “Winter”, Arr. for Violoncello
05. I. Allegro non molto
06. II. Largo
07. III. Allegro
08. Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra from String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11)
09. Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 15, No. 1 (Arr. for Cello and Piano)
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan
10. The Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. for Cello and Piano)
11. Delibes: Les filles de Cadix
12. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin: Lensky’s Aria (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra)
13. Vasks: Musique du Soir pour Violoncelle et Orgue
Sol Gabetta is an exceptional young cellist, and this is an exceptional compilation of the work she has done in the recording studio so far in her short career. In addition to Elgar’s evergreen Cello Concerto, here are also some Elgar salon works, and a couple of really worthwhile short pieces by Dvorak: Silent Woods and the Rondo. The second album is mainly given over to short encore pieces such as, inevitably, Saint-Saens’s The Swan , and less obviously, Pablo Casals’s beautiful reworking of a Catalan folk song, The Song of the Birds. Truly exceptional, and no cello lover should miss this.