Cello Classics
exploring the wealth of cello repertoire
Sebastian Comberti: Artistic Director
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Cello Classics 2007
Founded in April 2001 we are dedicated to releasing CDs of unexplored repertoire for the cello, played by some of the most exciting players of the past and the present, and introducing some of the cellists of the future.
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New Releases
Following on from Cello Classics' first DVD, CC1901 ‘Greenhouse at Wigmore Hall’ we are delighted to announce the release of DVDs of masterclasses given by the late William
Pleeth. Teacher of the legendary Jacqueline du Pré and many other internationally recognized cellists ,he celebrated his 80th birthday in 1996. To mark the occasion, he was filmed giving a series of eight one-hour classes at the renowned Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies in Snape, England. In the classics of the cello repertoire, he had the uncanny ability to guide and inspire talented young players. This series is the only filmed document of his extraordinary work as a teacher.
Pal and NTSC, All regions; Running time each c.60 mins.
Early Italian Cello Music
Richard Tunnicliffe - cello and bass violin
Paula Chateauneuf - theorbo
Sebastian Comberti - cello
Gabrielli, Taeggio, Frescobaldi, Salaverde
CC1016
Baroque specialist Richard Tunnicliffe has performed and recorded with many leading groups, notably the Locatelli Trio and Fretwork. On his first recording for Cello Classics he performs the complete works for cello by Domenico Gabrielli, including the unaccompanied Ricercars, placing them in the context of contemporary Italian cello works, using a variety of continuo accompaniments.
Capriccioso
Under the Blue Skies
Alexander Rudin – cello
With
Vladimir Skanavi • Jana Ivanilova * Victor Ginsburg• Musica Viva
Paganini, Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Arensky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky
CC1020
The incomparable Alexander Rudin in his third disc for Cello Classics. Based around the theme of the Caprice, Rudin weaves a programme of miniatures embracing his own transcriptions of Paganini with rarely heard works by Arensky, songs with cello by Alyabiev and a simply breathtaking account of Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso.
William Pleeth DVDs
Early Italian Cello Music
Capriccioso - Under the Blue Skies
