Schumann Cello

Mstislav Rostropovich's 75th birthday is the occasion for this two-disc set of prime recordings by the protean artist. The Dvorák Concerto with Karajan's overrefined conducting, one of the better of the cellist's five recordings of this masterpiece, is not as lively as his version with Ozawa or as idiomatic as his early recording with Talich and the Czech Philharmonic in monophonic sound. The Schumann Concerto, here with Rozhdestvensky and the Leningrad Philharmonic, is incisively Romantic, but disciplined and done with a ravishing tone, vividly recorded.

Pablo Casals: Schumann - Klaviertrio Nr.1 D-Moll op. 63 / Stücke im Volkston Für Violoncello Und Klavier op. 102 Nr 1-5
Pablo Casals: Schumann - Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor op.63 / Five "Stücke im Volkston" for piano and cello op. 102
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 450 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 120 MB
Cat#: CBS 61 766 | Country/Year: Germany 1976 (1952) / Mono
Genre: Classical, Romantic | Hoster: Filesonic

Pau Casals i Defilló (December 29, 1876 – October 22, 1973), known during his professional career as Pablo Casals, was a Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor. He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time…

Robert Schumann - Gringolts Quartet - Chamber Works
5xCD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 1,03 GB | Full Artwork: 168 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Onyx # ONYX 4087 | Country/Year: Europe 2012
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Chamber Music

"… it’s music that we can never know well enough, especially in revelatory performances like these. The playing thrives on a close, intense and uncannily natural ambience (all except the violin sonatas were recorded in the Lutheran Church of Saint Catherine, St. Petersburg, Russia). Philip Borg-Wheeler’s liner notes make absorbing reading." ~audiophile-audition

In the autumn of 1851 Schumann composed, in rapid succession, the two violin sonatas and, in the space of just seven days from 2 to 9 October, the Piano Trio no.3, Op.110. As always during his work, Schumann was oblivious to everything around him, neglected social obligations, and isolated himself – even from Clara. ‘Robert is working very assiduously on a trio for piano, violin, and cello,’ she confided to her diary, ‘but he won’t let me hear anything of it until he has quite finished it – all I know is that it’s in G minor.’

RCA Red Seal is a classical music label and is now part of Sony Masterworks.
The Red Seal label was begun in 1902 by the Gramophone Company in the United Kingdom and was quickly adopted by its United States affiliate, the Victor Talking Machine Company, and its president, Eldridge R. Johnson. Distinctive, red paper information labels affixed to the centre of the two affiliated companies' black shellac discs inspired the name.