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For love of the ... cello
For many people, a favourite musical instrument is the cello. Here's a feast of RNZ Concert cello recordings to enjoy.
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BARBER: Cello Concerto
2 Aug 2019Lev Sivkov (cello) and Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio
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Salina FISHER: Mono No Aware
14 Jan 2020Performed by Matthew Barley (cello), and Stephen De Pledge (piano) at a CMNZ concert in Auckland Concert Chamber, 16 September 2019. Video, Audio
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PACHELBEL: Canon
14 Oct 2017Pachelbel's Canon, arranged for cello ensemble, played by James Tennant, Inbal Megiddo, Rolf Gjelsten, Edith Salzmann, and Anna-Marie Alloway. Audio
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SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor
24 Aug 2017Performed by Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt and the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Andrew Gourlay. Audio
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MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 109
29 May 2018Inbal Megiddo (cello) and Jian Liu (piano). Audio
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BACH: Three Cello Suites played by Johannes Moser
7 Oct 2018German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser was in New Zealand in 2018 and performed a recital of Bach Cello Suites. Recorded by RNZ at St Mary's Church in Auckland. Audio
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WEINBERG: Cello Concerto
It was not only in Nazi Germany that certain music was considered degenerate. Soviet leaders branded much contemporary music as 'Formalist'. Polish-born Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996) emigrated to… Audio
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Gareth FARR: Cello Concerto, Chemin des Dames (première)
12 May 2017Sebastien Hurtaud (cello), with NZ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich. Video, Audio
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Leonie HOLMES: The Fourth Station
12 Nov 2013Ashley Brown (cello); in a Radio New Zealand Concert recording from 12 December 2012. Audio
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2016-17 National Concerto Competition Final - Matthias Balzat
11 Mar 2017Matthias Balzat performs Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat. Audio
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Kenneth YOUNG: Suite for Solo Cello
29 Oct 2013Ashley Brown (cello); in a Radio New Zealand Concert recording from 12 December 2012. Audio
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David FARQUHAR: Suite for solo cello
15 Feb 2016Robert Ibell (cello). Recorded by Radio New Zealand Concert on 10th April 2003. Audio
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John ELMSLY: Four Echoes (for solo cello)
15 Feb 2016Robert Ibell (cello), recorded by Radio New Zealand Concert on 20th September 2001 Audio
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Christopher NORTON: Sonatina (1993)
16 Feb 2016Christopher Kane (cello), Katherine Austin (piano). Recorded by Radio New Zealand Concert on 5th July 1993. Audio
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James GARDNER: Charge
16 Feb 2016Ashley Brown (cello), recorded by Radio New Zealand Concert. Audio
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Robert BURCH: Essay to the Memory of Dmitri Shostakovich
Andrew Joyce (cello), Richard Mapp (piano). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 24 October 2014. Video, Audio
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Stephen MATTHEWS: Placing the Feather
2 May 2017James Tennant (cello), Katherine Austin (piano). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 28 February 2005. Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor Op 5/2
30 Sep 2017Julian Smiles and Sarah Watkins play Beethoven's Cello Sonata in G minor Op 5/2 Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69
30 Sep 2017Matthew Barley and Denes Varjon play Beethoven's Cello Sonata in A Op 69. Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 4
24 Oct 2017Rolf Gjelsten and Dénes Várjon play Beethoven's Cello Sonata in C Op 102 No 1. Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 5
24 Oct 2017Andrew Joyce and Denes Varjon perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata in D Op 102 No 2. Audio
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BRAHMS: Cello Sonata in D, Regenlied Op 78
29 May 2018Inbal Megiddo (cello) and Jian Liu (piano). Audio
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KLENGEL: Hymnus Opus 57
14 Oct 2017The cello ensemble of the Adam Chamber Music Festival plays 'Hymnus' by Julius Klengel. Audio
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