100 Best Cello

This 6 CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favourite cello classics, performed by some of the world’s leading artists. Among them are giants of the past such as Pablo Casals, Janos Starker, Pierre Fournier, Paul Tortelier, Jacqueline du Pré and Mstislav Rostropovich, as well as more recent stars like Lynn Harrell, Truls Mørk, Steven Isserlis, Julian Lloyd Webber, Robert Cohen, Han-Na Chang, Gautier Capuçon and Natalie Clein.

Disc: 1

1. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Pr?lude - By Pablo Casals

2. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande - By Pablo Casals

3. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante - By Pablo Casals

4. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande - By Pablo Casals

5. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V. Menuet I - Menuet II - By Pablo Casals

6. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue - By Pablo Casals

7. Suite Pour Violoncelle Seul N�3 En Ut Majeur BWV 1009 : Pr?lude (Remasteris? En 1987) - By Paul Tortelier

8. Suite Pour Violoncelle Seul N�3 En Ut Majeur BWV 1009 : Allemande (Remasteris? En 1987) - By Paul Tortelier

9. Suite Pour Violoncelle Seul N�3 En Ut Majeur BWV 1009 : Courante (Remasteris? En 1987) - By Paul Tortelier

10. Suite Pour Violoncelle Seul N�3 En Ut Majeur BWV 1009 : Sarabande (Remasteris? En 1987) - By Paul Tortelier

11. Suite Pour Violoncelle Seul N�3 En Ut Majeur BWV 1009 : Bourr?es 1 Et 2 (Remasteris? En 1987) - By Paul Tortelier

12. Suite Pour Violoncelle Seul N�3 En Ut Majeur BWV 1009 : Gigue (Remasteris? En 1987) - By Paul Tortelier

13. 6 Suites (Sonatas) for Cello BWV 1007-12, Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV1011: Pr?lude - By Mstislav Rostropovich

14. 6 Suites (Sonatas) for Cello BWV 1007-12, Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV1011: Allemande - By Mstislav Rostropovich

15. 6 Suites (Sonatas) for Cello BWV 1007-12, Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV1011: Courante - By Mstislav Rostropovich

16. 6 Suites (Sonatas) for Cello BWV 1007-12, Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV1011: Sarabande - By Mstislav Rostropovich

17. 6 Suites (Sonatas) for Cello BWV 1007-12, Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV1011: Gavotte I - By Mstislav Rostropovich

18. 6 Suites (Sonatas) for Cello BWV 1007-12, Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV1011: Gavotte II - By Mstislav Rostropovich

19. 6 Suites (Sonatas) for Cello BWV 1007-12, Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV1011: Gigue - By Mstislav Rostropovich

20. Cello Concerto in G Major, RV 413: I. Allegro - By Lynn Harrell

21. Cello Concerto in B Minor, RV 424: I. Allegro non molto - By Han-Na Chang/Christopher Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra

22. Cello Concerto in B Minor, RV 424: II. Largo - By Han-Na Chang/Christopher Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra

23. Cello Concerto in B Minor, RV 424: III. Allegro - By Han-Na Chang/Christopher Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra

Disc: 2

1. Cello Concerto in G Minor: I. Allegro - By Jacqueline du Pr?/Valda Aveling/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli

2. Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb/1: I. Moderato (Cadenza by Britten) - By Mstislav Rostropovich/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Iona Brown

3. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb/2: III. Rondo - Allegro - By Truls M?rk

4. Cello Sonata No. 6 in C Major, G.6: I. Allegro - By Steven Isserlis/Maggie Cole

5. Cello Sonata No. 6 in C Major, G.6: II. Largo assai - By Steven Isserlis/Maggie Cole

6. Cello Sonata No. 6 in C Major, G.6: III. Allegro moderato - By Steven Isserlis/Maggie Cole

7. Cello Concerto in B Flat Major, G.482: I. Allegro moderato - By Wouter M?ller/Linde Consort/Hans-Martin Linde

8. Cello Sonata in G Major, G. 5: II. Allegro alla Militaire - By Steven Isserlis/Maggie Cole

9. Cello Concerto in G Major, G. 480: III. Allegro - By Steven Isserlis/Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra/Juha Kangas

10. Sonate N�3 En La Majeur Op.69 : III Adagio Cantabile - By Paul Tortelier - Eric Heidsieck

11. Sonate N�3 En La Majeur Op.69 : IV Allegro Vivace - By Paul Tortelier - Eric Heidsieck

12. Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2: I. Allegro con brio - By Jacqueline du Pr?/Stephen Kovacevich

13. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D Op. 102/2 (1988 Remastered Version): II. Adagio con molto sent - By Jacqueline du Pr?/Stephen Kovacevich

14. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D Op. 102/2 (1988 Remastered Version): III. Allegro - Allegro fu - By Jacqueline du Pr?/Stephen Kovacevich

Disc: 3

1. Sonate En La Mineur Pour Violoncelle Et Piano D.821 "Arpeggione" : II Adagio (Remasteris? En 1999) - By Paul Tortelier - Robert Weisz

2. R?verie (Extr. Des "Sc?nes D'enfants") Op.15 N�10 (Remasteris? En 1999) - By Paul Tortelier - John Newmark

3. Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: III. Sehr lebhaft - (Cadenza) - Im Tempo - Schneller - By Natalia Gutman/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Kurt Masur

4. Song without Words, Op.109 (1995 Remastered Version) - By Jacqueline du Pr?/Gerald Moore

5. Polonaise Brilliante in C major, Op.3 - By Natalie Clein/Charles Owen

6. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor (Arr. for Cello) - By Julian Lloyd Webber/John Lenehan

7. Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: III. Largo - By Jacqueline du Pr?/Daniel Barenboim

8. Introduction and Variations on "Dal tuo stellato soglio" from Rossini's "Mos? in Egitto", Op. 24 (Ar - By Paul Tortelier/Maud Tortelier/English Chamber Orchestra

9. Cello Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: I. Allegro - By Truls M?rk

10. From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68, B. 133: V. Silent woods (Arr. Dvorak, for Cello and Orchestra, B. - By Timothy Walden/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek

11. Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38: II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto - By Jacqueline du Pr?/Daniel Barenboim

12. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante (Excerpt) - By Stephen Hough/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis/Timothy Hugh

13. Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102, "Double Concerto": III. Vivace non troppo - By Renaud Capu?on

14. Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: IV. Allegro molto - By Jacqueline du Pr?/Daniel Barenboim

Disc: 4

1. Allegro appassionato, Op.43 - By Han-Na Chang/Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma/Antonio Pappano

2. Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le Cygne (Andantino grazioso) - By Nash Ensemble

3. Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33: I. Allegro non troppo - By Mstislav Rostropovich/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini

4. El?gie in C Minor, Op. 24 (Molto adagio) - By Michel Plasson

5. Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: IV. Allegretto poco mosso (Arr. Delsart) - By Jacqueline du Pr?/Daniel Barenboim

6. Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op.36: II. Andante molto tranquillo - By Truls M?rk/Jean-Yves Thibaudet

7. Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Introduction (Moderato assai quasi andante) - Thema (Moderato - By Robert Cohen/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Zdenek M?cal

8. Kol Nidrei, Op.47 - By Han-Na Chang/London Symphony Orchestra/Mstislav Rostropovich

9. Salut d'amour, Op.12 (arr. Julian Milone) - By Natalie Clein/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley

10. 2 Chansons, Op. 15: II. Chanson de matin. Allegretto (Arr. for Cello) - By Natalie Clein/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley

11. Don Quixote, Op. 35, TrV 184: Thema (Don Quixote, the Knight of the Mournful Countenance). M?ssig - By Paul Tortelier/Staatskapelle Dresden/Rudolf Kempe

12. 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise (Arr. for Cello) - By Han-Na Chang/Leonard Slatkin/Philharmonia Orchestra

13. Cello Concerto in D: III. Molto vivace - By Julian Lloyd Webber/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras

Disc: 5

1. Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato - By Natalie Clein/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley

2. Four Pieces, Op.78: II. Romance - By Truls M?rk/Jean-Yves Thibaudet

3. El cant dels ocells - By Han-Na Chang/Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma/Antonio Pappano

4. Marche Op.65 (Extr. De "Musique Pour Enfants"), Arr. Pour Violoncelle Seul De Paul Tortelier, D'apr? - By Paul Tortelier

5. Adagio (from 'Cinderella') Op. 97b (transcibed Prokofiev) (1997 Remastered Version) - By Mstislav Rostropovich/Alexander Dedyukhin

6. Adi?s Nonino (Arr. Julio Medaglio) - By Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker

7. Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op.68 (1997 Remastered Version): IV. Passacaglia - Andante allegro - By Mstislav Rostropovich/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Britten

8. Schelomo, Rhapsodie h?bra?que for Cello and Orchestra: (Lento moderato) - By Mstislav Rostropovich/Leonard Bernstein/Orchestre National de France

9. Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 22: II. Andante sostenuto - By Jukka-Pekka Saraste

10. Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107: I. Allegretto - By Paul Tortelier/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Berglund

11. Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40: IV. Allegro - By Mstislav Rostropovich

12. Cello Concerto No. 2, Op.126: II. Scherzo (Allegretto) - By Truls M?rk/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons

13. The Protecting Veil, for Cello and Strings: IV. The Incarnation - By Steven Isserlis/London Symphony Orchestra/Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

14. The Canticle of the Sun (Excerpt, from fig. 15) - By Mstislav Rostropovich

15. Cello Concerto No. 1, Op.136: Nonchalant - By J?nos Starker/Philharmonia Orchestra/Walter Susskind

Disc: 6

1. Mouvement Perp?tuel (Remasteris? En 1999) - By Paul Tortelier - John Newmark

2. Zapateado Op.23 (Remasteris? En 1999) - By Paul Tortelier - John Newmark

3. Allegretto in the style of Boccherini (1995 Remastered Version) - By J?nos Starker/Gerald Moore

4. Tamborino ? 2 Violoncelles (Remasteris? En 1999) - By Paul Tortelier - Maud Martin Tortelier

5. March from 'The Love for Three Oranges' (1997 - Remaster) - By Mstislav Rostropovich/Alexei Zybtsev

6. La Gitana - By Pierre Fournier/Gerald Moore

7. L' Heure Exquise - By Julian Lloyd Webber/John Lenehan

8. Granadina, Chant D'Espagne Pour Violoncelle Et Piano (D'apr?s La Version Pour Violon Et Piano De Pau - By Paul Tortelier - John Newmark

9. Sadko: Chant Hindou - By Julian Lloyd Webber/Catrin Finch

10. The Fair at Sorochints?, 'Sorochinskaya yarmarka' (1995 Remastered Version): Gopak - By J?nos Starker/Gerald Moore

11. Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune. Andante tr?s expressif (Arr. for Cello) - By Mstislav Rostropovich/Alexander Dedyukhin

12. 24 Caprices, Op.1 (1995 Remastered Version): No. 13 in B Flat - By J?nos Starker/Gerald Moore

13. Pi?ce En Forme De Habanera (Remasteris? En 1999) - By Paul Tortelier - John Newmark

14. Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 2: "Mon coeur s'ouvre ? ta voix" (Arr. Papin for Cello & Piano) - By Gautier Capu?on

15. Elfantanz, Op. 39 (Presto) - By Mstislav Rostropovich/Alexander Dedyukhin

16. Arioso (Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, BWV1056) (1995 Remastered Version) - By J?nos Starker/Gerald Moore

17. The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act 3: Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. Strimer) - By Pierre Fournier/Gerald Moore

18. Cello Suite, Op.72 (1997 Remastered Version): VI. Moto perpetuo e Canto quarto (Presto) - By Mstislav Rostropovich

19. Cinderella, Op.87 (1997 Remastered Version): Waltz-Coda - By Mstislav Rostropovich/Alexei Zybtsev

20. Hungarian Rhapsody, Op.68 (1995 Remastered Version) - By J?nos Starker/Gerald Moore

21. Bachianas brasileiras No. 1, W. 246: III. Fugue (Conversa) - By Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker