Benjamin Britten first met Mstislav Rostropovich in 1960, when the Russian cellist came to London for the UK premiere of the concerto that Shostakovich had written for him. Rostropovich immediately ...

This is an exhilarating pairing of sonatas from the 1840s, with cellist Pieter Wispelwey partnered by pianist Paolo Giacometti, who plays an Erard instrument made in 1837. The disc is also tribute to ...

Yun-chan, the older brother, was the one who first mentioned Beethoven’s name,” said cellist Han Jae-min, 20 years old, ...

One of the musicians I miss most in this current deep freeze is the Russian pianist Arcadi Volodos. He always loved eluding the press – when I was commissioned to interview him in Madrid, he almost ...

The cello sonata as we know it today was effectively created by Beethoven in the two virtuosic Sonatas, Op 5, he wrote in 1796 for the King of Prussia. The composer added three more, the largest and ...

With that nation much in the news lately, that might have been the title for Monday night's concert at Southern Methodist University's Caruth Auditorium. Presented by the Dallas Chamber Music Society, ...

The Watkins brothers' third volume of British cello sonatas focuses on works written between 1945 and 1948. Edmund Rubbra's sole cello sonata opens in a sombre, stately, flowing manner. The style has ...

Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 Alban Gerhardt, Cello (Johann Baptist Joseph) Max(imilian) Reger, Composer Markus Becker, Piano (3) Suites, Movements: G (Johann Baptist Joseph) Max(imilian) Reger, ...

Last year marked the 250th anniversary of the birth of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, but planned celebratory concerts in Singapore had to be cancelled or deferred because of the Covid-19 ...

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Christian Poltéra, Cello Malmö Symphony Orchestra Arthur Honegger, Composer Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, Conductor Sonata for Cello and Piano Christian Poltéra, Cello ...

'Cello Sonata in C' was written in 1949 after Prokofiev was inspired by a performance by renowned cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. Prokofiev had been effectively banned by the Soviet regime as a ...