Do you like the sound of the cello? Any particular pieces of music you can recommend for enjoying...?

Question

.... the low moan of the cello?

Answer 1

after 46 years of playing cello i better like it .... cellist of note include Casals, Starker, the recently deceased Rostropovich, Tortellier, Cassado, du Pre and of course Yo-Yo Ma ... pieces of note the concertos of Saint-Saens, Dvorak, Schuman, Victor Herbert (yes the operetta composer played the cello, Offenbach (yes he played too) Elgar and incidental pieces of Bruch, Faure, Massenet, ... sonatas of Vivaldi, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and 2 of my personnel favorites the Schubert double cello quintet in C and Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brazilieros for soprano and 8 cellos ..... gorgeous music

Answer 2

Love the mellow sound of the cello. Recommended cello music include Jacqueline du Pre performing Elgars Cello Concerto Opus 85 with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim and Enigma Variations Opus 36 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim. CBS recording courtesy of EMI.
I also enjoy recordings of Pablo Casals playing cello Beethoven Cello Sonatas recorded by Philips.
Heinrich Schiff is another great cellist - I particularly enjoy recording of Cello Concerto in B minor by Antonin Dvorak on Phillips recording.

Answer 3

I love the sound of the Cello and every other stringed instrument but no particular piece of music stands out.

Answer 4

i definitely do.

listen to Jacqueline Du Pre, especially her recordings of the Elgar Cello Concerto.
Yo-Yo Ma is also a cello-great. the Dvorak Cello Concerto is a beautiful piece... very lyrical and emotional.

Answer 5

The Schubert Arpeggione ...there is a wonderful recording of Yo Yo Ma playing it...

And there is the MOST beautiful piece by Brahms: Der Geistliche Wiegendlied, Op 91, No 2 .. .... for alto, cello (or viola), and piano ..... it is to die for!!! There is a recording with Janet Baker, the English mezzo-soprano and someone special playing the piano but I forgot who ...(oops!) I think it is Andre Previn... (sorry) ... It is for Christmas time....
Wiegendlied is a cradle song
and Geistliche means 'holy' ..or 'sacred', 'spiritual'

Answer 6

Prelude from the Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (J.S. Bach) it is rather easy to find and it sounds good

Answer 7

i play the violin in my school orchestra and i would say that if i hadn't chosen to play the violin, the cello would be my very first choice. i love listening to the cello. i think the bass is too low and the violin and violas are too high.

Answer 8

Love it, but not deeply into it. I like Claude Bolling's "Suite for Cello & Jazz Piano Trio".

Answer 9

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Answer 10

janos starker playing violincello in kol nidre by bruch on mercury label ,recorded in lt 60s,kol nidre is a prayer on high jewish holydays,,,prayer,supplication,gods answer,,,,,,,bruch puts in music the vocalised prayer,,,,,,,,starker makes the v/c sing,,,,puts music to smoke rising from the tabernacle,,,,,same album has dvorzhak concerto in f