The Russian cellist Anatoly Brandukov was a best man at Rachmaninov’s wedding in the spring of 1902. He was quite a bit older than the groom, but the two had been close friends for some years, and it ...

Sonata for Cello and Piano Carmine Miranda, Cello Robert Marler, Piano Sonata for Cello and Piano Carmine Miranda, Cello Robert Marler, Piano While there are many fine recordings of Shostakovich’s and ...

Written for his friend and 'best man', Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata turned out to be his last chamber work. Around the turn of the 20th Century, Sergei Rachmaninov was still going through the serious ...

Sonata for Cello and Piano David Jalbert, Piano Denise Djokic, Cello Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Sonata for Cello and Piano David Jalbert, Piano Denise Djokic, Cello Fryderyk Chopin, Composer ...

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 ...

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Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan are well paired in this disc of sonatas by composers better known for piano music, both writing for cellists who were their close friends. Rachmaninov’s mammoth ...

We begin the hour with one of Sergei Rachmaninoff's most famous tunes, his Vocalise. It's an orchestral arrangement, played by the Detroit Symphony, conducted by Neeme Jarvi. (Chandos 9261) ...

This is a disc of high contrasts. Rachmaninov's ardently romantic cello sonata is clearly the work of a piano-obsessed composer, one who couldn't stop himself writing a huge piano part that's ...