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Knushevitsky Edition: Historic Russian Russian Archives | Brilliant Classics 8924

Knushevitsky Edition: Historic Russian Russian Archives

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 8924

Barcode: 5029365892421

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 5

Release Date: 23rd November 2009

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Contents

Works

Khachaturian
Cello Concerto

Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto No.1

Tchaikovsky
Rococo Variations

Haydn
Four London Trios

Popper
Cello Concerto in C

Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata

Hummel
Septet Op.74

Borodin
String Sextet

Glazunov
String Quintet Op.39

Myaskovsky
Cello Sonata No.1

Grieg
Cello Sonata: Andante

Brahms
Cello Sonata No.1: Allegretto Quasi Menuetto

Schumann
Piano Trio No.2 Op.80

Babadzhanian
Piano Trio

Artists

Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (cello)
David Oistrakh (violin)
Rudolf Barshai (viola)
Alexander Goldenweiser (piano)
Arno Babadzhanian (piano)
Lev Oborin (piano)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Alexander Gauk

Works

Khachaturian
Cello Concerto

Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto No.1

Tchaikovsky
Rococo Variations

Haydn
Four London Trios

Popper
Cello Concerto in C

Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata

Hummel
Septet Op.74

Borodin
String Sextet

Glazunov
String Quintet Op.39

Myaskovsky
Cello Sonata No.1

Grieg
Cello Sonata: Andante

Brahms
Cello Sonata No.1: Allegretto Quasi Menuetto

Schumann
Piano Trio No.2 Op.80

Babadzhanian
Piano Trio

Artists

Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (cello)
David Oistrakh (violin)
Rudolf Barshai (viola)
Alexander Goldenweiser (piano)
Arno Babadzhanian (piano)
Lev Oborin (piano)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Alexander Gauk

About

Born in 1908, Knushevitsky studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Semyon Kozolupov. He was senior to Rostropovitch and Shafran, and he graduated with a gold medal the same year as Emil Gilels took the piano honours. Joining the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra in 1929, he remained their principal cello until 1943.

In 1940 he co-founded one of the most famous piano trios of all time with David Oistrakh and Lev Oborin. Knushevitsky’s jet-setting life style eventually (along with his alcohol dependency) took its toll, and he suffered a heart attack which killed him, aged 55 in 1963.

Gliere, Khachaturian and Miaskovsky all wrote concertos for him, and his repertoire embraced not only the mainstream, but contemporary and rarer works such as the Strauss sonata and the Reger Suites, plus an extensive array of crowd pleasing encores such as Chopin’s Op.25 in C sharp minor etude ‘left hand’, transcribed by Glazunov.

His style of playing was lyrical and had great emotional depth. Had he not succumbed to drink he would have challenged Rostropovich as the pre-eminent Russian cellist of the 20th century. As it is, his reputation is considerable and this 5 CD collection allows the listener to experience his remarkable music-making.

The recording of the Khachaturian Concerto is that of the first performance.

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