Nocturnes, Movements: No. 2 in E flat, Op. 9/2 Anne Gastinel, Cello Claire Désert, Piano Sonata for Cello and Piano Anne Gastinel, Cello Claire Désert, Piano Introduction and Polonaise brillant Anne ...

Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 Pieter Wispelwey, Cello Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Paolo Giacometti, Piano Song without words Paolo Giacometti, Piano Pieter Wispelwey, Cello Felix Mendelssohn, ...

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 ...

The German cellist Alban Gerhardt (pictured) continues his exploration for Hyperion of some of the more rarefied areas of his instrument's repertoire in this revealing collaboration with his regular ...

Our 25th birthday celebration continues with a dazzling performance of Chopin by a gifted 16-year-old cellist. We are treated to a performance of Vivaldi by a young bassoonist and witness a ...

If Rodney Dangerfield had been a classical music critic, he might have said something like, "Cellists, they don't get no respect." Ever since the 19th century, a "Cult of the Violinist" has prevailed ...

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 ...

The CDs likely to be released in this, Chopin’s bicentenary year can hardly fail to be weighted in favour of his solo piano music, since that is the area to which he devoted the bulk of his creative ...

Chopin’s Cello Sonata refuses to play the role of a Romantic blockbuster. It is lyrical without being radiantly melodic, demanding but not overtly virtuosic. Brantelid and Shirinyan capture its ...