ROMANTIC VIRTUOSO CELLO WORKS

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

· Harmonies des bois, 2 pieces for Cello solo (arr. for Cello & Orchestra), Op. 76 No. 2: Les larmes de Jacqueline, Elegy dedicated to Mme. Arsène Houssaye (1851).

· Harmonies du soir, Andante for Cello & Piano (arr. for Cello & Orchestra), Op. 68 (c. 1850-52).

· Deux âmes au ciel, elegy for Cello & Piano (arr. for Cello & Orchestra), Op. 25, dedicated to the Memory of the Princess Marie and the Duke of Orléans (1843).

Jean-René Françaix (1912-1997)

· Rondino staccato from the Opera Le Diable boiteux (1937), arr. for Cello & Orchestra (Maurice Gendron arranged it also for Cello & Piano in 1953).

· Sérénade comique pour petit orchestre in E flat major (1934), arr. for Cello & Orchestra (Maurice Gendron arranged it also for Cello & Piano, and the original was choreographed by George Balanchine as the ballet À la Françaix in 1951). *

· Mouvement perpétuel, for Cello & Piano (1944), arr. for Cello & Orchestra.

· Berceuse from the opera L’Apostrophe (1940), arr. for Cello & Orchestra (Maurice Gendron arranged it also for Cello & Piano in 1953).

David Popper (1843-1913)

· Tarantella in G Major for Cello & Piano (arr. for Cello & Orchestra), Op. 33 (ed. 1880).

Franz Schubert (1808-1878)

· Bagatella in E Minor for Violin & Piano (arr. for Cello & Orchestra), "Die Biene”, Op. 13 No. 9 (1860).

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

· Après un rêve, song for Voice & Piano (arr. for Cello & Orchestra), Op. 7 No. 1 (1877).

Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)

· Sonata a Preghiera in F Minor, Introduction and Variations on "Dal tuo stellato soglio” from Rossini’s "Mosè in Egitto”, for Violin (fourth string) & Guitar or Piano (arr. for Cello & Orchestra), MS. 23 (1818/19).

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

· Lied an den Abendstern (arr. for Cello & Orchestra), from "Tannhäuser” (Act III, Scene 2), WWV 70 (1845).

Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908)

· Spanish Dance No. 6 for Violin & Piano (arr. for Cello & Orchestra), Zapateado, Op. 23 No. 2 (1880).

Münchener Kammerorchester, dir.: Hans Stadlmair. Werner Thomas-Mifune: Violoncello. All arrangements by W. Thomas.

Rec.: * 5-5-1983 / 23-1-1985, Bayerischer Rundfunk. München.

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