Cello
Poulenc Sonata for cello and piano, II
Synthia Sture, piano
March 24th, 2015 at Steinert Hall
Prokofiev Sonata, first movement
Schubert Arpeggione, Second Movement
Bach Suite no. 6, Prelude
From a recital in May 2011
Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano
III. Largo
Alfred Schnittke
Marc Ryser, piano
From a recital in January 2011
Rachmaninoff Sonata for Cello and Piano, First Movement
From Ling Leng’s collaborative piano recital, spring 2010
Ling Leng, piano
Sept Papillons for Solo Cello
Kaija Saariaho
I’ve posted the second and sixth movements, or “butterflies” of Saariaho’s Sept Papillons. These were recorded in 2008 after working with Anssi Karttunen, the cellist for whom the piece was written. I was also lucky to play some butterflies for the composer.
Sonata for Piano and Cello
II. Serenade: Moderement anime
III. Final: Anime, leger et nerveux
Claude Debussy
Ayako Yoda, piano
Les Automates Jaquet-Droz
Schuyler Tsuda
A quartet for a pair of scoratura cellos and violas, this piece mimics the animation of mechanical dolls built between 1768 and 1774. This is a performance in from the summer of 2008, after working with the composer.