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Laughter and tears in a truly Golden collection

A Golden Cello Decade, 1878-88

ruch: Kol Nidrei; Dvoř á k: Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 75; Le Beau: Cello Sonata; R Strauss: Cello Sonata; ED Wagner: Schir Zijon – ‘Kol Nidrei’; I Nathan: Oh! Weep 1878-88 truly was a ‘golden’ decade, with the arrival of cello sonatas from Grieg, Strauss, Brahms, Franck and Fauré’s . But this album’s focus is on the constellation of lesser-known works around those stars, in this case, the Strauss (in its original version).

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