The Russian cellist Anatoly Brandukov was a best man at Rachmaninov’s wedding in the spring of 1902. He was quite a bit older than the groom, but the two had been close friends for some years, and it ...

Sergei Rachmaninoff’s wordless and hypnotic Vocalise follows, showing a change in cello writing that would reflect the beautiful, vocal quality of the instrument. Then the program will catapult into ...

In a recital from St Mary's Church at Hay-on-Wye, clarinettist Michael Collins, cellist Guy Johnston and pianist Leon McCawley come together to perform a varied program of works. These include an ...

This is a disc of high contrasts. Rachmaninov's ardently romantic cello sonata is clearly the work of a piano-obsessed composer, one who couldn't stop himself writing a huge piano part that's ...

Celebrated cellist Misha Quint and pianist Tamila Azadaliyeva are primed to dazzle audiences at Carnegie Hall with a mélange of classic cello works from esteemed composers of the 19th and 20th ...