David Mellor explores the recorded legacy of great artists of the past. The playing of the Russian cellist Daniil Shafran captivated
Steven Isserlis when, as a boy, he heard his cello teacher give a lecture about him. A product of the Soviet system, Shafran managed to preserve a full-blooded Russian romanticism, though he was too individual for some tastes, as Isserlis found when he brought Shafran to England shortly before his death. With excerpts from: Debussy, arr Gurt Petite Suite Anton Ginzburg (piano)
Tchaikovsky The Seasons Nina Musinian (piano)
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D821
Lydia Pecherskaya (piano)
Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No 1 All-Union Radio Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor
Estonian Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Prokofiev Symphony-Concerto USSR SO, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky