Daniil Shafran - Cello Masterworks - Shostakovich, Schubert, Haydn (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

(Stephen Isserlis): “I love his playing. Sebastian Comberti came up with the best description …it was like finding the last member of a lost tribe of cellists. His playing takes you right back to a different era" “(Schubert) Shafran emerges as very able … not as rhythmically wayward as Rostropovich … the finale has an irresistible rhythmic lilt. (Shostakovich) presents a fuller picture of Shafran's artistry. He plays with very serious commitment, considerable tonal variety and technical ease, and has a splendid partner in Lydia Pecherskaya - a very perceptive musician throughout the Schubert too. The charm of the Allegretto is very well caught by both artists” (Haydn): Shafran claimed that his affinity with the concerto began before birth: his father was practicing it when his mother went into labour and was reluctant to take her to the hospital until it was perfect !” (Gramophone)

TRACKLIST

1. Daniil Shafran - Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Op. 101, Hob. VIIb 2: I. Allegro moderato
2. Daniil Shafran - Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Op. 101, Hob. VIIb 2: II. Adagio
3. Daniil Shafran - Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Op. 101, Hob. VIIb 2: III. Rondo. Allegro
4. Daniil Shafran - Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D. 821: I. Allegro moderato
5. Daniil Shafran - Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D. 821: II. Adagio
6. Daniil Shafran - Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D. 821: III. Allegretto
7. Daniil Shafran - Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40: I. Allegro non troppo
8. Daniil Shafran - Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40: II. Allegro
9. Daniil Shafran - Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40: III. Largo
10. Daniil Shafran - Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40: IV. Allegro



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