Daniil Shafran: Cello Masterpieces – Haydn, Schubert & Shostakovich

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Franz Joseph Haydn:Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101)
Dmitri Shostakovich:Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Franz Peter Schubert:Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821

Detailed Presentation

Franz Joseph Haydn:Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101)
Daniil Shafran (Cello)
The USSR Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)Neeme Jarvi (Conductor)
Dmitri Shostakovich:Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Franz Peter Schubert:Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821
Lydia Pecherskaya (Piano)Daniil Shafran (Cello)

(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)

Though not to everyone’s taste, many cellists regard his emotionally charged, free-spirited, yet finely nuanced playing as essential listening, and Cello Masterworks contains three particularly fine performances. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022