Janos Starker

Frederic Chopin (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Bohuslav Martinu (Composer), Claude Debussy (Composer), Bela Bartok (Composer), Leo Weiner (Composer), Harold Lawrence (Conductor), György Sebök (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: György Sebök
• Conductor: Harold Lawrence
• Composer: Frederic Chopin, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Bohuslav Martinu, Claude Debussy, Bela Bartok, et al.
• Audio CD (September 19, 1995)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B0000057MU
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,446 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sonata In G Manor, Op.65: Allegro moderato

2. Sonata In G Manor, Op.65: Scherzo: Allegro con brio

3. Sonata In G Manor, Op.65: Largo

4. Sonata In G Manor, Op.65: Finale: Allegro

5. Variations Concertrantes, Op.17

6. Variataions On A Theme Of Rossini

7. Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3

8. Sonata No.1 in D Minor: Prologue

9. Sonata No.1 in D Minor: Serenade et Finale

10. Sonata No.1 in D Minor: Finale

11. First Rhapsody

12. Hungarian Wedding Dance

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Starker, March 24, 2001

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Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Janos Starker (Audio CD)

Janos Starker is truly one of the great cellists of the twentieth century. On this delightful collection of music for cello and piano from 1962-63, Starker is joined by frequent partner Gyorgy Sebok. This disc is built around two compositions by Chopin -- the Sonata in G Minor (Op. 65) and the Polonaise Brillante (Op. 3). Starker and Sebok blaze through both these pieces at a much quicker tempo than say Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax do on their 1992 Sony recording. The result makes for interesting and exciting listening, but I prefer the more relaxed mood set by Ma and Ax. The real gems on this album are lesser known, seldom recorded works by Mendelssohn, Martinu, Weiner and Bartok, not to mention the wonderful first Debussy Sonata. In all, an excellent collection for cello enthusiasts.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo!, October 5, 2006

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David Emberson (Santa Cruz, California) - See all my reviews
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Another of the historic Mercury Living Presence recordings made by Janos Starker. Everything on the record is wonderful, but for me the highlights are the Debussy sonata and the Bartok First Rhapsody. I saw Starker teach the Bartok to Maria Kliegel in a Ravinia master class in the early 1970s. This is the benchmark recording of that piece.

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1.0 out of 5 stars NEVER RECEIVED, December 22, 2010

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