{"product_id":"daniil-shafran-more-cello-masterworks","title":"Daniil Shafran: More Cello Masterworks","description":"\u003cp\u003eParnassus presents legendary recordings of cello masterworks from one of the greatest cellists of the early 20th Century, Daniil Borisovich Shafran. It was a quirk of fate that the Soviet Union should have produced, within the space of four years, two of the greatest cellists of the age, Mstislav Rostropovich and Daniil Borisovich Shafran. It was a particular misfortune for Shafran that Rostropovich should have been so visible a musician, culturally and politically, as Shafran was largely overlooked. These recordings look to shine a spotlight on this great artist in full remasterings by Paul Arden-Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShafran was born on 13 January 1923 in St Petersburg, then Petrograd\/Leningrad, where his father, Boris, was principal cellist in the Leningrad Philharmonic. Studies with his father were followed by lessons with Aleksander Shtrimer (who had also taught Shafran’s father), first at the Special Music School, and then at the conservatoire two years later. Shafran made his concerto debut with the Philharmonic at the age of eleven, performing Tchaikovsky’s ‘Rococo’ Variations conducted by Albert Coates and three years later, in 1937, the same year that he won the All-Union Competition, he recorded the work with Alexander Gauk. His competition prize was a 1630 Amati cello (reputedly), slightly on the small side, that he used for the rest of his life. After his death, it turned out that it was, in fact, probably eighteenth-century German or Bohemian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Stephen Isserlis): “Sebastian Comberti had the best description …like finding the last member of a lost tribe of cellists. His playing takes you right back to a different era.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Comparisons in the Prokofiev are especially telling, Rostropovich is earnest but suave, Shafran more colourful but unremittingly intense. Rozhdestvensky’s mastery of the score is a bonus: this was the period when he made his greatest Prokofiev recordings” (Tsindzadze):\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“every bar holds its own brand of magic.” (Gramophone)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/officialTRACKLISTINGWITHWORLD_b79a4887-e333-4cca-a4b2-e2b81d298cf5_480x480.png?v=1681155905\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePiotr Ilich Tchaikovsky\u003cbr\u003e1 Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 18:48\u003cbr\u003ewith the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra\u003cbr\u003eKiril Kondrashin, conductor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Popper\u003cbr\u003e2 Vito, Op.54 No. 5 4:03\u003cbr\u003e3 Concert Etude, Op.55 No. 2 2:26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSulkhan Tzintstsadze\u003cbr\u003eFive Pieces on Georgian Folk Themes\u003cbr\u003e4 I. Arobnaya 5:19\u003cbr\u003e5 II. Chonguri 1:15\u003cbr\u003e6 III. Sachidao 2:34\u003cbr\u003e7 IV. Nana 3:19\u003cbr\u003e8 V. Plyasovaya 1:55\u003cbr\u003ewith Nina Musinyan, piano\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCamille Saint-Saëns\u003cbr\u003e9 Carnival of the Animals: The Swan 2:54\u003cbr\u003ewith Emil Gilels, piano\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSergei Prokofiev\u003cbr\u003eSymphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 125\u003cbr\u003eA I. Andante 9:39\u003cbr\u003eB II. Allegro giusto 16:27\u003cbr\u003eC III. Andante con moto 9:13\u003cbr\u003ewith the USSR State Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PARNASSUS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47795100221690,"sku":"PACL95016","price":9.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/5055354409165_402x-2048x2048.jpg?v=1759612268","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/en-de\/products\/daniil-shafran-more-cello-masterworks","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}