In this 1966 Decca recording, Raya Garbousova (1909-1997) performs the second movement the Barber Cello concerto, Op. 22 -- a work that was Barber wrote for her, and which she premiered with Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1946. In this performance -- the first issued on an LP -- Garbousova is joined by the Music Aeterna Orchestra, conducted by Frederic Waldman.
I created this video from the LP depicted above, issued on the Decca label, serial number DL 10132.
Movement 2: Andante sostenuto
Miss Garbousova's New York Times obituary is available here:
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/30/arts/raya-garbousova-87-cellist-honored-by-...
A well-informed tribute to the late cellist can be reviewed here: http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/janfeb07.htm
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More great cello performances:
Raya Garbousova / David Stimer: Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119 - Movement 1 (Prokofiev, 1948): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZsZICrnUN4
Saint-Saëns / Jacqueline du Pré - Le Cygne (The Swan) - 1962, Osian Ellis, Harp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrQbERLGkQY
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why is this not in a minor?
2cello 9 months ago