Emilio Colon

The guiding principle of this edition by Janos Starker is to provide suggestions led by musical considerations based on the underlying rules of string playing. It is hoped that this edition will encou...

Brahms famously described this piece as "certainly not difficult to play", and while easier than some of his other very challenging works, it is still a quality performance piece. The SONATA NO 1 is w...

César Franck composed the Sonata in A Major as a wedding gift for violinist Eugène Ysaÿe in 1886, who gave the first performance on December 16. Evidence suggests, however, that Franck originally envi...

From Janos Starker: DON QUIXOTE by Richard Strauss is based on Cervantes's saga of the adventures of the Don, and is one of our major cello works. When I first performed it with Fritz Reiner and the C...

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) wrote Siete canciones populares españolas (Seven Spanish Folksings) in 1914, originally for soprano and piano. This transcription for cello and piano and been completed by...

The music of Bohemian cellist and composer David Popper (1843-1913) is virtuosic and charming, but only a select few pieces out of his vast output have come to be known by audiences and cellists alike...

Kodaly's Sonata for Cello is among the most significant pieces in the cello repertoire. The suggested bowings and fingerings in this edition are the result of over six decades of performances, some of...

Taking influence from Brahms, Dohnanyi's beautiful KONZERTSTUCK is a virtuosic piece for cello. It is in three sections, with a performance time of approx. 25 minutes.

This beautiful cornerstone piece of cello repertoire was composed by Strauss when he was only 19 years old. It was dedicated to cellist Hans Wihan, who performed the premiere in 1883.

Originally composed in 1824 for the arpeggione, a 6 string bowed guitar, this arrangement of Schubert's SONATA IN A MINOR is a beautiful and challenging piece of cello repertoire. This excellent editi...

Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11, was originally written in 1871. The standout melancholic second movement, Andante cantabile (Bb major), based on a folk song whistled by...

The Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, RV 531 was written by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) around 1720 for two cellos, string orchestra, and basso continuo. In three movements, it is among Vivaldi's mo...