Marina Tarasova - Works for Cello - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Renowned Russian cellist Marina Tarasova makes her debut on Challenge Classics. Her disc is centred on two great Sonatas Kabalevsky's (composed in 1962) and Shebalin's (composed in 1960). In between, Prokofiev's Concertino works as a lyrical intermezzo. Kabalevsky's Sonata is probably the most beautiful Russian 20th Century work for cello and piano. Shebalin's Sonata is a world premiere recording and a work of remarkable architectural complexity. In such repertoire few living cellists can compete with Tarasova's textual and spiritual insight.