Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33

Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alexander Hilsberg

I. Nicht zu schnell

Composer: Robert Schumann

Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Fritz Reiner

II. Langsam

Composer: Robert Schumann

Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Fritz Reiner

III. Sehr lebhaft

Composer: Robert Schumann

Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Fritz Reiner

I. Adagio - Moderato

Composer: Edward Elgar

Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: John Barbirolli

II. Lento - Allegro molto

Composer: Edward Elgar

Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: John Barbirolli

III. Adagio

Composer: Edward Elgar

Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: John Barbirolli

IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro ma non troppo

Composer: Edward Elgar

Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: John Barbirolli

Introduction

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

Theme: Massig

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

Variation 1: Das Abenteur mit den Windmuhlen -

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

Variation 2: Der Kampf gegen die Hammelherde -

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

Variation 3: Gesprache zwischen Ritter und Knappe -

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

Variation 4: Das Abenteur mit der Prozession von Bussern -

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

Variation 5: Don Quixotes Wacht in der Sommernacht -

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

Variation 6: Die verzauberte Dulzinea -

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

Variation 7: Der Ritt durch die Luft -

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

Variation 8: Die Fahrt auf dem verzauberten Nachen [Barcarolle] -

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

Variation 9: Der Kampf gegen die vermeintlichen Zauberer: der Angriff auf die Monche -

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

Variation 10: Zweikampf mit dem Ritter vom blanken Monde; Heimkehr des geschlagenen Don Quixote -

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

Finale: Don Quixotes Tod

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

Schelomo

Composer: Ernest Bloch

Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein

I. Massig schnell

Composer: Paul Hindemith

Ensemble: CBS Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Paul Hindemith

II. Ruhig bewegt - Sehr lebhaft - Im fruheren langsamen Zeitmass

Composer: Paul Hindemith

Ensemble: CBS Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Paul Hindemith

III. Marsch: Lebhaft - Trio [nach einem alten marsch] - Lebhafter

Composer: Paul Hindemith

Ensemble: CBS Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Paul Hindemith

Variations on a Theme of Paganini

Composer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Donald Voorhees

Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan

Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Donald Voorhees

Allegro appassionato in B Minor, Op. 43

Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Donald Voorhees

2 Melodies, Op. 3: No. 1. Melody in F Major (arr. for cello and orchestra)

Composer: Anton Rubinstein

Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Donald Voorhees

Adagio - Rondo

Composer: Carl Maria von Weber

Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Donald Voorhees

Piece en forme de habanera

Composer: Maurice Ravel

Ensemble: CBS Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Andre Kostelanetz

Élégie (arr. for voice, cello and orchestra)

Composer: Jules Massenet

Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Jennie Tourel, Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Donald Voorhees

6 Songs, Op. 4: IV. Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair (arr. F. Kreisler for voice, cello and orchestra)

Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Ensemble: CBS Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Jan Peerce, Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Andre Kostelanetz

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33 (abridged version)

Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Donald Voorhees

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Composer: Luigi Boccherini

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

II. Largo assai

Composer: Luigi Boccherini

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

III. Rondo

Composer: Luigi Boccherini

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 10, J. 103 (arr. G. Piatigorsky for cello and piano)

Composer: Carl Maria von Weber

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ivor Newton

12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in F Major, Op. 66

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Lukas Foss

I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo -

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Artur Schnabel

I. Allegro molto più tosto presto

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Artur Schnabel

II. Rondo: Allegro

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Artur Schnabel

I. Allegro non troppo

Composer: Johannes Brahms

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Arthur Rubinstein

II. Allegretto quasi menuetto

Composer: Johannes Brahms

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Arthur Rubinstein

III. Allegro

Composer: Johannes Brahms

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Arthur Rubinstein

I. Allegro agitato

Composer: Edvard Grieg

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

II. Andante molto tranquillo

Composer: Edvard Grieg

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

III. Allegro

Composer: Edvard Grieg

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

I. Prologue

Composer: Claude Debussy

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

II. Serenade - Finale

Composer: Claude Debussy

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Composer: Samuel Barber

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

II. Adagio

Composer: Samuel Barber

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

III. Allegro appassionata

Composer: Samuel Barber

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

I. Andante grave

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

II. Moderato

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

III. Allegro ma non troppo

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

Romance sans paroles, Op. 23

Composer: Karl Davïdov

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Karol Szreter

Characterstucke, Op. 3: No. 4. Papillon

Composer: David Popper

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Karol Szreter

Scherzo, Op. 12, No. 2

Composer: Daniel van Goens

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Karol Szreter

Spanish Dances, Op. 23: No. 2. Zapateado (arr. G. Piatigorsky for cello and piano)

Composer: Pablo de Sarasate

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Karol Szreter

Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3: III. Menuetto: Quasi allegro

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Josef Wolfsthal, Gregor Piatigorsky, Leonid Kreutzer

Caucasian Sketches: Suite No. 1, Op. 10: II. In the Village

Composer: Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov

Ensemble: Edith Lorand Orchestra

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Conductor: Edith Lorand

Ne iskushay menya bez nuzhdi (Do not tempt me needlessly) (arr. for violin, cello and piano)

Composer: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Performer: Georges Boulanger, Gregor Piatigorsky, Karol Szreter

Thais: Act II: Meditation (arr. for violin, cello and piano)

Composer: Jules Massenet

Performer: Dajos Béla, Gregor Piatigorsky, Karol Szreter

Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 1 in G Major, "May Breeze" (arr. F. Kreisler for cello and piano)

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Karol Szreter

Guitarre in G Major, Op. 45, No. 2 (arr. M. Moszkowski and G. Piatigorsky for cello and piano)

Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Karol Szreter

Chanson Villageoise, Op. 62, No. 2

Composer: David Popper

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Karol Szreter

6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (None but the Lonely Heart) (arr. G. Piatigorsky for cello and piano)

Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Karol Szreter

Cello Sonata in E Major: IV. Largo cantabile - II. Allegro vivo (arr. A. Trowell for cello and piano)

Composer: François Francœur

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ivor Newton

6 Morceaux, Op. 51: No. 6. Valse sentimentale (arr. G. Piatigorsky for cello and piano)

Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ivor Newton

Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth. (arr. G. Piatigorsky)

Composer: Frédéric Chopin

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ivor Newton

Preludio

Composer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Stroll

Composer: Gregor Piatigorsky

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky

From Jewish Life: I. Prayer

Composer: Ernest Bloch

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

Music for Children, Op. 65: No. 10. Marche (March) (arr. G. Piatigorsky)

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

Music for Children, Op. 65: No. 6. Valse (Waltz) (arr. G. Piatigorsky for cello and piano)

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: No. 5. Masquers (arr. G. Piatigorsky for cello and piano)

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

Romans (Romance) (arr. G. Piatigorsky for cello and piano)

Composer: Alexander Scriabin

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

Goyescas, Part I: Intermezzo (arr. G. Cassado and G. Piatigorsky for cello and piano)

Composer: Enrique Granados

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Ralph Berkowitz

Capriccio (arr. G. Piatigorsky for cello and piano)

Composer: Lukas Foss

Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky, Lukas Foss