{"title":"Desmar","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"schumanns-complete-works-for-cello-piano-cellist-nathaniel-rosen-pianist-doris-stevenson","title":"Schumann's Complete Works for Cello \u0026 Piano cellist Nathaniel Rosen \u0026 pianist Doris Stevenson","description":"\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eHDTT RELEASING DESMAR RECORDINGS FROM ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHDTT is honored to present the first of a series of high-resolution releases based upon original master tapes of Desmar Records, an independent classical label in the late 1970’s that, under the leadership of artistic visionary Marcos Klorman, created an LP catalog of tremendous distinction. Desmar released recordings of such outstanding artists as conductor Leopold Stokowkski, cellist Nathaniel Rosen, flutist Julius Baker, harpsichordists Fernando Valenti and Lionel Party, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, and an array of great pianists, including Claudio Arrau, Harold Bauer, Richard Goode, Joseph Hofmann, Alicia de Larrocha, and Ervin Nyiregyházi. Desmar insisted on the very highest technical standards, and as a result, its recordings stand up beautifully today. Most of these outstanding recordings will be seeing their first digital releases on HDTT.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHDTT's first such release is Schumann's Complete Works for Cello and Piano, featuring great American cellist Nathaniel Rosen and renowned pianist Doris Stevenson. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRosen made his first recordings for Desmar Records, including this recording of the complete Schumann works for cello and piano. The recording date and venue are unknown—Mr. Rosen recalls that they were recorded at some point prior to 1978, the year that he won first place in the revered International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. He is heard playing his magnificent 1738 Domenico Montagnana cello, one of whose previous owners was François Servais (1807-1866), who invented the cello endpin in standard use today. Rosen acquired this important instrument in 1972. Although Rosen has had an important and busy career as a front-rank soloist and chamber musician, he has clearly been under-recorded. HDTT is privileged to bring a number of his stunning recordings back into release in hi-def formats, including his two excellent recordings for Desmar and some of his subsequent recordings, by special arrangement with the distinguished audiophile label, John Marks Records. Releases of some wonderful live recordings are planned as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBorn in California in 1948, Rosen began study with legendary cellist Gregor Piatigorsky at University of Southern California at age 13. He also studied chamber music at USC with Jascha Heifetz and William Primrose, and while in college at USC, studying with Piatigorsky, he became a founding member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. After graduating from USC at age 22, he served as Piatigorksy’s teaching assistant for five years until the latter died in 1976. The following year he became principal cellist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under André Previn. At age 17 he had been a finalist in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, and in 1978 he returned to win the Gold Metal, being the first American to do so since Van Cliburn. This win launched his professional career as a leading international soloist. That career has included solo appearances with, among others, the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, London Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, and Leipzig Gewandhaus, as well as participation in major chamber music festivals including Marlboro Music Festival, Casals Festival, Manchester Music Festival, Sitka Festival (where he was a founder) and Park City International Festival. He has further held teaching posts at a number of universities and conservatories, including University of Southern California; California State University, Northridge; University of Illinois; Manhattan School of Music; Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, NH; and Southern Methodist University. Since 2011, he has lived with his wife and family in Matsuyama and Yamanakako, Japan. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePianist Doris Stevenson has won lavish praise from critics and public alike in performances around the world. She has soloed with the Boston Pops and played at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Salle Pleyel in Paris and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Her acute sensitivity and profound musicality have made her a sought-after partner with some of the leading lights in string playing, including, in addition to Nathaniel Rosen, Gregor Piatigorsky, Ruggiero Ricci, Henri Temianka and Paul Tortelier. Early in her career she was invited to play with Heifetz and Piatigorsky, and she was pianist for the cello master classes of Piatigorsky, who described her as “an artist of the highest order.” Miss Stevenson taught for ten years at the University of Southern California and has been Artist in Residence at Williams College since 1987.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eCRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR NATHANIEL ROSEN:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Coupling a formidable technique with tremendous musical empathy . . . [Rosen] seems to have that elusive quality of communicating some inner soul.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Strad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Nathaniel Rosen is a virtuoso cellist of a sort audiences love to idolize and other cellists gather around to hear in mingled appreciation and envy.  . . .  Fast and accurate fingers, steady bow arm, dark mahogany tone, sensuous phrasing—Mr. Rosen has all the attributes for attracting and holding a public.  . . . unaccompanied Bach . . . was always highly musical and sensitive to detail.  In Schumann's “Fantasy Pieces” (Op. 73), the cellist seemed entirely at home, his impetuous, ardent style giving the music a composed-on-the‐spot feeling.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“an instrumentalist of uncommon skill . . . musical perception and sophistication . . .exquisite examples of caressing, melting cello tone, dazzling displays of graduations in dynamics.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRead about Nathaniel Rosen’s Gold Medal win at the 1978 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, as reported in Time Magazine, July 17, 1978 (p.74), included in “Cover Art and Liner Notes” below. At that time, Rosen was first chair cellist of the Pittsburgh Symphony, under conductor André Previn’s baton. Previn told Time that he was not at all surprised by Rosen’s win: “I kept telling him that he would win because he is the finest young cellist in the world.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eArtist(s): Nathaniel Rosen, Cello\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDoris Stevenson, Piano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRecording Info: Date and Venue of recording unknown transferred from the original master tapes released by Desmar Records 1978\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFantasiestücke, Op. 73 (Fantasy Pieces)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e01. I. Zart und mit Ausdruck (Tender and with expression)3:30\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e02. II. Lebhaft, leicht (Lively, light) 3:31\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e03. III. Rasch und mit Feuer (Quick and with fire) 4:42\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e04. Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70 9:43\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102 (Five Pieces in Folk Style)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e05. I. Mit Humor (With humor) 3:21\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e06. II. Langsam (Slow) 4:19\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e07. III. Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen (Not quick, played with much tone) 3:53\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e08. IV. Nicht zu rasch (Not too quickly) 2:12\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e09. V. Stark und markirt (Strong and marked) 3:46\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e10. Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte, Op. 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HDTT is releasing this great recording for the first time in high resolution, sourced from the original master tapes (the other Stokowski recording for Desmar, Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3, is slated to follow later). Stokowski made these outstanding recordings at the age of 93, and he would continue to make remarkable recordings up through June 1977, three months before his death on September 13, 1977, at age 95, and sixty-eight years after his debut concert in 1909. Stokowski was always known for the glorious, lush sound he drew from orchestral strings, and what is heard on the present recording of music written for string orchestra is no exception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesmar was an independent classical label in the late 1970’s that, under the leadership of artistic visionary Marcos Klorman, created an LP catalog of tremendous distinction. Desmar insisted on the very highest technical standards, and as a result, its recordings stand up beautifully today. Desmar spared no expense for these two Stokowski recordings, arranging for him to record with two great London orchestras of the time, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (heard on the instant release) and the National Philharmonic Orchestra, and with leading recording engineers of the day, Neville Boyling (this release) and Bob Auger. These two monumental Stokowski recordings stand as a testament to Klorman’s dedication to excellence and outstanding quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease see HDTT's first Desmar release, Schumann's Complete Works for Cello and Piano, featuring great American cellist Nathaniel Rosen and renowned pianist Doris Stevenson \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.highdeftapetransfers.ca\/products\/schumanns-complete-works-for-cello-piano-cellist-nathaniel-rosen-pianist-doris-stevenson\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e[HERE].\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e Conductor – Leopold Stokowski\u003cbr\u003eOrchestra – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eErich Gruenberg and Jeremy Painter, violins\u003cbr\u003eFrederick Riddle, viola\u003cbr\u003eDavid Strange, cello. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecording Info: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded by Desmar in No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road on August 16, 18 \u0026amp; 19, 1975\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEngineer – Neville Boyling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExecutive Producer – Marcos Klorman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProducer – Antony Hodgson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis recording was transferred from the original Desmar Master Tapes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRalph Vaughn Williams \u003cbr\u003e1 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 16:33\u003cbr\u003eHenry Purcell \u003cbr\u003e2 Dido's Lament (From Dido and Aeneas) 4:55\u003cbr\u003eAntonín Dvořák Serenade In E Op.22 \u003cbr\u003e3 I. Moderato 5:03\u003cbr\u003e4 II. Tempo Di Valse 6:04\u003cbr\u003e5 III. Scherzo (Vivace) 7:30\u003cbr\u003e6 IV. Larghetto 6:14\u003cbr\u003e7 V. Finale 5:40\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/3319\/files\/dsd256_badge_480x480.png?v=1516987294\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"98\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease Note: This release was mastered in DSD with no PCM. 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Stokowski is heard conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra, a London orchestra created largely from “cherry-picking” front-desk and other esteemed players from other great London orchestras, primarily to make recordings. \u003cbr\u003eBoth pieces in this recording are by Stokowski’s old friend and colleague, Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), who was one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, as well as one of that century’s greatest composers. Stokowski (1882- 1977) was five years younger than Rachmaninoff and lived a long, productive life, still making excellent recordings in his nineties (these were made at age 93). \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"383.09600000000006\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Both recordings are historic audio documents in their own right. Stokowski premiered Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony with the Philadelphia Orchestra on November 6, 1936, only months after its completion, but he never recorded it or even performed it again until the instant recording was made almost 40 years later. While the Vocalise exists in a number of versions, the 1912 original being a wordless song for soprano or tenor accompanied by piano, this Desmar recording is Stokowski’s only recording of the full orchestration made by the composer in 1916. Needless to say, Stokowski’s mastery of every aspect of the music heard here is unquestionable. How fortunate we are that Desmar’s enterprising founder Marcos Klorman preserved Stokowski’s authoritative interpretations in such brilliant sound, as experienced in this recording. \u003cbr\u003eAs noted by Recording Producer Antony Hodgson in the original Desmar album, “The acoustics of this splendid hall ( West Ham Pentecostal Mission) with its very long reverberation period are very helpful to the recording engineer, and with Stokowski’s approval, the orchestra was divided into instrumental choirs placed apart from one another so that both spaciousness and clarity could be obtained. This of course recalls [Stokowski’s] methods of orchestral placement in his ​performances in America.” Hodgson further reported that Stokowski was “always happy with this orchestra.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"273.57399999999984\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"273.57399999999984\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"556.5419999999999\"\u003eDETAILED LINER NOTES BY LEADING RACHMANINOFF AUTHORITY FRANCIS\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"243.95\"\u003eCROCIATA TO BE POSTED SOON.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"243.95\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"75.46000000000002\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e Conductor - Leopold Stokowski\u003cbr\u003eOrchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"128.58999999999995\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRecording Info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Recorded by Desmar in West Ham Pentecostal Mission, London,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"268.5339999999999\"\u003eon April 28 and 30 and May 1, 1975\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"161.34999999999997\"\u003eEngineer – Bob Auger\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"282.00199999999984\"\u003eExecutive Producer – Marcos Klorman\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"206.66799999999992\"\u003eProducer – Antony Hodgson\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"599.7039999999997\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis recording was transferred from the original Desmar Master Tapes,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"46.29799999999996\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e2023.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Sergei Rachmaninoff\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSymphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Lento; Allegro moderato \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16:58\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e2. 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His three works for cello and piano, two of which were inspired by his close friendship with the French cellist Auguste-Joseph Franchomme (1808-1884), consist of two early showpieces, (1) the Grand Duo concertant in E Major, B. 70 (on Themes from Meyerbeer’s ‘Robert le Diable’) written jointly by Chopin and Franchomme, and (2) the Introduction \u0026amp; Polonaise brillante in C Major, Op. 3, plus the mature masterpiece, the Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65, dedicated to Franchomme. In the originals of the two earlier pieces, the cello part is occasionally overshadowed by the brilliance of the piano writing, and in these pieces Rosen plays arrangements by his illustrious teacher and mentor, Gregor Piatigorsky, who successfully reassigned some of the piano lines to the cello to more equitably balance the importance of the two instruments. Rosen’s brilliant playing is perfectly paired with Stevenson’s impressive pianism in all of these challenging pieces. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese recordings were made in 1976, before Rosen was awarded the Gold Metal in the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1978. He is heard playing his magnificent 1738 Domenico Montagnana (ex-Servais) cello. Born in California in 1948, Rosen began study with legendary cellist Gregor Piatigorsky at University of Southern California at age 13. He also studied chamber music at USC with Jascha Heifetz and William Primrose, and while in college at USC, studying with Piatigorsky, he became a founding member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. After graduating from USC at age 22, he served as Piatigorksy’s teaching assistant for five years until the latter’s death in 1976. The following year he became principal cellist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under André Previn, who after Rosen’s win at the Tchaikovsky Competition told Time Magazine: “I kept telling him that he would win because he is the finest young cellist in the world.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRosen’s subsequent international solo career included appearances with, among others, the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, London Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, and Leipzig Gewandhaus, as well as participation in major chamber music festivals. He has further held teaching posts at a number of major universities and conservatories. He presently lives with his wife and family in Japan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegarding Rosen’s playing, The Strad reported: “Coupling a formidable technique with tremendous musical empathy . . . [Rosen] seems to have that elusive quality of communicating some inner soul.” As pointed out by The New York Times: “Nathaniel Rosen is a virtuoso cellist of a sort audiences love to idolize and other cellists gather around to hear in mingled appreciation and envy.  . . . Fast and accurate fingers, steady bow arm, dark mahogany tone, sensuous phrasing—Mr. Rosen has all the attributes for attracting and holding a public.” On another occasion, the The New York Times called him “an instrumentalist of uncommon skill . . . musical perception and sophistication . . .exquisite examples of caressing, melting cello tone, dazzling displays of graduations in dynamics.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.highdeftapetransfers.ca\/products\/js-bach-cello-suites-nathaniel-rosen-cello\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eHDTT has also released Nathaniel Rosen’s acclaimed Grammy-nominated John Marks Records recording of the Bach Solo Cello Suites\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. The Los Angeles Times stated of this recording: “Rosen conquers [the Suites] with performances of dark-toned, probing intensity …” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e Chopin: The Complete Works for Cello and Piano\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e Nathaniel Rosen, Cello\u003cbr\u003eDoris Stevenson, Piano\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecording Info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Recorded in 1976, location(s) unknown. For Tracks 1-4, produced and engineered by David B. Hancock; for Tracks 5-6, produced by Max Wilcox and engineered by Richard Gardiner. Thanks to Terry King for valuable assistance with this release.\u003cbr\u003eRestoration by John H. Haley, President, Harmony Restorations, LLC (early 2024)  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTransfer of original master tapes by Robert Witrak, Chief Engineer, HDTT, at DXD 32bit 352.8khz (early 2024), using a modified Studer 810 tape deck feeding a Merrill Tape Preamp.\u003cbr\u003eDigital: Merging Hapi Analog to Digital Converter clocked by an Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock\u003cbr\u003ePower Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for all components\u003cbr\u003eAll components grounded to Shunyata ALTAIRA Hubs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 65\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 - Allegro moderato (10:44)\u003cbr\u003e2 - Scherzo: Allegro con brio (4:59)\u003cbr\u003e3 - Largo (3:57)\u003cbr\u003e4 - Finale: Allegro (7:02)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 - Grand Duo concertant in E Major, B. 70 (on Themes from Meyerbeer’s Robert leDiable), written jointly by Chopin and Franchomme (arr. 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