Nathaniel Rosen: Cello
Mr. Rosen achieved international stardom as the first American cellist to win a gold medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition, shortly after winning the coveted Naumburg Competition in 1977. Since then, he has performed with the New York, Los Angeles and Czech philharmonics, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Philadelphia, Minnesota and Dresden State orchestras, and the London, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Dallas, Houston and Vancouver symphonies. Mr. Rosen began cello studies with Eleonore Schoenfeld and continued with Gregor Piatigorsky. He has recorded several discs on the John Marks label and plays a 1738 Montagnana cello.
- Nathaniel Rosen Plays Brahms with Doris Stevenson: Johannes Brahms‘ first and second cello sonatas, Felix Mendelssohn‘s “Song Without Words”, and Robert Schumann‘s “Fantasy Pieces.”
- Nathaniel Rosen In Concert performing Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations and the First Cello Concerto by Shostakovich.
- Complete works for cello and piano of Chopin with Doris Stevenson
- Complete works for cello and piano of Schumann with Doris Stevenson
- The Bach Gamba Sonatas with Anthony Newman
- The Six Suites for Solo Cello of J.S. Bach
- Orientale – Short Pieces such as Elfentanz, Ritual Fire Dance, etc.
- Reverie – Romantic Short Pieces
- Music for a Glass Bead Game with Arturo Delmoni
- Sonatas of Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff with Pavlina Dokovska
- David Amram – Honor Song for Sitting Bull with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
- Saint-Saëns Concerto Live with the Camerata New York
- The Gallant Troubadour with Robert White, Samuel Sanders, Mark Peskanov, and Ransom Wilson
- Jacques Ibert Concerto for Cello and Ten Wind Instruments with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
“Mr. Rosen’s interpretations are daring and free-spirited, an approach that is evident nearly from the start . . . there is something persuasive about the broad strokes in which he paints. ”
The New York Times
“Nathaniel Rosen is one of the most outstanding cellists I’ve heard on disc recently, coupling a formidable technique with tremendous musical empathy . . . he seems to have that elusive quality of communicating some inner soul. ”
The Strad
“A commanding presence and a finely honed technique. ”
CD Review
“[Rosen’s] Bach solo cello suites combine elegance of articulation with an imaginative flair that blows the scholarly dust off these pieces. The Brahms, Schumann and Mendelssohn performances are similarly first-rate, robustly intoned and warmly phrased. ”
The Chicago Tribune
“A virtuoso of the sort audiences love to idolize and other cellists gather around to hear in mingled appreciation and envy.”
The New York Times
“[Rosen’s Bach Cello Suites] . . . they unfold beautifully and lyrically, impelled by a technique that is at once virtuosic and un-selfconscious.”
Stereophile [Recording of the Month]
“[Rosen] captures the biting irony in the opening Allegretto of Shostakovich [Concerto Op. 107], whilst exploring the melancholic and haunting mood of the slow movement with great sensitivity.”
The Strad
“Mr. Rosen has a driving force with great strength of tone and ability to play around with the softest of dynamics without losing definition. His playing was absolutely sure in technique and expression and seldom have I heard playing with such inspiration.”
The [London]Daily Telegraph
“[Rosen’s] Schumann Fantasy Pieces . . . are simply a delight – full of nuance, colour and literal fantasy.”
The Strad