Just Beautiful - Twenty-six sumptuous slow cello solos

26 langsame Stücke für Violoncello und Klavier - Klavierpartitur und Solostimme

   1. Air from Suite No.3 in D  (Bach)
   2. Arioso (Bach)
   3. Ave verum corpus (Mozart)
   4. Chorus of the Hebrew Salves from Nabucco (Verdi)
   5. Einsame Blumen (Schumann)
   6. Gymnopedie 1 (Satie)
   7. I know that my Redeemer liveth (Handel)
   8. Jesu, joy of man's desiring (Bach)
   9. Largo from Serse (Handel)
  10. Meditation from Thais (Massenet)
  11. Nimrod from Enigma Variations (Elgar)
  12. O for the wings of a dove (Mendelssohn)
  13. Panis Angelicus (Franck)
  14. Pie Jesu from Requiem (Faure)
  15. Prelude in A (Chopin)
  16. Prelude in B minor (Chopin)
  17. Prelude in E Minor (Chopin)
  18. Salut d'amour (Elgar)
  19. Second movement Symphony no. 9 from The New World (Dvorak)
  20. Sheherazade (Schumann)
  21. The Swan (Sains-Saens)
  22. To a wild rose (MacDowell)
  23. Träumerei (Schumann)
  24. Valse Lente (Merikanto)
  25. Waltz in A (Schubert)
  26. Waltz in A (Brahms)

Aus dem Vorwort

I have chosen these pieces because I love every one of them. I can clearly remember the occasion when I first came across each piece and the excitement I felt.

It was during my time as a chorister at Westminster Cathedral and in my subsequent work as a church musician that I first discovered many of the sacred pieces. The rest are my choice from years of seeking out beautiful melodies and perfect harmonies.

I hope you enjoy Just Beautiful as much as I do.

Kevin Mayhew