Resources

Resources

The Piatigorsky Archives acknowledges Terry King’s book as an important resource in the development of this website
and thanks Mr. King for his contributions to the Piatigorsky canon. Our online database includes an additional 3000 digitized items. For a summary of the entire collection, please see Collection Guide.

Book.Bartley.Cover

Grisha: The Story of Cellist Gregor Piatigorsky by Margaret Bartley (2004)

Book.King.Cover

King, Terry. Gregor Piatigorsky: The Life and Career of the Virtuoso Cellist. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2010.

Piatigorsky_Gregor

Piatigorsky, Gregor. Cellist. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1965.

Book.JPiatigorsky.Cover

Piatigorsky, Jacqueline. Jump in the Waves: A Memoir. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1988.

DVDs

DVD.HeifetzRubinsteinPiatigorsky.Cover

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 & Mendelssohn Violin Concerto & Walton Cello Concerto. Rubinstein. Heifetz. Piatigorsky. EMI Classic Archive 4. 1957. Remastered 2003.

DVD.Carnegie Hall.Cover

Carnegie Hall. Starring Jan Peerce and Lily Pons. Bel Canto Society. 1947. Remastered 2005. Includes a performance of Saint-Saëns’s “The Swan” from The Carnival of Animals.

Heifetz & Piatigorsky - Historic Performance Film Footage

Heifetz & Piatigorsky-Historic Performance Film Footage. Kultur Video. 1977. Remastered 2005. Includes performances of Bourées 1 and 2 from Bach’s Cello Suite in C Major; the slow movement of Chopin’s Cello Sonata; “Masques” from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Rubinstein’s Romance; Tchaikovsky’s Waltz; and an arrangement of Schubert’s Introduction, Theme and Variations.

CD.The Art of Gregor Piatigorsky.Cover

The Art of Gregor Piatigorsky. Rare 78s, unissued studio recordings, public performances, and broadcasts. West Hill Radio Archives. 1933-55. Released 2010.

CDs

CDBrahmsDouble

Brahms Violin Concerto: Double Concerto. Heifetz and Piatigorsky. RCA Red Seal. N.d. Released 2004.

Cello_Sonatas

Cello Sonatas / 5 Intermezzi. Brahms. Artur Rubinstein. RCA Victor Gold Seal. 1953 and 1966. Released 1995.

CD_LivingStereoCover

Dvorak & Walton Cello Concertos: Piatigorsky/Munch. Boston Symphony Orchestra. RCA Living Stereo. 1957 and 1960. Released 2005.

Dvorak_Symphony

Dvorak Symphony No. 8; Cello Concerto. Munch. Dvorak. Munch. BSO. RCA Red Seal. 1960-61. 2004.

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Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104. Munch. BSO. JMC. 1961. Released 2002.

GregorPiatigorskyPlaysMendelssohnChopin

Gregor Piatigorsky Plays Mendelssohn Chopin Strauss. Leonard Pennario. Rudolf Firkusny. Testament UK. 1965-66. Released 2008.

CD.Schumann Cello Concerto

Gregor Piatigorsky, Solomon & Artur Rubinstein: Beethoven: Cello Sonatas; Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1. Piatigorsky, Solomon, Artur Rubinstein, Beethoven. Testament. 1934, 1935, 1938, 1957. Released 1996.

CD.Great Cello Concertos.Cover

Gregor Piatigorsky: Great Cello Concertos. Gregor Piatigorsky, Max Bruch, Antonin Dvorak, Camille Saint-Saens, Eugene Ormandy. Sony. 1940, 1946, and 1947. Released 1997.

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Gregor Piatigorsky: Schumann, Saint-Saens Cello Concertos. Bloch Schelomo. John Barbirolli. Fritz Reiner. Charles Munch. Testament UK. 1934, 1951, and 1957. Released 2005.

CDHeifetzCover

Heifetz with Lateiner Piatigorsky Primrose. Brahms Piano Quartet Op. 60, Schubert: Fantasie D.934, Beethoven: String Trio Op. 9 No. 2. RCA Gold Seal. 1960, 1965, and 1968. Released 1989.

Heifetz with Rubinstein and Piatigorsky

Heifetz with Rubinstein and Piatigorsky. Debussy, Ravel, Respighi, Martinu. RCA Gold Seal. 1947, 1950, and 1964. Released 1989.

CD.Schumann Cello Concerto copy

Piatigorsky: Schumann Cello Concerto, Sonatas by Beethoven, Weber & Brahms. Piatigorsky, Artur Rubinstein, Schumann, Weber, Beethoven, Brahms, Barbirolli, London Philharmonic. 1934¬-36. Released 1993.

CDBrahmsDouble copy

Rubinstein, Heifetz, Piatigorsky: Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn Trios (1950s)

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Schubert: String Quintet, String Trio No. 2, Ave Maria / Bach: Sinfonias by Heifetz, Primrose, Piatigorsky, Rejto, Bay. RCA Victor Gold Seal. 1946, 1960, and 1961. Released 1988.

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Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations/Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello & Piano / Short Pieces from Tchaikovsky, Rubinstein, Rachmaninov, Cui & Rimsky-Korsakov (Gregor Piatigorsky Legacy). Piatigorsky. Berkowitz. Szreter. Pavlovsky. Arlecchino. 1925, 1940s, and 1946. Released 1990s.

The HeifetzPiatigorsky Concerts

The Heifetz/Piatigorsky Concerts: Album Collection. Sony Masterworks. 1951-1969. Released 2013.

LPs

Heifetz-Piatigorsky

Heifetz-Piatigorsky Brahms Concerto for Violin and Cello. Brahms. Wallenstein. RCA Victor. 1961.

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Heifetz, Primrose, Piatigorsky – Beethoven Trios. RCA Victor. 1958.

LP.Mendelssohn and Ravel Trios.Cover

Heifetz, Rubinstein, Piatigorsky: Mendelssohn Trio in D Minor & Ravel Trio in A Minor. RCA Victor. 1950.

HeifetzPiatigorskyConcerts

Heifetz/Piatigorsky: Concerts / Arensky: Trio (in D Minor) / Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Cello / Martinu: Duo for Violin and Cello. Heifetz. Piatigorsky. Pennario. Hamilton. Martinu. Vivaldi. Arensky. RCA Victor Red Seal. 1966.

LP.Mendelssohn and Ravel Trios.Cover copy

Strauss. Don Quixote. Strauss. Munch. BSO. Piatigorsky. RCA Victor. 1953.

Brahms-Concerto For ViolinCelloSaint-Saens-Concerto For Cello

The Legendary Performances. Brahms: Concerto For Violin & Cello / Saint-Saens: Concerto for Cello. Reiner. Milstein. Piatigorksy. Robin Hood Dell Orchesta. RCA Symphony Orchestra. RCA. 1950-51. Released 1976

iTunes

Piatigorsky iTunes Page

Bach - Concerto in G Major

Bach, J.S. Concerto No. 1 in G (arr. for cello and piano) (Schott, 1934).

Debussy - Beau Soir

Debussy, Claude (Piatigorsky): Beau Soir (arr. for cello and piano) (International, 1946).

Debussy - Intermezzo

Debussy, Claude (Piatigorsky): Intermezzo (arr. for cello and piano) (Elkan-Vogel, 1944).

Debussy - Romance

Debussy, Claude (Piatigorsky): Romance (arr. for cello and piano) (International, 1946).

Foss - Capriccio

Foss, Lucas. Capriccio (arr. for cello and piano) Carl Fischer, 1948

Granados - Orientale

Granados, Enrique. Orientale-Spanish Dance #2 (arr. for cello and piano) International, 1945

Mozart - Sonatina in C

Haydn, F.J. (Piatigorsky). Divertimento in D (arr. for cello and piano) Elkan-Vogel, 1944

Lully - Courante

Lully (Piatigorsky): Courante (arr. for bass and piano) Schott, 1932

Mozart - Divertimento in C

Mozart-Piatigorsky: Divertimento in C Major (arr. for viola and piano) Elkan Vogel, 1947

Mozart - Sonatina in C

Mozart-Piatigorsky: Sonatina in C from Divertimenti (arr. for viola) Elkan-Vogel, 1944

Piatigorsky - Variations

Piatigorsky, Gregor: Variations on a Paganini Theme (arr. for cello and piano) Elkan-Vogel, 1944

Prokofiev - March

Prokofeiv, Sergei: March, Op. 65 (cello solo) International, 1945

Prokofiev - Waltz

Prokofiev, Sergei: Waltz, Op. 65 from “Music for Children (arr. for cello and piano) International, 1945

Scriabin - Etude

Scriabin, Alexander (Piatigorsky): Etude Op. 8 No. 11 (arr. for cello and piano) Schott, 1933

Scriabin - Poem

Scriabin, Alexander (Piatigorsky): Poem Op. 32, No. 1 (arr. for cello and piano) Schott, 1934

Shostakovich - Sonata

Shostakovich, Dmitri: Sonata, Op. 40 (arr. for cello and piano) Leeds Music Corporation, 1947

suite-italienne

Stravinsky, Igor (Piatigorsky). Suite Italienne (arr. for cello and piano) Edition Russe de Musique, London 1934

Valensin - Menuet

Valensin, Georges: Menuet (arr. for cello and piano) Chester, 1938

Weber - Adagio and Rondo

Von Weber, C.M. (Piatigorsky): Adagio and Rondo (arr. for cello and piano) Schott, 1932

Walton - Cello Concerto 2

Walton, William: Concerto Cadenzas (cello and piano score) Oxford University Press, 1957

chopin

Chopin-Piatigorsky: Nocturne in C-Sharp, Op. posth.(B.49) Schott, 1934

liadov_pliaska

Liadov-Piatigorsky: Pliaska, Danse russe Schott, 1935

mozart_sonatina

Mozart-Piatigorsky: Sonatina for cello and piano Elkan-Vogel, 1944