Dvorák, Elgar and Schumann: Cello Concertos - R. Strauss: Don Quixote

Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio – Moderato

Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op. 85: II. Lento – Allegro molto

Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op. 85: III. Adagio

Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op. 85: IV. Allegro – Moderato – Allegro ma non troppo

Don Quixote, Op. 35: I. Introduktion. Mäßiges Zeitmaß. Don Quixote, immersed in the study of chivalric romances, loses his reason and decides to travel the world as a knight errant.

Don Quixote, Op. 35: II. Thema. Mäßig. Don Quixote, the Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance; Sancho Panza.

Don Quixote, Op. 35: III. Variation I. Gemächlich. They ride forth, under the sign of the beautiful Dulcinea of Toboso; Battle with the windmills.

Don Quixote, Op. 35: IV. Variation II. Kriegerisch. Victorious struggle against the army of the great Emperor Alifanfaron. (The Battle with the Sheep)

Don Quixote, Op. 35: V. Variation III. Mäßiges Zeitmaß. Conversation: Sancho’s questions, postulates, and adages; Don Quixote’s indoctrination, placation, and promises.

Don Quixote, Op. 35: VI. Variation IV. Etwas breiter. Battle with the penitents.