# Recommend some Cello Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329 "2010-11-03T14:43:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Time\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/1 "2010-11-03T14:43:36Z")
I recently downloaded two of Zoe Keating’s albums on a whim (based off an article I read in a magazine), which are entirely made up of her looping Cellos on top on each other. The music is fabulous. I love the tones and mood. However, I know absolutely nothing about this type of music. Can anyone recommend other artists or albums that are either Cello-centric or other moody string-based instrumentals? I am mainly interested in instrumentals, although I won’t rule out vocals. FTR, I am familiar with Rasputina, a cello-based band Keating was in before. I like their overall style, but have never gotten into their vocals. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/2 "2010-11-03T14:45:24Z")
The late Jacqueline du Pre was a cello genius. I love Julian Lloyd Webber. Not as famous as his brother Andrew, but good. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/3 "2010-11-03T14:46:20Z")
[South American Getaway B. Bacharach 12 cellos da filarmónica de Berlim.wmv](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3buJfM7-CA) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/4 "2010-11-03T15:01:53Z")
[Eugene Friesen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Bvr3R73BY) plays with the Paul Winter Consort (where he usually uses a bow) and has some solo stuff. Saw him several years ago and he did a beautiful sort of singing along with his cello. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/5 "2010-11-03T15:37:33Z")
I personally enjoy Kodaly’s sonatas for cello and piano. Naxos made a great recording of them a few years back. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/6 "2010-11-03T15:50:47Z")
My favorite cover band is [Apocalyptica](http://www.apocalyptica.com/us/home) they do some great metal for just having four cellos. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/7 "2010-11-03T15:56:17Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The late Jacqueline du Pre was a cello genius. And you can currently get [all her recordings – 17 CDs!](http://www.amazon.com/Complete-EMI-Recordings-Edward-Elgar/dp/B000V9P4YM/) – for a bit over $50. Just her recording of the Elgar cello concerto is worth that price. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/8 "2010-11-03T15:57:36Z")
[Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Aria (Cantilena)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_06B1SQjRRQ) Heitor Villa-Lobos [“Louange à l’éternité de Jésus”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ-GwxyJ2ZY&feature=mfu_in_order&playnext=1&videos=vTAymEklygY) from the 'Quartet for the End of Time, Olivier Messiaen Have you heard any Jorane? [Ineffable](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGk56dKLVfg) [Sauve moi](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reLZkU4seIs&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/9 "2010-11-03T16:03:55Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > [South American Getaway B. Bacharach 12 cellos da filarmónica de Berlim.wmv](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3buJfM7-CA) Thank you. Never heard that before. Fuck me Bacharach is a genius. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/10 "2010-11-03T16:13:48Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Thank you. Never heard that before. Fuck me Bacharach is a genius. Oddly enough, I started [“South American Getaway” – Why so popular?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=583542) on 10-29-2010, and it would appear that the “popularity” of the piece is all in my mind. If you saw Butch and Sundance, odds are this tune will be familiar. The vocalese version is amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/11 "2010-11-03T16:21:08Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > My favorite cover band is [Apocalyptica](http://www.apocalyptica.com/us/home) they do some great metal for just having four cellos. Although it’s worth mentioning that they’re not just a novelty cover band. They’ve done quite a bit of original stuff, and some of it is really beautiful. [F’rinstance (ignore the visuals, as always)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73ufwrT_Ov4) Edit: Also, IIRC, they’re down to three cellos. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/12 "2010-11-03T16:34:33Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > If you saw Butch and Sundance, odds are this tune will be familiar. The vocalese version is amazing! I have indeed, often. At the moment I am re-reading William Goldman’s _Adventures in the Screen Trade_. What can one do with heathens? Mention Hal David, the best lyricist of the last 50 years, and all you get are puzzled expressions. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/13 "2010-11-03T17:11:59Z")
Thanks for all the replies, these are just what I was looking for. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/14 "2010-11-03T17:14:35Z")
[Ofra Harnoy](http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=5139). (And seriously, if I were straight, I’d do her). [Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcdWma__l4M). And we seem to have forgotten [the most stereotypical cello music of all](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNbXuFBjncw). ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/15 "2010-11-03T18:04:54Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And we seem to have forgotten [the most stereotypical cello music of all](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNbXuFBjncw). and this one too: [Bach’s Cello Suite #1, Prelude](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU_QR_FTt3E) ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/16 "2010-11-03T22:37:11Z")
> [@Time\_Stranger](#): > > I recently downloaded two of Zoe Keating’s albums on a whim (based off an article I read in a magazine), which are entirely made up of her looping Cellos on top on each other. The music is fabulous. I love the tones and mood. However, I know absolutely nothing about this type of music. Can anyone recommend other artists or albums that are either Cello-centric or other moody string-based instrumentals? I am mainly interested in instrumentals, although I won’t rule out vocals. > > FTR, I am familiar with Rasputina, a cello-based band Keating was in before. I like their overall style, but have never gotten into their vocals. I also just recently downloaded some of Zoe Keating’s stuff after hearing it in a radio ad, and was looking for some similar stuff (and was contemplating just this sort of thread!). Anyway, someone who is pretty similar to Keating is Gretchen Yanover - she also does the looping cellos thing, though her stuff is a bit more mellow than Keating’s (the two go great together in a playlist though). I’ll have to check out some of the other recommendations mentioned here, as well… ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/17 "2010-11-04T04:51:12Z")
Benjamin Britten - [Cello Suite No. 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NuInitjO1U) Not sure what you mean by moody, but I’d recommend [Alina, by Arvo Part](http://www.amazon.com/Alina-Arvo-P%C3%A4rt-Sergej-Bezrodny/dp/B000024HL1/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288846175&sr=8-1) to ANYBODY. It’s a violin and not a cello in the Speigel im Speigel sections though. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/18 "2010-11-04T05:16:07Z")
Besides limoncello, my favourite cellist is Erik Friedlander, though I would imagine the more important requirement would be to be a fan of that “scene” of music first. ---
**Author:** ![vertizontal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ad7895/32.png) [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/19 "2010-11-06T14:01:13Z")
Here’s a fun piece: **Variations** > **[Lloyd Webber, William, Lloyd Webber, Julian, Maazel, Lorin, Lloyd Webber,...](https://www.amazon.com/Andrew-William-Lloyd-Webber-Variations/dp/B000008M6H)** > > "Variations" is an excellent example of classical music and rock fusion. After losing a bet on a Leyton Orient football match, Andrew Lloyd Webber composed the work for his brother Julian in 1977 and based it on Paganini's 24th Caprice, to which... Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, performed by his son Julian ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329/20 "2010-11-06T14:03:49Z")
> [@vertizontal](#): > > Here’s a fun piece: > > **Variations** > > [Lloyd Webber, William, Lloyd Webber, Julian, Maazel, Lorin, Lloyd Webber, Andrew, London Philharmonic, David Cullen - Andrew & William Lloyd Webber: Variations / Aurora - Amazon.com Music](http://www.amazon.com/Andrew-William-Lloyd-Webber-Variations/dp/B000008M6H/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1289050433&sr=1-2) > > Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, performed by his son Julian BROTHER Julian, mentioned in post #2. Andrew wrote this work for him after losing a football (US socceer) bet.– **Annie-Xmas** , SDMB expert on the brothers Lloyd Webber. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-cello-music/559329.md?page=2)