Rohan de Saram
Recordings



18-19 Century | 20-21 Century | With The Arditti | With Other Artists | Improvisations | In Preparation
18-19 Century
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Antonio VivaldiSonatas for violoncello and piano op. 1. and op. 2Salvatore Accardo, Franco Gulli, Bruno CaninoPhilips
A Trio of French Stylesde Saram Clarinet TrioAmethyst Music Productions, 1998
20-21 Century
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Benjamin BrittenSuites 1-3 for solo celloRohanMontaigne/Auvidis/WDR, MO782081, 2000
BerioFour items for solo cello: Sequenza XIV, Les Mots Sont Allés, Sequenza VIb, Chanson pour Pierre BoulezThe Complete Sequenzas, Alternate Sequenzas & Works for Solo Instruments; released May 2006Mode Records2007 Deutschen Schallplatenkritik Prize; also listed as one of the New York Times '10 Best Recordings of 2006'
Morton FeldmanPatterns in a Chromatic FieldMarianne Schroeder (piano), Rohan de Saram (violoncello)hatART CD2-6145, 1993all about jazz review: : "... Rohan De Saram imparts a new shade of meaning every time he plays the 'same' note on his cello in Feldman's “Patterns In A Chromatic Field” "
John MayerRagamalas & Prabhandawith Druvi de Saram & John MayerEML Records (CD EML 043)
Stephen DodgsonDuo for cello & guitarwith Jonathan Leathwood (Guitar), Neil Jenkins (tenor) and othersWatersmeet CD (CACD 0603,
Iannis XenakisEpicycles (1989) (written for Rohan)with Xenakis Ensemble, conductor Diego MassonBVHAAST, CD 9219
Morton FeldmanOrchestral Works & Chamber MusicHans Zender (Conductor), Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Roger Woodward (Piano), et al.Col Legno, B00004WK5V
With The Arditti Quartet
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Iannis XenakisKottos, Nomos AlphaIannis Xenakis: Musique de chambre 1955-1990, Montaigne MO 782137,1993
James DillonParjanya-VataMontaigne MO 782046, © 2001
Roger Reynolds"Focus a Beam, Emptied of Thinking, Outwards"Montaigne MO 782083, 1994/96
Elliott CarterFigment, Cello Sonatawith Ursula OppensMontaigne MO 782122what is so extraordinary about the playing of the Ardittis is its technical mastery, allied with a profound understanding of how the music is built up. Their Carter recordings are one of the finest contemporary-music achievements on disc.
Anton WebernCello Sonata 1914 & Three Little Pieces for cello and piano Op.11with Stefan LitwinMontaigne MO 782069
Julio EstradaCanto Alterno (for solo vc); Yuunohui’yei’Nahui (for vc and db)with Stefano ScodanibbioMontaigne
György LigetiHommage à Hilding Rosenberg for violin & celloSony, SK62306 1996
With Other Artists
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Edmund RubbraSoliloquy for Cello and Orchestra op. 57London Symphony Orchestra/Vernon HandleyLYRITA SRCD.234 ; Lyrita / IODA
Stefano ScodanibbioQuodlibet (va. & vc), Escondido (vl. & vc) , Western Lands, Humbolt (vc & db)with Irvine Arditti (vl), Dov Scheindlin (vla) and Stefano Scodanibbio (db)Six Duos, New Albion Recordings, 2001
Improvisation
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Possible Worldswith Marcus Stockhausen and otherCMP records, 1995
The Inexhaustible Documentwith Eddie Prévost/Rowe/TilburyMatchless Recordings MRCD13, 1984
The Innovative Music Meetingwith Rajesh Metha & Trichy SankaranTrueMuze 0002, 2000"Rohan de Saram, infine, è uno dei più grandi violoncellisti viventi ... De Saram illustra l'enorme gamma di sonorità di cui dispone, con overtones e materici strappi percussivi."
In Preparation
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Rohan de SaramInterpretenportraitEdition Zeitklang
Iannis XenakisKottos
Günter SteinkeC-Arco für Cello solo
Bernfried E.G.PrövePulsation VII für Violoncello und Tonb
B. A. ZimmermannVier kurze Studien für Violoncello solo
Peter RuzickaSonate für Violoncello solo
R.GehlhaarSolipse for Violoncello and delay system