Discography
AMERICAN MUSIC FOR CELLO & PIANO
STEVEN HONIGBERG, CELLO
KATHRYN BRAKE, PIANO
Lukas Foss- Capriccio
David Diamond - Kaddish
Leonard Bernstein- Three Meditations from “Mass”
Gunther Schuller- Fantasy for solo cello, Op. 19
Samuel Barber- Sonata Op. 6
Kathryn Brake, Piano
Steven Honigberg, Cello
Audrey Andrist, Piano
Franz Schubert - Fantasie D.940 in F minor (arr. Laszlo Varga)
Franz Schubert - Arpeggione Sonata D.821
Robert Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Robert Schumann - Fünf Stücke im Volkston op. 102
TANGOLA
Marin Marais- La Folia
Claude Debussy- Sonata
Alberto Ginastera- Pampeana No. 2, Op. 21
Astor Piazzolla- Le Grand Tango
Antonín Dvořák- Song to the Moon
Antonín Dvořák- Songs My Mother Taught Me
Sergei Rachmaninov- Vocalise
STEVEN HONIGBERG PLAYS CHOPIN
Nocturne C Sharp Minor
Etude Op. 10, No. 6
Introduction and Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3
Etude Op. 25, No. 7
Grand Duo Concertant in E Major on Themes from Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable
Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 in E Flat Major
Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65
Carol Honigberg, Piano
Homage to Rostropovich
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI - PER SLAVA (WRITTEN FOR MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH 1986)
WILLIAM WALTON - PASSACAGLIA (WRITTEN FOR MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICHD 1982)
MOISEI VAINBERG SOLO SONATA OP. 72 (WRITTEN FOR MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH 1960)
ALBERTO GINASTERA – PUNEÑA NO. 2 OP. 45 “Hommage à Paul Sacher”
(WRITTEN FOR MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH 1977)
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH – Étude (Moderato)* (1940s MOSCOW)
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH – Étude (Vivace)* (1940s MOSCOW)
JOACHIM STUTSCHEWSKY COMPOSITION 1970 (TO MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH)
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI - SACHER VARIATION (WRITTEN FOR MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH 1976)
DAVID DIAMOND - CONCERT PIECE* (WRITTEN FOR STEVEN HONIGBERG 1993)
ROBERT STARER – SONG OF SOLITUDE (WRITTEN FOR STEVEN HONIGBERG 1995)
*Premiere recording
BEETHOVEN
COMPLETE WORKS FOR CELLO AND PIANO
STEVEN HONIGBERG, CELLO
CAROL HONIGBERG, PIANO
Disc 1;
Sonata No. 1, Op. 5 No. 1
Seven Variations on the Duet Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen
Sonata No. 2, Op. 5 No. 2
Twelve Variations on a Theme from Handel’s Oratorio Judas Maccabaeus
Disc 2
Sonata No. 3, Op. 69
Twelve Variations on a Theme Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen
Sonata No. 4, Op. 102, No. 1
Sonata No. 5, Op. 102, No. 2
Carol Honigberg, Piano
ERNST TOCH
COMPLETE WORKS FOR CELLO
(1887-1964)
Cello Sonata, op. 50 (1929)
Kathryn Brake, Piano
Concerto for Cello and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 35 (1924-25)
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
Impromptu for solo Cello in Three Movements, Op. 90c (1963)
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
(1897-1957)CHAMBER MUSIC
Piano Quintet in E Major, Op. 15 (1920-21)
Suite, Op. 23 for 2 Violins, Cello and Piano-left hand (1930)
DARKNESS & LIGHT
Music Performed in Concert from
The Chamber Music Series at the
Holocaust Memorial Museum
STEVEN HONIGBERG, MUSIC DIRECTOR
Paul Ben-Haim - Sonatina for Piano, Op. 38 (1946)
Robert Starer - Elegy For A Woman Who Died Too Young (violin & cello 1990)
Herman Berlinski - From The World Of My Father (cello & piano 1948)
George Perle - Hebrew Melodies for solo cello (1945)
Moisei Vainberg - Piano Trio, Op. 24 (1945)
Darkness & Light, Vol. 2
Józef Koffler - Sonatine for Piano, Op. 12 (1930)
Szymon Laks - Passacaille for cello and piano (1946)
David Diamond - String Quartet No. 1 (1940)
Olivier Messiaen - Louange à l’éternité de Jésus (1940)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Piano Trio No. 2 in G (1932)
Paul Ben-Haim - Music for Violoncello Solo (1974)
Darkness & Light, Vol. 3
Robert Stern – Hazkarah for cello and piano (1998)
Tom Myron – Käthe Kollwitz (for soprano and string quartet 1998)
Lukas Foss – Anne Frank for cello and piano (1999)
Karl Weigl – Piano Trio (1939)
Darkness & Light, Vol. 4
Leó Weiner – Románc Op. 14 for cello and piano (1921)
Robert Starer – Song of Solitude for solo cello (1995)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Don Quixote: Sechs Klavierstücke for solo piano (1909)
Benjamin Lees – Piano Trio No. 2 Silent Voices (1998)
David Diamond Complete String Quartets
Potomac String Quartet
George Marsh, Violin
Sally McLain, Violin
Tsuna Sakamoto, Viola
Steven Honigberg, Cello
Volume One:
Concerto for String Quartet (to Albert Roussel 1936)
String Quartet No. 3 (to the memory of Allela Cornell In Tender Love and Devotion 1946)
String Quartet No. 8 (Chamber Music Award 1965)
Volume Two:
String Quartet No. 2 (to Edward Stringham in Friendship 1943-44)
String Quartet No. 9 (to Roger Sessions for his 70th Birthday 1965-68)
String Quartet No. 10 (for the Lywen Quartet 1966)
Volume Three:
String Quartet No. 1 (to Hermann Broch in one continuous movement 1940)
String Quartet No. 5 (for the Lywen Quartet 1960)
String Quartet No. 6 (to Darius Milhaud for his 70th Birthday 1962)
Volume Four:
String Quartet No. 4 (for the Guilet Quartet 1951)
String Quartet No. 7 (to Walter Piston for his 70th Birthday 1963-64)
Night Music for Accordion and String Quartet (to the memory of Wallingford Riegger 1961)
QUINCY PORTER
(1897-1966)
Nine Quartets - 2 CDs
Potomac String Quartet
George Marsh, Violin
Sally McLain, Violin
Tsuna Sakamoto, Viola
Steven Honigberg, Cello
Disc One:
String Quartet No. 1 in E minor (1923) 19:44
String Quartet No. 2 (1925) 12:36
In Monasterio (1927) 5:11
String Quartet No. 3 (1930) 16:02
String Quartet No. 4 (1931) 13:10
Our Lady Of Potchaiv (1923) 2:32
Scherzo (1923) 2:51
Fugue (1941) 2:17
Total = 74:40
Disc Two:
String Quartet No. 5 (1935) 16:04
String Quartet No. 6 (1937) 18:36
String Quartet No. 7 (1943) 15:48
String Quartet No. 8 (1950) 14:45
String Quartet No. 9 (1958) 13:10
Total = 78:29
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther (arr. Alex Jacobsen)
Gaspar Cassado - Danse du Diable Vert 1926
David Popper - Serenade Op. 54, No. 2 (arr. Maurice Gendron)
Serge Rachmaninov - Cello Sonata III. Andante
Girolamo Frescobaldi - Toccata (arr. Gaspar Cassado 1925)
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer (arr. Edward Laut)
Saint-Saens - Le Cygne
Erik Satie Gnossienne No. 1 - No. 6 (arr. Steven Honigberg)
Victor Herbert - Yesterthoughts, Op. 37 (arr. Steven Honigberg)
Piotr Tchaikovsky - Nocturne in D minor Op. 19, No. 4
Pat Metheny - Story From A Stranger 1984 (arr. Alex Jacobsen)
Jan Radzynski - Prayer & Dance 2005
Alan Shulman - Kol Nidre 1970
Darius Milhaud - Elegie 1945
John Williams - Schindler’s List 1994
Joanna Bruzdowicz - Song of Hope and Love 1997
(written for Steven and Carol Honigberg)
Friedrich Gernsheim - Elohenu 1882
Joachim Stutschewesky - Schir Jehudi 1937
Ernest Bloch - Prayer 1924
Johann Sebastian Bach - Recitative from Organ Concerto No. 3 (arr. Marie Roemaet Rosanoff)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Adagio from Toccata in C Major (arr. Alexander Siloti)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Pastorale in F Major (arr. Marie Roemaet Rosanoff)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Arioso from Cantata No. 156 (arr. Merle Isaac)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D (arr. Edward Laut)
Johann Sebastian Bach Suite No. 5 BWV 1011
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 (recorded 2003)
Shostakovich - Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (recorded 2011)
Rachmaninov - Cello Sonata, Op. 19 III. Andante "live" WFMT Chicago 2008
Weiner - Romanc, Op. 14 (recorded 2001)
Stern - Hazkarah "live" WFMT 2001
Laks - Passacaille (recorded 1996)
Andrist-Stern-Honigberg Trio
Dvořák ‘Dumky’ trio, Op. 90 (1891) - Fauré trio, Op. 120 (1922-23)
“The ensemble plays throughout with admirable precision, unanimity of expression, and a lovely, focused tonal quality.”
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Fanfare Magazine
Sonata No. 1, Op. 38 - Sonata No. 2, Op. 99