J.S. BACH: Suite No.2 in D minor for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1008
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No.3 in A major for Cello and Piano, Op.69

RICHARD SHER
Bernard Rose

$10.95  ~  MS1218

"Great cellists are rare, but the American cellist Richard Sher must be counted among them." - Der Tagesspiegel , Berlin

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Richard Sher has appeared in major concert halls across Europe and in New York in both recital and concerto appearances. He was a scholarship student with Leonard Rose and Channing Robbins at the Juilliard School, and won major prizes at Merriweather Post, Hudson Valley, Washington D.C. and Dallas International competitions. Sher made his New York debut at the age of 16 as a soloist with the New York Orchestral Society. At age 18, he became the youngest cellist ever to join the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the following year he became the youngest principal cellist ever of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. A founding member of the internationally acclaimed Vermeer Quartet, he has collaborated with artists such as Peter and Rudolf Serkin, Richard Goode, members of the Budapest and Guarneri Quartets at festivals such as Spoleto and Marlboro. Sher has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and the Orchestra of St. Lukes. In Europe, he has given recitals in Berlin’s Hochschule, Vienna’s Beethovensaal, London’s Wigmore Hall and The Hague’s Diligentia Hall.