Two Pieces, Op. 36

• Cui’s Two Pieces for cello and orchestra, Op. 36¹ were published in 1886.²

Movements

1. Scherzando
2. Cantabile³

“One of the most beautiful melodies ever written for the cello.”

The Belgian Countess de Mercy-Argenteau, Cui’s patroness and biographer, on No. 2, “Cantabile.”⁴

“A lollipop.”

Steven Isserlis, also on NO. 2, “Cantabile.”⁵

1. Geoffrey Norris and Lyle Neff, “Cui, César,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed August 27, 2019,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000006938.
2. “2 Morceaux, Op. 36 (Cui, César),” IMSLP, accessed August 27, 2019, https://imslp.org/wiki/2_Morceaux%2C_Op.36_(Cui%2C_César).
3. “2 Morceaux, Op. 36 (Cui, César),” IMSLP, accessed March 11, 2022, https://imslp.org/wiki/2_Morceaux,Op.36(Cui,_C%C3%A9sar).
4. Steven Isserlis, “Tchaikovsky – Glazunov – Cui – Rimsky-Korsakov: Music for Cello and Orchestra, An Introduction,” liner notes to Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations, Steven Isserlis, John Eliot Gardiner, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Virgin Classics 7 91134-2, CD, 1990.
5. Ibid.