Zuill Bailey

Bailey says, "Of all the records I've made, this is the one I'm most proud of. It was a great experience working in the studio with one of my oldest friends, and I feel like Awadagin and I really caught the comet's tail on this one - it was intense, that's for sure. We worked incredibly hard, and we recorded about 80 minutes of music, trying to encompass everything Brahms does, from the boldly passionate to the beautifully lyrical."

“A virtuoso technique, strong, richly expressive tone and a bold, individual manner of playing all result in memorable performances. On an emotional level he's deeply involved in the music; the Sarabandes not only sound beautiful but...develop an intensely expressive character.”- Gramophone Magazine, May 2010

"...From the first notes, this disc commands attention above most others currently available and might be headed for classic status thanks to the combination of vision, temperament, and technique that comes together to great effect....Bailey puts a sympathetic but highly personal imprint on nearly every bar. Each movement accumulates tension effectively. Even the lighter dance movements show Bailey amusing himself as surely as Bach did while writing them. His rich-toned instrument is caught beautifully by the Telarc engineers, and Bailey's technique is such that no movement is too intricate for his stylish details."- David Patrick Stearns - Philadelphia Inquirer

"The recording market is flush with accounts of Bach's six suites for solo cello. Few, though, rival Zuill Bailey's interpretations here in terms of vitality or vividness. Wielding an Italian instrument from 1693, Bailey gets to the beating heart of every plaintive Sarabande and jaunty Gigue with a rich, broad tone and diverse expressive palette. Bailey's mission is to underscore the music's brilliance, but he ends up proving his own as well." - Zachary Lewis - Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Joyous, meditative,lyrical, sorrowful, amiable, exuberant, swaggering, solemn and regal by turns, the Suites provide a little
something for everyone, and Bailey projects all of their many moods in what is probably the best-sounding recording
of the works currently available."- Classical Candor

Zuill Bailey DVD - Insights on playing the Cello

Zuill Bailey and Simone Dinnerstein Beethoven- Complete Works for Piano and Cello

* " When I file this CD it will be under Shostakovich...Bailey proves a master of the art by giving one of the finest readings I have yet heard of this wondrous score!"- Steven Ritter- Audiophile Audition

* Bailey's triple threat gifts of splendid virtuosity, elegant technique and theatrical flair - Sean Martinfield San Francisco Sentinel

* A celebration of Bailey's startling maturity and fiery technical brilliance- Sean Martinfield San Francisco Sentinel

*Bailey shows himself to be a real front line player that grabs your ear and holds it. A treat classical fans should not be denied.- Midwest Record Recap

Piano Trios

The Perlman/Schmidt/Bailey trio celebrates their tenth anniversary with this CD of Piano Trios featuring the works of Franz Schubert and Dmitri Shostakovich.

A recorded concert where Zuill Bailey perfoms both Saint Saens Cello Concertos back to back. Added bonuses are the Massenet Meditation from Thais and Saint Saens The Swan.

This CD features select works from Dohnanyi and Arensky as performed by Bailey, Johnson, Schmidt, and Kim. Recorded live in El Paso on Jan. 7, 2006.

This CD features Franz Schubert's Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 163/D 956

Includes the following works

• Mendelssohn Variations concertantes
• Bach Suite No. 1 in G Major
• Beethoven Magic Flute Variations
• Francoeur Sonata
• Chopin Polonaise Brillante
• Vieuxtemps Souvenier d' Amerique

The Korngold Concerto: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Cello Concerto Zuill Bailey, cello Bruckner Orchestra Linz/Caspar Richter, ASV

A short concerto Korngold wrote for the 1946 movie, DECEPTION, critics call the recording "superbly stylish, a wonderfully compact and affecting work."