If you’re just starting listening to cello recordings I’d also mention:
JS Bach: Solo Suites
Pablo Casals (cello)
EMI 965 9212JS Bach: Solo Suites
Pablo Casals (cello)
EMI 965 9212
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Emanuel Feuermann (cello); Berlin State Opera Orchestra/MichaelTaube
Pearl GemmCD9077
Shostakovich: Cello Concertos
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello); Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
EMI 562 8282
And
Steven Isserlis - Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante by Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Joseph Haydn, Roger Norrington and Steven Isserlis (1998) – Import
Lately I’ve been listening to the Ensemble Explorations cds, which do a fine job resonating that warm ‘woody’ sound throughout the house:
Vivaldi: Cello Concertos, Ensemble Explorations (Artist, Orchestra), Roel Dieltiens (Artist, Conductor)
And speaking of the wonderful Ensemble Explorations, I also listening to:
Rossini: Une larme, Duo, Serenata, Sonatas by Ensemble Explorations, Roel Dieltiens and Gioacchino Rossini(2013) - Import
Sonatas & Partitas for Violin by J.S. Bach and Christine Busch (2013)
And then this from last week stack:
Vivaldi: Six Cello Concertos, Christopher Hogwood Christophe Coin, The Academy of Ancient Music
... And for those interested in Jim's suggestion of Chris Jones, you should give a listen to Greg Brown, if you don’t know the music.
And, one other mention not in the classical realm - and speaking of Greg Brown and cello - if you don’t know the excellent Anais Mitchell Hades Town, then drop what you’re doing now (unless you’re holding a child or listening to your wife) and get it .... seriously:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio/B0034JIOWK/ref=pd_krex_listen_dp_img?ie=UTF8&refTagSuffix=dp_img