Janos Starker playing Sonata for Unaccompanied Cello by Zoltan Kodaly is incredible. I wouldn't say less "busy" though - if anything, it's a bit more "out there". But it's absolutely a must have for cello enthusiasts. I only have it on the original Westminster vinyl, so I can't vouch for the CD versions but here are a couple of them:
http://www.delosmus.com/item/de10/de1015.html
http://cgi.ebay.com/Top-Music-Janos-Starker-Starker-Plays-Kodaly-SACD_W0QQitemZ4784805249QQcategoryZ46354QQcmdZViewItem
While not unaccompanied, probably the closest to what you're looking for as a composer is David Popper, who wrote a good deal of "romantic" cello music in the late 1800's. Most of it was beautiful music for cello and piano. (He married a student of Liszt's and performed mostly with her). Here's a link to his Bio:
http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=1086178&TMPL=LONG#bio
My favorite Popper recording is unfortunately only on vinyl, but I'm sure there are some great CD's out there4. Here's a Delos CD of Starker playing Popper which I'm sure is quite nice:
http://www.delosmus.com/item/de30/de3065.html
Hope this helps.
http://www.delosmus.com/item/de10/de1015.html
http://cgi.ebay.com/Top-Music-Janos-Starker-Starker-Plays-Kodaly-SACD_W0QQitemZ4784805249QQcategoryZ46354QQcmdZViewItem
While not unaccompanied, probably the closest to what you're looking for as a composer is David Popper, who wrote a good deal of "romantic" cello music in the late 1800's. Most of it was beautiful music for cello and piano. (He married a student of Liszt's and performed mostly with her). Here's a link to his Bio:
http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=1086178&TMPL=LONG#bio
My favorite Popper recording is unfortunately only on vinyl, but I'm sure there are some great CD's out there4. Here's a Delos CD of Starker playing Popper which I'm sure is quite nice:
http://www.delosmus.com/item/de30/de3065.html
Hope this helps.