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On this disc, Christian Poltéra and Kathryn Stott chart the gradual development in Dvořák’s composition for cello.
The disc includes chamber works that Dvořák composed originally for cello and piano or arranged for the combination including Polonaise in A major, the Rondo in G minor and Silent Woods which was originally a piano duet.
Poltéra also presents his own transcriptions of several violin pieces and songs, including the Violin Sonatina, and Lasst mich allein, alongside the ever-popular Songs My Mother Taught Me and Song to the Moon from Rusalka.
Christian Poltéra and Kathryn Stott are regular chamber music partners and have previously recorded music by Honegger and Frank Martin.
Antonin Dvorak: Violin Sonatina in G major, Op. 100, B. 183 (arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
Antonin Dvorak: Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 4. Als die alte Mutter (Songs my Mother Taught Me) (arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 4. Als die alte Mutter (Songs my Mother Taught Me) (arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
Antonin Dvorak: In Folk Tone, Op. 73, B. 146 (arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
In Folk Tone, Op. 73, B. 146: No. 1. Dobru noc, ma mila (Good-night, my darling) (arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
Antonin Dvorak: Polonaise in A major, B. 94
Polonaise in A major, B. 94
Antonin Dvorak: 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150 (arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150: No. 4. Larghetto (arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
Antonin Dvorak: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 (arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act I: Mesicku na nebi hlubokem (arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
Antonin Dvorak: 4 Lieder, Op. 82, B. 157 (arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
4 Lieder, Op. 82, B. 157: No. 1. Lasst mich allein (Leave Me Alone) (arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
January 2013
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“This recording bathes the listener in a stream of irresistable song that lingers in the memory weeks later. It also proves how well the composer's lyricism translates across timbre and sonority: this 'Song to the Moon' is as searingly effective as any I've heard sung...the recorded sound is ideal.”
January 2013
“[the Sonatina] works particularly well in its new baritone and tenor register...This attests to both the sensitive way in which Poltera has adapted the music to the cello medium and to the deft and affectionate manner in which he plays it. So natural does the Sonatina sound on the cello that you wonder why Dvorak himself never thought of doing it.”
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I. Allegro risoluto
