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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Dvořák: Silent WoodsOriginal works and transcriptions for cello and piano
Dvorak: | Sonatina for violin and piano in G major, Op. 100 Rondo in G minor for cello & piano, Op. 94, B. 171 Waldesruhe (Silent woods) for cello and orchestra, Op. 68 No. 5 Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55 No. 4 Dobrú noc, má milá (Goodnight, My Darling), Op. 73 No. 1 Polonaise in A major for cello & piano or cello & orchestra, B94 Larghetto in G minor, Op. 75a, No. 4 Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka) Four Songs, Op. 82: No. 1, ‘Leave Me Alone’ |
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. “[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.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2013 “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.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2013 **** | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Dvorak: Songs my Great-Grandfather Taught MeTranscriptions by Josef Suk of 30 Dvorak songs
Dvorak: | Gypsy Melodies (7), Op. 55 (B104) Liebeslieder (8), Op. 83 Four Songs, Op. 82: No. 1, ‘Leave Me Alone’ Lullaby, B194 Die Gefangene, Op. 32 No. 11 Biblical Songs (10), Op. 99 Dobrú noc, má milá (Goodnight, My Darling), Op. 73 No. 1 Ach, neni, neni tu (There is nothing here to comfort me), Op. 73 No. 3 |
Two of world’s greatest musicians appear together – for the first time anywhere – on Toccata Classics, playing an hour of ‘new’ Dvorák. Josef Suk – the great-grandson of Antonín Dvorák – undertook these transcriptions of 30 Dvorák songs at the suggestion of Martin Anderson of Toccata Classics. Josef Suk had Dvorák’s own viola restored for the recording sessions, which took place in Prague at the beginning of September. Suk’s transcriptions turn the songs into exquisitely beautiful instrumental miniatures. “The inauthentic doesn’t come much more authentic....From the Love Songs, Op 83, the intense “Death reigns in many a human heart” stands out. For the Op 99 Biblical Songs, Suk takes up the viola, but his violin tone is so rich, you could believe he was playing one all along.” Sunday Times, 14th February 2010 *** “…the same vibrant tone, pure intonation and confident musicianship that has thrilled us for many years.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2010 “...the opportunity to hear these evocative and melodious miniatures in affectionate and warmly recorded performances from these great musicians should not be passed up lightly.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2010 **** “[Martin Anderson] has persuaded Josef Suk to transcribe the songs of his great-grandfather, Antonín Dvořák, for violin and viola, giving new life to these charming but neglected miniatures...A tender and highly personal collection to cherish.” The Observer, 4th July 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Brahms: | Die Mainacht, Op. 43 No. 2 Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43 No. 1 Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 | Cadman: | Four American Indian Songs, Op. 45 | Dvorak: | Vier Lieder, Op. 2 Abendlieder, Op. 3 Four Songs, Op. 82: No. 1, ‘Leave Me Alone’ Am Bache, Op. 82 No. 4 Gypsy Melodies (7), Op. 55 (B104) Moravian Duets, Op. 32, B. 60 & B. 62 Liebeslieder (8), Op. 83: extracts Biblical Songs, Op. 99: selection | Farwell: | Three Indian Songs, Op. 32 | Grieg: | Zur Rosenzeit (No. 5 from Seks Sange, Op. 48) Seks Sange, Op. 48 No. 6 'Ein Traum' | Ives, C: | Songs My Mother Taught Me | MacDowell: | Eight Songs, Op. 47 | Mahler: | Urlicht (from Symphony No. 2) |
“The real stars of the show, though, are Wolfram Rieger whose delicately imagined piano accompaniments illuminate every second of the programme; and Hampson himself - magnificent not only in Dvořák's Gypsy and Biblical songs, but in the strong, primitive contours of American-Indian songs set, in true National-Romantic style, by Arthur Farwell and Charles Wakefield Cadman, and in Ives's own 'Songs my Mother taught me'.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2005 **** “It was the brainchild of Thomas Hampson, who contributes some of the key sections in this fascinating survey of Dvořák as song-composer and the influences both on him and from him. Hampson's four Gypsy Songs include the most famous of all, usually translated as 'Songs my mother taught me', before a half-hour devoted to 13 of Dvořák's Moravian Duets, enchantingly sung by Bonney and Breedt... The final 'World of Faith' section, provides a satisfying climax: Brahms's Four Serious Songs are beautifully sung by George Zeppenfeld, with velvet tone, Mahler's Knaben Wunderhorn setting 'Urlicht', later used in the Resurrection Symphony, is sung by Breedt, and five of Dvořák's Biblical Songs are powerfully and sensitively delivered by Hampson. Altogether an illuminating package.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2006 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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