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Composer: POPPER, David ((1843-1913)) |
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The cellist David Popper was born in Prague in 1843, the son of the Prague Cantor. He studied the cello there under the Hamburg cellist Julius Goltermann, who had taken up an appointment at the Prague Conservatory in 1850. It was through Liszt’s then son-in-law, the pianist and conductor Hans von Bülow, that Popper was recommended in 1863 to a position as Chamber Virtuoso at the court of the Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin von Hohenzollern, who had had a new residence with a concert hall built at Löwenberg. The musical establishment there was disbanded, however, in 1869, on the death of the Prince.
In 1867 Popper made his début in Vienna and the following year was appointed principal cellist at the Court Opera, serving also for a time as cellist in the Hellmesberger Quartet. In 1872 he married Liszt’s pupil Sophie Menter, described by her teacher as his only legitimate daughter as a pianist and the greatest woman pianist of the age, later to join the staff of the St Petersburg Conservatory. The following year they left Vienna to embark on a series of concert tours throughout Europe and in 1882 he undertook a tour of Spain and Portugal with the French violinist Emil Sauret. His marriage was dissolved in 1886, the year in which Liszt died during a reluctant stay in Bayreuth, where Sophie Menter and her friends had visited him, as his life drew to a close.
In 1896 Popper settled in Budapest to teach at the Conservatory that Liszt had established there, serving for a time as cellist in the quartet led by Jenö Hubay, the son of the first head of the Conservatory string department, who had inherited his father’s position as professor of violin in 1886. In the same year Popper joined Hubay and Brahms in a performance in Budapest of the latter’s Piano Trio in C minor, continuing an earlier connection with the composer. Popper died at Baden, near Vienna, in 1913.
As a composer Popper is remembered for his compositions for cello. These include four concertos, now seldom heard in the concert hall, and, better known, a number of salon pieces. His studies remain well enough known to aspirant cellists, while his other works include compositions that give an opportunity for virtuoso display. |
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ID: CC1002
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Cello Collection
Subcollection: Piano and Cello
Frescobaldi: Toccata
Ginastera: Triste
Klengel: Scherzo
Locatelli: Sonata in D
Martinu: Variations on a Theme of Rossini
Popper: Dance of the Elves, Op. 39 /Autumn Flower / Happy Recollections
Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style: Pantomime
Weber: Adagio and Rondo
Leonid Gorokhov (cello), Bobby Chen (piano) |
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ID: CC1006
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Cello Collection
Some of the finest recordings ever made on the cello including several rare examples not heard before on CD |
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ID: CC1013
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Cello Collection
Subcollection: Cello
Cd Includes:
Film of Dvorak Rondo Op.94,D. Popper -Spinning Song, Theodore Saidenberg, piano. Hollywood, California1939, (PC and MAC compatible)
Program and biographical notes (16 p. : ill., port.) inserted in container.
Participant:
Emanuel Feuermann or Steven Isserlis (playing missing bars 550-557 in 4th work), violoncello ; Franz Rupp (1st, 3rd), Arpad Sandor (2nd), or Theodore Saidenberg (film), piano ;
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Arthur [i.e. Alexander] Smallens, conductor (4th). Event:Recorded Aug. and Dec. 1939, New York (1st, 3rd works), Oct. 27, 1932, Berlin (2nd), and Aug. 16, 1939, Lewisohn Stadium, New York (Saint-Saëns and Bach Suite). Section of Saint-Saëns performed by Steven Isserlis recorded in 2004. Film recorded 1939, Hollywood, Calif.
As many Feuermann enthusiasts will know, this dazzling live performance from 1939 has remained unheard by the public due largely to the fact that the original suffers from a 20 second break in the recorded sound during the last movement. Now with the expertise of Steven Isserlis (who plays the 'de Munck' Stradivarius used by Feurmann) and some engineering wizardry, Cello Classics has been able to 'fill' the gap so that the performance can be enjoyed uninterrupted. This was achieved by a very small (5 seconds) insert of new recorded material and the re-use of an existing section to cover the rest of the missing music. Of course it is an outrageous thing to do, to tamper with an original performance of such stature! How can one justify this? Well, it is possible, by omitting the inserted material, to listen to the original performance in its unedited state, if the listener so wishes. A great deal of care was taken to ensure that the spirit of the original is preserved as much as possible. Of course any keen eared listener will detect the work done, but the object was to allow a complete hearing of the work and it is felt that this has been achieved.
The other major attraction on this new Enhanced CD is the very rare film that was made also in 1939. As the only footage of its kind we can at last watch the great cellist perform two of his popular show pieces, Dvorak's Rondo and Popper's Spinning Song, and marvel at the spectacular bowing technique and Feuermann's phenomenal command of the instrument. The film can be viewed by placing the CD into a PC or Mac computer.
The rest of the CD is given to other short rarities - previously unheard takes of works by Bach and Fauré plus the Popper Papillon that was never released in Feuermann's lifetime. |
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ID: GD346
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano and Cello
Diliana Momtchilova and Lora Tchekoratova have recorded a very interesting programme. They have chosen famous virtuosic works, some of them composed initially for violin and guitar (piano) - Paganini’s Variations, or for violin and piano - Vladigerov’s Song (actually this is the second part of Bulgarian Suite for orchestra, which was later arranged for violin and piano), or for the six-stringed instrument arpeggione - Schubert’s Sonata. The other two compositions are the original versions for cello and piano. When writing the title to his work, Brahms intentionally puts the piano before the cello, thus stressing on the equal role of the piano instrument.
Diliana Momtchilova and Lora Tchekoratova were born in Sofia. They both received their high-school education at the Lyubomir Pipkov National Music School in Sofia. In Bulgaria they studied with eminent teachers and after that they continued their studies at the Juilliard School in the USA.
Diliana Momtchilova holds Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the Juilliard School. Her principal teachers in New York were Zara Nelsova and Harvey Shapiro. She has participated in master classes led by Janos Starker, Julius Berger, Angelica May, and the Principal cellists of the New York Philharmonic Carter Brey, and Lorne Monroe.
Lora Tchekoratova, as a student of Seymour Lipkin, earned Bachelor, Master, and Doctor of Musical Arts Degrees thus becoming the first Bulgarian musician to hold a Doctorate from Juilliard.
Both performers have won many awards at prestigious international competitions. They perform in famous venues in the USA and Europe as soloists and chamber musicians, as well as with symphony orchestras. |
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ID: MELCD1002349
CDs: 10
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano and Orchestra
BOX set
Firma Melodiya presents a boxed set titled “International Tchaikovsky Competition. Phonographic Documents (1958-1986)”.
The first ever Soviet music tournament instantly became one of the world’s most prestigious competitions. The piano jury was chaired by Emil Gilels for many years, while David Oistrakh and Mstislav Rostropovich headed the violin and cello juries, respectively. Alexander Sveshnikov, an outstanding choirmaster and chancellor of the Moscow Conservatory, was a chairman of the vocal jury. For the fifty years of its existence, the Tchaikovsky Competition discovered numerous distinguished performers such as Van Cliburn, Vladimir Ashkenasi, Grigory Sokolov, Eliso Virsaladze, John Lill, Michail Pletnev, Viktor Tretiakov, Gidon Kremer, Vladimir Spivakov, Oleg Kagan, Natalia Gutman, Elena Obraztsova, Maria Gulegina, Vladimir Atlantov, Yevgeny Nesterenko and Paata Burchuladze to name but a few. The set captures the brightest moments of eight Tchaikovsky Competitions in all categories. The recordings, including a number of never-before-released ones, were made immediately during the competition auditions
and at the prize-winners’ recitals. The release is dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the great Russian composer. |
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ID: MELCD1002406
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Cello Collection
Subcollection: Piano and Cello
Pianos:
CD1:
Naum Walter (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14)
Alexander Arutiunian (2)
Igor Aptekarev (4, 9, 11)
Victor Yampolsky (8)
Igor Aptekarev (4, 9, 11)
Arnold Kaplan (13)
Pianos:
CD2.
Naum Walter (1, 3, 5, 7, 12, 15)
Alexander Arutiunian (8)
Igor Aptekarev (9, 11, 13)
Victor Yampolsky (2, 6)
Igor Aptekarev (9, 11, 13)
Arnold Kaplan (4)
Victor Makarov (10, 14) |
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ID: MKM240
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Cello
1 - 4, 8 - 11 M. Rostropovich, cello / A. Dedyukin, piano
5 - 7 M. Rostropovich, cello / Philharmonia Orchestra - M. Sargent, conductor |
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ID: NFPMA9979
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Piano and Cello
This disc is an effort of Alexey Stadler, young and talented St. Petersburg cellist. The Northern Flowers remain true to their tradition of supporting young musicians. On this CD of Alexey Stadler and Karina Sposobina (piano), you will hear marvelous cello miniatures of Glazunov, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Desyatnikov, Saint-Saens, Fauré, Verdi, Sibelius, Popper, and Messiaen. |
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ID: RCD13089
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Russian Cello School
Subcollection: Cello and Orchestra
(1 - 3) - Mstislav Rostropovich, cello / Philharmonia Orchestra - Malcolm Sargent, conductor
(4 - 11) - Mstislav Rostropovich, cello / Alexander Dedyukin, piano
(1 - 3) - Recording in 1956
(4 - 11) - Recording in 1957 |
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