Maurits Frank (1892-1959) from Rotterdam was one of the leading cellists in the early 20th century. He studied with Pablo Casals among others and was a partner of Paul Hindemith in the Rebner and Amar...
The popularity of his (first) violin concerto drove Max Bruch not just almost to despair - 'I cannot listen to this concerto any more', he wrote to his publisher - it also got in the way of the compos...
Geschickt ausgewählte Zugabestücke geben einem Konzert die besondere Note. Ob virtuose Kabinettstückchen oder besinnliche Melodien: beides kann einem erfolgreichen Konzert zu einer harmonischen Abrund...
The number of methods and étude collections existing for violoncello is huge. But what to do when no teacher is on the spot to explain why a certain passage of the concerto simply would not work out?...
One of the most beautiful pieces of the Romantic cello literature - edited and provided with fingerings by the famous cellist Prof. Maria Kliegel. The orchestral accompaniment is easy to play - even f...
One of the most beautiful pieces of Romantic cello literature - edited and fingered by the well-known cellist Prof. Maria Kliegel.
Fauré initially wrote the Sicilienne as indicental music to Molière's 'Bourgeois gentilhomme' for small-scale string orchestra. In 1898 he wrote an arrangement for violoncello and piano which enjoys g...
David Popper (1843-1913), a pupil of Julius Goltermann, was not only a much-travelled and successful concert cellist. Like many of his virtuoso fellow musicians, he left a number of compositions for h...
'New forms, well-chosen modulations, strange timbres, the use of wholly unexpected rhythms', this is how Camille Saint-Saëns praised the first work of a young colleague, the First Violin Sonata by Gab...
