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...
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...
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 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...