The genre of the violoncello concerto was born in 17th-century Italy. Thanks to the Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), there exists today not only a wealth of magnificent violin concertos...
Novità di forma, modulazioni selezionate, strani colori tonali, l'uso di ritmi completamente inaspettati", così Camille Saint-Saëns elogiava l'opera prima di un giovane collega e continuava: "Al di so...
Friedrich August Kummer (1797-1879) came from a family of musicians, studied violoncello with the renowned solo cellist Friedrich Dotzauer of the Dresden Court Chapel and then worked as a cellist firs...