Spartiti difficile per Violoncello

'Commissioned by the NDR, Höller wrote an imaginary dance piece in four movements the sketchy elegance of which is reminiscent of ballet scenes by Edgar Degas. Adrian Brendel (violoncello) and Christo...

Die Prière et Boléro, auch unter dem Namen Grande Scène espagnole bekannt, komponierte Offenbach 1840 als Paradestück für den eigenen Gebrauch. Es begleitete ihn auf seiner Karriere als Cello-Virtuose...

Dass Offenbach in seiner Jugend als Cellist Furore machte, dass man ihn sogar als 'Paganini des Cellos' bezeichnete, ist angesichts seiner epochalen Bedeutung als Bühnenkomponist in Vergessenheit gera...

'The Musical Offering' (2007) was composed for David Sabee (cello) and Ivan Sokolov (piano) who premiered the work in 2010. In this five-movement sonata, solo passages alternate with the cello and pia...

Commissioned by the Ruhr Piano Festival for Alfred Brendel's 75 th birthday. The cello part at the premier was played by Alfred Brendel's son Adrian. The work has an epigram by Rilke, from Liebes-Lied...

Dieses ansehnliche und anspruchsvolle Stück wurde im August 2000 komponiert. Es beinhaltet fünf Sätze:I - Praeludium 'd'après Tchaïkovski' - Die absteigende Skala mit ihrem lückenhaften Rhythmus leite...

Der ursprüngliche Zyklus Bogenstrich wurde für Singstimme, Cello und Klavier komponiert. Die vorliegende Auswahl der drei Stücke Lied ohne Worte, Variationen und Wie eine Fuge sind hingegen nur für Vi...

The first in a cycle of pieces on characters from the Old Testament, 'Und Salomo sprach' (And Solomon said), composed in the 80s, has long since become an essential part of the solo cello repertoire....

Twelve symphonic cellos form the string group in Aribert Reimann's opera The House of Bernarda Alba, which earned the distinction of Best first performance of the year 2000. Solo II may be seen as an...

A heartfelt love of sound, of small form becomes perceptible. Mysterious landscapes emerge: full of manic concentration, obsession even in submerging into a note, a sound, a small figure, full of turn...

Gramata cellam besteht aus zwei sehr kontrastierenden Teilen. Der erste, sehr heftige Teil 'fortissimo' (Allegro, freie Sonatenform) bearbeitet rauhes, aggressives Musikmaterial in ununterbrochener em...

lautlos ist im Umfeld von Christian Josts Choroper Angst - 5 Pforten einer Reise in das Innere der Angst entstanden. So basiert auch lautlos auf einer Stimmung des Ungewissen, Suchenden, ja sogar Resi...

Mustonen belongs to the young generation of composing piano virtuosos. What is remarkable is that 'his instrument' is not placed in the foreground of his works. He rather composed pieces for strings,...

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...

This edition replaces and completes the edition CB 158 of the Divertimento per violoncello solo. The movements have been arranged in a new order. To four of the movements Boris Pergamenshikov has adde...

Faz?l Say's 'Four Cities' Sonata can be considered as a journey through four cities of Anatolia. This work has taken its inspiration from Faz?l Say's memories and events of his life. Bodrum is well kn...

The title goes back to the illustrated book 'Kamfu mir helfen?' by Dirk Schmidt & Barbara Schmidt. The charming story inspired the composer to write music which, according to tradition, is based on th...