Title: | Sämtliche Etüden für Violoncello - Complete Etudes for Cello |
Otros títulos: | Sämtliche Etüden für Violoncello Complete Etudes for Cello Hohe Schule des Violoncellospiels, op. 73. Etüden 1-20 |
Intérprete/ Colaborador: | David Popper; Martin Rummel; Sebastian Hartung |
Código CDU: | Popper.01 |
Forma Musical: | Violoncello -- Studies and exercises. |
Abstract: | David Popper was born in Prague, the Czech capital, at a time when Czech lands were ruled by Austria. Regarded as one of the greatest cellists of the Romantic era, Popper was a celebrated performer and an influential teacher. He mostly composed for his instrument, and his works, which include concertos and salon pieces for cello and piano, have remained part of the cello repertoire. Graceful, elegant, often demanding extreme virtuosity, Popper's music for the cello fully employs that instrument's technical and expressive resources. Although critics have described Popper's music as somewhat superficial, cellists delight in pieces such as his Gavotte in D major, in which an atmosphere of charming playfulness is created when melodic phrases are completed by delicately executed harmonics. An example of breath-taking virtuosity, his Dance of the Elves, for cello and piano, a truly frantic race up and the down the instrument's highest register, has remained a supreme challenge for the concert ... |