IDAGIO | Cello Recital: Schlechtriem, Michael - Korngold, E.W. / Marx, J. / Badura-Skoda, P. / Esser, S. / Mompou, F. / Delius, F. 4260036255294

Featuring

Michael Schlechtriem
Noriko Kitano
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Joseph Marx
Paul Badura-Skoda
Stefan Esser

Frederic Mompou
Frederick Delius

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Compositional Technique

Stefan Esser's Sonata for Cello and Piano develops all its thematic material from two main themes in the first movement, and the second movement includes a serial tone row.

Cultural Impact

Erich Wolfgang Korngold composed 17 film scores in Hollywood, two of which won Oscars, and his style influenced subsequent generations of film composers.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Paul Badura-Skoda, composer of the Elegie, found comfort and inspiration in the works of 20th-century masters like Béla Bartók and Frank Martin.

Composer Biography

Erich Wolfgang Korngold, whose music is featured on this album, was a child prodigy whose ballet pantomime was performed by the Viennese Court Opera when he was eleven.

Performer Biography

Michael Schlechtriem, the cellist on this album, began studying at the Cologne Musikhochschule at just thirteen years old.

Performer Biography

Noriko Kitano, the pianist, was invited to perform on the radio at the age of nine in her native city of Osaka, Japan.

Composition History

Stefan Esser composed his three-movement Sonata for Cello and Piano at the request of Michael Schlechtriem, the cellist on this album, between 1994 and 1996.