János Starker Plays Hindemith, Prokofiev & Rautavaara
5/18/2018, 9 Tracks, 1:14:47
Featuring
Andreas von Lukácsy
János Starker
Ernest Bour
Herbert Blomstedt
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Paul Hindemith
Sergei Prokofiev
Einojuhani Rautavaara
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Performer Biography
János Starker received the Grand Prix du Disque in 1948 for his debut recording of Kodály's Solo Sonata.
Performer Biography
János Starker studied at the Liszt Academy during a "golden age" when composers like Bartók, Kodály, Weiner, and Dohnányi were teachers there.
Composer's Artistic Vision
János Starker believed that in major solo concertos from the Romantic era onwards, the soloist's role was that of a protagonist facing the orchestra on equal footing, not always in the foreground.
Performer Biography
János Starker, a legendary cellist, started playing cello at six, taught others at eight, and performed publicly at ten.
Performer Biography
János Starker became an American citizen in 1954 and later became a legendary cello professor at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Interpretation
János Starker's playing was characterized by an "indomitably forward-driving power" and a "linear tension that leaves no room for narcissistic sentimentality."
Composition History
Paul Hindemith's Cello Concerto was written in 1940 for cellist Gregor Piatigorsky as Hindemith's first work after emigrating to America.
