Reger / Ysaÿe: 3 Suites For Cello / Sonata For Cello
3/20/2007, 14 Tracks, 1:01:13
Featuring
Erling Blöndal Bengtsson
Max Reger
Eugène Ysaÿe
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Composition History
Reger composed his three Suites for solo cello, Op. 131c, in 1915, inspired by Bach's cello suites.
Instruments
Erling Blöndal Bengtsson performs on a cello made by Nicolas Lupot in Paris in 1823.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Reger, a great admirer of Bach, attempted to assimilate Bach's art in his organ works through a long series of fugues and passacaglias.
Composer Biography
Max Reger (1873-1916) was a learned musician and one of the most skilled counterpointists in music history.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ysaÿe's most important works are his six sonatas for solo violin from 1924, composed for six contemporary violinists and modeled after Bach's solo suites.
Composer Biography
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931) was primarily a practicing musician, one of the most admired violin virtuosos of his generation, who also founded an orchestra and was a first-rate teacher.
Performer Biography
Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, the cellist on this recording, was given a violin at age three but insisted on holding it between his knees, leading to him playing a viola with an end-pin attached.
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