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Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky & Bloch: Cello Works

9/30/2004, 7 Tracks, 1:07:17

Featuring

  • Leonard Rose
  • Dimitri Mitropoulos
  • George Szell
  • Gladys Swarthout
  • Gibner King
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Ernest Bloch
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Jules Massenet
  • Edwin Greene

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Composer Biography

Camille Saint-Saëns, a prominent French composer, was a phenomenal prodigy as both a pianist and composer, admired by Liszt and Wagner.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, the German cellist who commissioned Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme, made substantial changes to the piece, including re-arranging variations and expanding the cello part, which Tchaikovsky allowed to stand.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Leonard Rose, regarded as the most outstanding American-born cellist of the 20th century, was known for his immaculate technique and warm, burnished tone.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Leonard Rose's parents, Russian emigrants from Kiev, originally had the name Rosofsky.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Leonard Rose, a prominent cellist, taught at America's two most prestigious music conservatories, the Curtis Institute and Juilliard School, where his students included Lynn Harrell and Yo-Yo Ma.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme was commissioned by German cellist Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, principal cellist of the Imperial Russian Music Society and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This CD features the first commercial recordings of cellist Leonard Rose as a soloist with an orchestra.

Source: Booklet

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