Saint-Saens / Tchaikovsky / Rachmaninov: Popular and Serious Music for Cello and Piano
10/12/2000, 18 Tracks, 1:08:12
Featuring
Elemér Lavotha
Kerstin Åberg
Camille Saint-Saëns
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Charles Gounod
Enrique Granados
David Popper
Maurice Ravel
Gabriel Fauré
Zoltán Kodály
Ernst Toch
Frédéric Chopin
Ingvar Lidholm
Bohuslav Martinů
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Performer Biography
Elemér Lavotha, the cellist on this album, began playing cello at age seven at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and later studied with renowned cellists Pierre Fournier and Gregor Piatigorsky.
Instruments
Elemér Lavotha plays a Francesco Ruggieri cello from 169?, using bows by Victor Fétique and Emile Ouchard.
Performer Biography
Kerstin Åberg, the pianist, is known as an excellent ensemble pianist and accompanist, having performed internationally in this capacity.
Performer Biography
At just 21, Elemér Lavotha was appointed assistant principal cellist of the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, becoming principal in 1976.
Recording & Production
The grand piano used for this recording is a Bösendorfer 275, with Greger Hallin as the piano technician.
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