Franz Bartolomey - Art of the Cello - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The brothers Antoine and Max Bohrer were highly respected musicians who received praise from Berlioz. They also co-composed several works including the Grande symphonie militaire included on this album. Antoine's Violin Concerto and Max's Cello Concerto complete this programme of all world premiere recordings.

This is a beautiful album of French impressionistic works for cello and piano. Along with some standards are some wonderful, less often played works by Lili Boulanger. American cellist Natasha Farny has performed with the Boston Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and several orchestras throughout New York. Solo and chamber music tours include appearances in Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Brazil, and nationally at Chicago's Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, Brooklyn's Bargemusic InchHere and NowInch Series, and Florida's BIG ARTS Sanibel series. Nationally, Ms. Farny has performed live on radio programs including Chicago's InchLive from WFMTInch and is a regular guest at WXXI's InchLive from HochsteinInch series in Rochester, New York. This season, her duo Ekstasis will perform at Merkin Hall, Bard College, and Saugerties Pro Musica. She has been appointed to numerous summer festivals including the Sewanee Music Festival, the National Music Festival (MD), and the Colorado Music Festival and during the year, teaches at the School of Music at SUNY Fredonia.

I solisti di Pavia was founded about twenty years ago and nowadays can be seen as a stable and affirmed ensemble in both the Italian and European music scenes. Along with their leader, Italian cellist Enrico Dindo, the group has become internationally renowned. This ensemble presents a Chamber repertoire which runs from the XVIII Century to present day giving to the audience an interpretation which joins accurate historical performance practice with a fresh and lively musicality. In this album Enrico Dindo and the ensemble Solisti di Pavia present some of the most famous works for cello from Max Bruch Kol Nidrei (opening the album) to Saint-Saëns Le Cygne.