Schubert / Kummer / Eichhorn / Hulshoff - Kummer & Schubert: Duos for Violin & Cello - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Schubert Fantasy in C for Cello and Piano, D. 934 2. Sonatina in G minor for Cello and Piano, D. 408 3. Reger Adagio from the First Suite for Cello Solo Op. 131C, No. 1 4. Largo from the Second Suite for Cello Solo Op. 131C, No. 2 5. Brahms Sonata in E Flat Major for Cello and Piano Op. 120, No. 2

Adrien FranCois Servais, dubbed the 'Paganini of the cello', collaborated with three of the greatest violin virtuosi of his time, the Belgians Joseph Ghys, Henry Vieuxtemps and Hubert Leonard. Album Tracks 1. Variations Brillantes Et Concertantes Sur L'air God Save the King, Op. 38 2. Grand Duo de Concert No. 4 Sur Des Motifs de L'opera L'africaine de Meyerbeer 3. Grand Duo de Concert No. 3 4. Grand Duo Sur Des Motifs de L'opera Les Huguenots de Meyerbeer 5. Grand Duo de Concert No. 2 Sur Des Themes de Beethoven 6. Grand Duo de Concert No. 1 Sur Des Airs Nationaux Anglais

After the success of the recent recording of works by Veress and Bartók, which won both a Gramophone Award and a BBC Music Magazine Award in 2020, the Lockenhaus Festival series, curated by it's artistic director Nicolas Altstaedt, continues it's journey through central Europe with Antonín Dvorák and his famous 'Dumky' Trio, named after a genre of Slavonic folksong generally performed by blind wandering minstrels who accompanied themselves on the kobza or bandura (twelve-string lute). Dvorák, whose father played the zither, immersed himself in this music and creatively translated it's substance into his own music. The trio was premiered in 1891 and, in response to it's ecstatic reception, Dvorák decided to perform it during his grand farewell tour before leaving for the United States. Zoltán Kodály's Duo for violin and cello (1914), which completes the program, also bears witness to the influence of folk music.