The present transcription of Cadenza was written as part of a complete recording of Penderecki's compositions for violoncello solo at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Luslavice
Without a doubt, Dvorak's melodious cello concerto numbers among the most popular of its kind. Written in the winter of 1894/95 while the composer was in America, the work underwent several revisions,
In her first Urtext edition for Edition Peters, internationally renowned cellist Josephine Knight reveals Robert Schumann's original version of his Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 – a piece
For cello & piano. First printing. Commissioned by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Premiered in Buffalo, May 2014. One movement work. Includes program notes. Duration: ca. 19'. Score, 30 p. and
Kol Nidrei numbers among Max Bruch's most famous compositions. The melancholy "Adagio after Hebrew melodies" was written in 1880 for the cellist Robert Hausmann. It sings two old Jewish songs using
To the modern listener, Fritz Kreisler evokes the elegance, romance, and old world charm of the Viennese ballroom, with sweeping cantabile melodies and bubbly arpeggiated passages that delight audiences.
Jean Sibelius composed far less music for the cello than for the violin. Malinconia (op. 20) – published in 1911 but composed in 1900 under the title Fantasia – remained his only opus-numbered
This composition is a true tour de force. Unlike the majority of my chamber music, which is usually aimed at intermediate and/or more advanced students, this work is geared for the most gifted students and
A heartfelt memorial to the composer's sister, Samba for Susan bears a tempo marking of "sensual" - this five-minute elegy is set as a slow bossa nova, full of the jazz flavor and
This 5-minute work is based on a cello solo from Wernick’s String Quartet No. 9. It is a brief, yet heart-felt tribute to Joel Krosnick whose devotion to new music is legendary. The notion of
Well known and beloved in their iterations for violin and piano, these arrangements were created by legendary Hollywood film composer and teacher Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco at the request of renowned cellist