Tag: Paul Hindemith
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The Young János Starker
Parnassus Records returns to international availability some of the earliest recordings by cellist János Starker, one of the 20th century’s most prominent instrumentalists and one of the most popular of the LP and late 78rpm era. An unmissable insight into cellist János Starker’s early work, featuring a performance of Kodály’s Solo Cello Sonata that’s ‘truly…
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Amar-Hindemith Quartet – Complete Recordings, 1926-1928
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Romantic Violin – Symanowski: Violin Concerto, Violin Sonata; Hindemith Violin Concerto
“Szymanowski is among the most exciting of twentieth century composers … a highly individual style which owes nothing to anyone … Try the first few bars of this recording; I should be surprised if you wanted to (stop) before the end … his early sonata, has many signs of that strange genius … Its melodies,…
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Hindemith: Quartet in F Minor; Villa-Lobos: Quartet No. 6 in E Major; Porter: Quartet No. 7
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The Road to Cello Playing
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Music for Viola and Piano
“there is much to be said for the spareness of the contrast achieved by the alto stringed instrument alongside the piano in the more elegiac viola sonata. In this form, the piece is lonelier, the viola nobler. Bashmet’s version of the original version (with Sviatislav Richter on Olympia, recorded in 1985, issued in 1997) makes…
