Offenbach - Complete Duos for 2 Cellos
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 96251
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 7
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 24th February 2023
Contents
Works
Cours methodique de duos, op.49 (6)Cours methodique de duos, op.50 (6)
Cours methodique de duos, op.51 (3)
Cours methodique de duos, op.52 (3)
Cours methodique de duos, op.53 (3)
Cours methodique de duos, op.54 (3)
Ecole du violoncelle, 1er degre, op.19
Ecole du violoncelle, 2eme degre, op.20
Ecole du violoncelle, 3eme degre, op.21
Ecole du violoncelle, 4eme degre, op.34
Etudes (12) for cello with second cello ad lib., op.78
Artists
Giovanni Sollima (cello)Andrea Noferini (cello)
Works
Cours methodique de duos, op.49 (6)Cours methodique de duos, op.50 (6)
Cours methodique de duos, op.51 (3)
Cours methodique de duos, op.52 (3)
Cours methodique de duos, op.53 (3)
Cours methodique de duos, op.54 (3)
Ecole du violoncelle, 1er degre, op.19
Ecole du violoncelle, 2eme degre, op.20
Ecole du violoncelle, 3eme degre, op.21
Ecole du violoncelle, 4eme degre, op.34
Etudes (12) for cello with second cello ad lib., op.78
Artists
Giovanni Sollima (cello)Andrea Noferini (cello)
About
Having learned the violin and cello as a child, Offenbach studied at the Paris Conservatoire, and soon secured a position in the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique. He spent much of the 1840s as a virtuoso cellist. touring Europe, including appearances in London and at Windsor where he entertained during the Ascot week banquet.
The greater part of this collection, which includes many world-premiere recordings, is taken up with Offenbach’s Cours Méthodique de duos pour deux violoncelles: a ‘progressive’ course of musical instruction for pupil and teacher to play together, arranged in order of increasing difficulty. However, these studies are far from dryly didactic in character. They include imitations of hymns, choruses, funeral marches and the sound of other instruments, such as a tuba or a French horn.
Following up the success of a 2-CD selection (94475) from this little-known box of delights, Giovanni Sollima and Andrea Noferini present Offenbach’s entire output, which ventures far beyond the course of studies to include fantasias and transcriptions based on the most popular operas and operettas of his day. The full character of the composer is captured by Sollima and Noferini: his delight in life, his observation of all its passing pleasures and frustrations; his irrepressible sense of humour. Cellists and lovers of 19th-century rarities alike will want to investigate this ambitious survey, and discover for themselves the hidden side of Jacques Offenbach.
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