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Martin Rummel & Stefan Stroissnig – Johannes Brahms: The Cello Sonatas (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:51 minutes | 929 MB | Genre: Classical
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The two sonatas by Johannes Brahms belong to the Olympus of the repertoire for every cellist, where, together with the suites by Bach and the sonatas by Beethoven, they virtually form the Trinity of our Old Testament. My own journey to these works began sometime in the 1980s and is – of course – still ongoing. I have had the opportunity to play both sonatas with many great pianists and thus get to know them from just as many different musical perspectives. Of course, I grew up with countless outstanding recordings, including a largely unknown one of the F Major Sonata by my own teacher William Pleeth with his wife, Margaret Good, which would also one day deserve to be made available to the public again.
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Martin Rummel – David Popper: Complete Transcriptions for Violoncello & Piano (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:18:39 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Classical
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The selection of works presented on this album shows the curiosity with which David Popper must have absorbed music of all periods, whether in concert, in domestic music-making, or by reading scores. Here we find orchestral works, songs, oratorio and opera arias, piano music, and chamber works, and the chronological classification ranges from the early Baroque to Popper’s contemporaries Wagner and Tchaikovsky. Popper’s modesty and knowledge of his strengths, especially about his own instrument, induced him to compose almost entirely for the cello. Besides reflecting the taste of the day, his music is note worthy for its innate sensitivity, a dexterous command of orchestration, and a savory sense of humor.
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Alexander Hülshoff & Martin Rummel – Johann Stiastny: Works for Two Violoncellos, Vol. 2 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:32 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Classical
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Little is known about the cellist and composer Johann Stiastny, and what is known contradicts each other in the sources. František Jan Št’astný, also known as Jean Stiasny or, indeed, Johann Stiastny, was probably born in Prague around 1764. In his standard work The Violoncello and Its History, Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski wrote that Stiastny’s cello works “are qualified to be placed amongst the best productions of the older Cello literature, as they contained effects which for that period were entirely novel.” Alexander Hülshoff and Martin Rummel, two celebrated cellists of our time, present premiere recordings of Stiastny’s Trois Duos Concertans, Op. 6, creating a unique album for cello lovers and collectors of rare 18th century repertoire.
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Martin Rummel, Roland Kruger – Reinecke: Complete Works for Cello & Piano (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:53 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Classical
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Carl Reinecke’s melodic gift, mastery of counterpoint, and idiomatic command of chamber repertoire, in particular, exemplify why he was acclaimed as one of the great representatives of German High Romanticism. His Cello Sonatas were composed over four decades. The First teems with freshness and a Schumannesque lyricism, while the Second is a more experimental work, with a notably quizzical slow movement. Virtuosity, solemnity and caprice are features of the Third Sonata, while the Three Pieces, Op. 146 offer an enticing contrast of songfulness and dance. Austrian cellist Martin Rummel is not only the last pupil of the legendary William Pleeth, but with the release of nearly 50 albums, one of the most distinguished cellists of his generation. He continually gains worldwide praise for his recordings of previously undiscovered music. First Prize winner of the prestigious Concours de Geneve in 2001, Roland Kruger has performed in venues such as the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, and the Kolner Philharmonie festival. As a soloist, he has worked with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Orchestre National de Belgique and the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, among others.
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Martin Rummel – Popper: Complete Cello Concertos (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:58 minutes | 1,30 GB | Genre: Classical
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David Popper was one of the most important cellists of the 19th century and is remembered for the etudes of his High School of Cello Playing. Popper premiered chamber works by Brahms and championed Schumann’s Cello Concerto, and his own four concertos span an illustrious 50-year career. Each shares a lyrical Romantic spirit: the playful First Concerto, an enjoyable prelude to the more dramatic and virtuosic Second, and the single-movement Third, a masterpiece in melodic compactness. The Fourth Concerto was dedicated to ‘my great colleague’ Alfredo Piatti and is recorded here in its version with piano.
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Martin Rummel – Bottesini: Three Gran Duettos for Cello and Bass (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:09 minutes | 997 MB | Genre: Classical
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Martin Rummel is much more than just a cellist: “musician, cultural manager, academic, pleasure person” is how he describes himself, even if playing the cello has of course remained his “core business”. More than 50 CD albums have earned him the highest praise from the public and the press as well as the reputation as one of the leading cellists of his generation. Martin Rummel is a guest of orchestras and organizers in Europe, Asia, Oceania, North and South America, with conductors and chamber music partners of all generations; namedropping is not his. After academic posts in Germany, China and New Zealand, he is currently Rector of the Anton Bruckner Private University. He is the owner of a company with four CD labels and a publishing house, had his own radio show and speaks and writes about music.
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Elisabeth Kufferath, Martin Rummel, Eric Lamb – (re)inventions, Vol. 2 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/176,4 kHz | Time – 46:21 minutes | 1,56 GB | Genre: Classical
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(Re)inventions Vol. 2 is the much-anticipated continuation of ensemble paladino’s successful collaborative adaptation project of musical examples from Bach’s keyboard works, this time for flute, viola and cello. The entry point of this exploration are Bach’s fifteen Sinfonias, BWV 787 to 801, followed by a carefully selected collection of three-part fugues and preludes. The Sinfonias are a natural pedagogical extension of the two-part inventions and were considered by Bach to be musical exercises “… to achieve a cantabile style in playing and at the same time acquire a strong foretaste of composition.” Going outward from the fifteen Sinfonias and deeper into Bach’s catalogue of keyboard works one finds many lovely examples of three-voice counterpoint. Alongside the Sinfonias, the ensemble has chosen various Preludes and Fugues.
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Alexander Hülshoff, Martin Rummel – Johann Stiastny: Works for Two Violoncellos, Vol. 1 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:50:23 minutes | 1,90 GB | Genre: Classical
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Little is known about the cellist and composer Johann Stiastny, and what is known contradicts each other in the sources. It begins with his name: František Jan Št’astný, also known as Jean Stiasny or, indeed, Johann Stiastny, was probably born in Prague around 1764, as the son of oboist Jan Št’astný (and as younger brother of cellist Bernard Václav Št’astný). Fétis gives his birth year as 1774. He was a member of the Prague Theater Orchestra, a cellist in Mainz and Frankfurt, and a music director in Nuremberg. Given the English dedicatees of some of his works, it seems likely that he traveled – in addition to Paris – as far as London.
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