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“The piece is unlike no other of its kind”, Béla Bartók affirmed: “the world of ideas it contains is entirely new”. Timbre acquired an unusual, novel dimension by having the two lowest strings tuned one half-step down, to B and F#, respectively. Thus the three lower strings form a B Minor chord, which Kodály places in particular prominence at the onset of the sonata…
Julian Steckel was inspired to tackle this “Everest of cello literature” for the first time at the age of fifteen. The technical challenge was certainly exciting in itself, but he was also fascinated by the music’s beauty, and by Kodály’s special musical language – “even though at that time I didn’t yet know what was Hungarian about it, or what came from Debussy or other sources”, he remarks. Steckel proceeded to work on the sonata with several cellists including the venerable Hungarian-American legend Janós Starker, who made sensational recordings of the work. © CAvi-Music
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Zoltan Kodály, Composer - Julian Steckel, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Rivinius, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Deutschlandradio / Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Zoltan Kodály, Composer - Julian Steckel, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Deutschlandradio / Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Zoltan Kodály, Composer - Julian Steckel, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Deutschlandradio / Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Zoltan Kodály, Composer - Julian Steckel, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Deutschlandradio / Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Zoltan Kodály, Composer - Antje Weithaas, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Steckel, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Deutschlandradio / Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Zoltan Kodály, Composer - Antje Weithaas, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Steckel, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Deutschlandradio / Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Zoltan Kodály, Composer - Antje Weithaas, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Steckel, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Deutschlandradio / Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
“The piece is unlike no other of its kind”, Béla Bartók affirmed: “the world of ideas it contains is entirely new”. Timbre acquired an unusual, novel dimension by having the two lowest strings tuned one half-step down, to B and F#, respectively. Thus the three lower strings form a B Minor chord, which Kodály places in particular prominence at the onset of the sonata…
Julian Steckel was inspired to tackle this “Everest of cello literature” for the first time at the age of fifteen. The technical challenge was certainly exciting in itself, but he was also fascinated by the music’s beauty, and by Kodály’s special musical language – “even though at that time I didn’t yet know what was Hungarian about it, or what came from Debussy or other sources”, he remarks. Steckel proceeded to work on the sonata with several cellists including the venerable Hungarian-American legend Janós Starker, who made sensational recordings of the work. © CAvi-Music
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:45
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Julian Steckel Paul Rivinius Antje Weithaas
- Composer: Zoltán Kodály
- Label: Cavi-Music
- Genre: Classical
© 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2019 Deutschlandradio / Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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