KLIEGEL, MARIA (b 1952 )

After studying with Janos Starker at Indiana University, in 1981 Maria Kliegel won the Grand Prix of the Paris Concours Rostropovich. Mstislav Rostropowitsch subsequently became one of her most important mentors. She started a successful recording career on the Naxos label in 1991, and her recording of the Dvořák and Elgar Cello Concertos [Naxos 8.550503] with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London has been a bestseller for many years. The composer Alfred Schnittke described her recording of his First Cello Concerto as the definitive performance. She has received frequent honours including two Grammy nominations. For her multimedia book and DVD project, Schott Master Class – Cello: Artistic Expression with Technique and Imagination, published in 2006, she has also received two prestigious awards. Since 1986 she has been professor at the Cologne Musikhochschule and in 2001 established, with Ida Bieler (violin) and Nina Tichman (piano), the Xyrion Trio, which undertook the artistic supervision of the Andernach Music Festival at Namedy Castle in 2007.

Maria Kliegel plays a cello made by Carlo Tononi, Venice, in c.1730.

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20 YEARS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC: Naxos Anniversary Collection (Naxos Denmark)	8.570598
ANDANTE - Romantic Music for Cello and Orchestra	8.555764
Art & Music: Van Gogh - Music of His Time	8.558068
AUDIO REFERENCE - 24K	8.550481G
BACH, J.S.: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV 1007-1012 (Complete)	8.557280-81
BANTER: Phadra / Marchenbilder / Prolog 2000	8.223860
BEETHOVEN (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552105-06
BEETHOVEN FOR MEDITATION	8.570905
BEETHOVEN FOR MEDITATION (Swedish Edition)	8.557751
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Piano Trios, Vol. 4 - Clarinet Trios (Piano Trios Nos. 4, 8) (Hausmann, Kliegel, Tichman)	8.570943
BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonatas No. 3, Op. 69 and Op. 64	8.555786
BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 5 / 7 Variations, WoO 46	8.555785
BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonatas Nos. 4 and 5, Op. 102	8.555787
BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto, Op. 56 / Piano Concerto in D Major, Op. 61a	8.554288
BEST OF BRITISH	8.570573-74
BEST OF NAXOS 9 (THE)	8.551202
BRAHMS: Cello Sonatas Opp. 38, 78 and 99	8.550656
BRAHMS: Double Concerto / SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A Minor	8.550938
CHILDREN'S CLASSICS - Music to Make Children Brighter (2008 Australian Edition)	8.578019-20
CHILDREN'S CLASSICS - Music to Make Children Brighter (2009 Hong Kong Edition)	8.578057-58
CHILL WITH BEETHOVEN	8.556790
CHILL WITH CHOPIN	8.556784
CHILL WITH SCHUBERT	8.556791
CHOPIN (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552107-08
CHOPIN: Cello Sonata / Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3 / Grand Duo	8.553159
CINEMA CLASSICS 1999	8.551183
CLASSICAL INSPIRATIONS, Vol. 2	8.551236
CLASSICS AT THE MOVIES: DIVAS	8.556806
CLASSICS FOR LOVERS	8.570013-14
DEMUS: Sonate poetique / Sonata in C minor	8.225036
Discover the Classics, Vol. 2	8.554246-47
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 3: The Concerto	8.554486-87
DOHNANYI: Konzertstuck for Cello / Cello Sonata / Ruralia Hungarica	8.554468
DVORAK (THE BEST OF)	8.556661
DVORAK (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552139-40
DVORAK / ELGAR: Cello Concertos	8.550503
DVORAK : Best Of Dvorak (The)	8.551111
EASTER ALBUM (AN)	8.570175-76
ELEGIE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556612
ELGAR (THE BEST OF)	8.556672
ELGAR (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552133-34
ELGAR: Cello Concerto / Introduction and Allegro / Serenade for Strings	8.554409
FAURE: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Elegie / Romance (Kliegel)	8.557889
Grand Tango and Other Dances for Cello and Piano (Le)	8.550785
GUBAIDULINA: Seven Words / Silenzio / In Croce	8.553557
HAYDN: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Sinfonia concertante	8.571034
HAYDN: Cello Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4	8.555041
HAYDN: Drei Violoncellokonzerte	8.551059
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL NZ 2001	8.555883
KAISER-LINDEMANN: Hommage a Nelson M., Op. 27	8.554485
KLASSIK HIGHLIGHTS - Music for the 20th Anniversary of Naxos	8.550020
KLASSISKT A-O (The A to Z of Classical Music)	8.553362
KLIEGEL, Maria: Virtuoso Cello Showpieces	8.557613
KODALY: Duo for Violin and Cello / Hungarian Rondo / Adagio for Cello / Sonatina	8.554039
KODALY: Three Chorale Preludes / Cello Sonatas Opp. 8 and 4	8.553160
LA CELLISSIMA	8.551094
LALO: Cello Concerto in D minor / Cello Sonata	8.554469
LIEBESLEID - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556615
LINDE: Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto	8.557855
Lunga Bla Timmar (Blue Hours)	8.503024
MENDELSSOHN: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Variations Concertantes	8.550655
Music and Video Club Vol. 2 (UK Only)	8.555082
Music for Kids CD 7: Music from Planet Earth	8.558020
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - ST PETERSBURG: Palaces of the Tsars (NTSC)	2.110511
MYSTERY OF AUTUMN (THE)	8.557791
MYSTIC CLASSICS - Visionary Choral and Orchestral Masterpieces	8.570225-26
NAXOS 15TH ANNIVERSARY CD	8.555964
NAXOS SELECTION: Highlights	8.571000
POPPER: Romantic Cello Showpieces	8.554657
RACHMANINOV (THE BEST OF)	8.556682
RHAPSODY - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556617
SAINT-SAENS: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Suite, Op. 16	8.553039
SAINT-SAENS: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Cello Suite	8.557880
SARABANDE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556613
SCHNITTKE: Cello Concerto / Stille Musik / Cello Sonata	8.223334
SCHNITTKE: Cello Concerto / Stille Musik / Cello Sonata	8.554465
SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata / SCHUMANN: Fantasiestucke	8.550654
SCHUMANN : Best of Schumann (The)	8.551112
SCHUMANN, R. (THE BEST OF)	8.556662
SHOSTAKOVICH (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552129-30
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2	8.550813
SONIC REBELLION - Alternative Classical Collection	8.570760
STOR MUSIK FOR SMA ORON (Big Music for Little Ears) - Children's Music Compilation	8.503156
TAVENER: John Tavener - A Portrait (MCCLEERY)	8.558152-53
TAVENER: Protecting Veil / In Alium	8.554388
TCHAIKOVSKY (THE BEST OF)	8.556652
TCHAIKOVSKY (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552117-18
TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme / BRUCH: Kol Nidrei / BLOCH: Schelomo	8.550519
Ten Years Of Success	8.554103
THE ART OF BERND GLEMSER	8.554135DX
TONER TILL TROST (Music for Comfort)	8.503158
VIRTUOSO CELLO ENCORES	8.557943
Virtuoso Cello Encores (Kliegel)	8.223403