Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music; Instrumental
Period: 20th Century; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.570570
Barcode: 0747313057078
Release Date: 07/2008

Cello Recital: Kosower, Mark - BARTOK, B. / DOHNANYI, E. / KODALY, Z. / LISZT, F. / (Hungarian Music for Cello and Piano)

This anthology of Hungarian music for cello and piano ranges widely from Liszt’s haunting The Nonnenwerth Cloisters and two salon pieces by the great 19th century cello virtuoso Popper, to composers of the 20th century. Bartók’s First Rhapsody is an original folk-song arrangement intended to popularise the composer’s music as part of a lighter genre. Dohnányi’s Sonata in B flat, Op. 8, for cello and piano, is a formidable work in four movements written in the tradition of the great Romantic sonata. Rósza’s Toccata capricciosa, a fantasy on Hungarian themes, is a virtuosic tour-de-force for solo cello.

Tracklist

Bartók, Béla
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
1 I. Lassu: Moderato 04:42
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
2 II. Friss: Allegretto moderato 06:05
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
Liszt, Franz
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
3 Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, S382/R463 (version for cello and piano) 05:46
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
Popper, David
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
4 Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 11, No. 3 03:53
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
Kodály, Zoltán
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
5 Adagio (arr. for cello and piano) 08:23
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
Dohnányi, Ernő
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
6 Ruralia hungarica, Op. 32d, "Andante rubato" 06:52
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
Popper, David
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
7 Serenade (Spanish Dance), Op. 54, No. 2 03:53
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
Dohnányi, Ernő
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
8 I. Allegro ma non troppo 07:58
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
9 II. Scherzo: Vivace assai 05:23
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
10 III. Adagio non troppo 03:13
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
11 IV. Tema con Variazioni: Allegro moderato 10:05
Kosower, Mark (cello)
Oh, Jee-Won (piano)
Rózsa, Miklós
Kosower, Mark (cello)
12 Toccata capricciosa, Op. 36 07:35
Kosower, Mark (cello)

Total Playing Time: 01:13:48