All cello articles – Page 7
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News
Cello stolen from LA Opera orchestra principal
John Walz’s 2010 Mario Miralles cello was taken from his San Diego hotel room yesterday
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In focus: Pablo Casals' 1733 Goffriller cello
The cello on which Pablo Casals made his landmark recordings was for a long time believed to be by Bergonzi, writes Philip Kass
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Jaap ter Linden, David Breitman: Beethoven, Complete works for piano and cello
Sparkling period-instrument playing strips the music of its patina
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In focus: cello by Giovanni Grancino, 1693
In this article from the January 2006 issue of The Strad, Ed Keohane studies a cello which had just been sold at Sotheby’s for nearly £210,000. Photographs by Richard Valencia
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Ophélie Gaillard: Richard Strauss – Don Quixote and cello works
Powerful playing in these gloriously Romantic cello works. With the Czech National Symphony Orchestra/Julien Masmondet
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Edgar Moreau, David Kadouch: Works by Franck, Poulenc, Strohl and La Tombelle
FRANCK Sonata in A major (arr. Delsart). POULENC Cello Sonata; Souvenirs STROHL Titus et Bérénice: Grande sonate dramatique. LA TOMBELLE Andante espressivo
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Cello first rounds at Khachaturian International Competition
Event begins in Yerevan, Armenia, with 14 young cellists competing for $15,000 first prize and place alongside successful former winners
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Horses fascinated by cello playing
In this video, Danish cellist Ida Riegels plays one of her own compositions to horses at a riding school in Switzerland. Riegels is currently cycling the length of the Rhine, 1000 kilometres (620 miles) from the Swiss Alps to the Dutch North Sea coast, with a cello on her back, ...
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From the archive: a 1717 Brescian cello by Pietro Giacomo Rogeri
Marked forever by Paganini and nearly lost in the snow by Piatti, this 1717 cello by Pietro Giacomo Rogeri has had a colourful history. Article by John Dilworth from the July 2009 issue
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Review
Kian Soltani: Home
SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata; Nacht und Träume. SCHUMANN Drei Fantasiestücke; Adagio und Allegro; Du bist wie eine Blume. VALI Persian Folk Songs Set no.16. SOLTANI Persian Fire Dance
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Royal wedding drives Sheku Kanneh-Mason to top of US and UK classical charts
The cellist’s debut album, released in January, enjoys boost thanks to internationally televised appearance watched by millions
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs at royal wedding
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs during the signing of the register at the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Kanneh-Mason played Maria Theresia von Paradis’ Sicilienne, Gabriel Fauré’s Après un rêve and Franz Schubert’s Ave Maria. Want to know more about Sheku Kanneh-Mason? See our related articles below
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Inspiration
Dynamic debut recording from significant young British cellist
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Christoph Croisé: Summer Night – works by Othmar Schoeck
Lyrical, and historically appropriate, depiction of a balmy musical landscape
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Article
A cello quartet with one cello
Four members of the Wiener Cello Ensemble 5+1 perform Ravel's Bolero on a single instrument to great comic effect. Watch: Music teacher loses temper with violinist – with destructive results
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Alexander Baillie, John Thwaites: The British Cello
Works by Bennett, Bridge, Britten, Cutler, Leighton, MacMillan and Moeran
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Maja Bogdanović, Maria Belooussova: Eastern Wind – works for cello and piano
GLIÈRE Twelve Album Leaves op.51; Ballade for Cello and Piano op. 4. RACHMANINOFF Cello Sonata in G minor op.19
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Cello semi-finalists announced at Prague Spring Festival
Competition chooses twelve cellists to proceed to semi-final round at Academy of Performing Arts in Czech capital
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In my opinion, the Finzi Cello Concerto outshines the Elgar
British cellist Raphael Wallfisch explains why the Finzi concerto is a piece close to his heart – and why he continues to champion it to orchestras around the world
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Masterclass: Jian Wang on Brahms’s Cello Sonata No.2 in F Major, second and third movements
The Chinese cellist gives advice on how to play the middle movements of this colourful, passionate work, and calls on cellists’ capacity to play cantabile