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- cellist, music teacher, university teacher
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Dvořák: Cello Concerto et al. (CD Review)
by Karl NehringCello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191; Klid (Silent Woods), Op. 68, B 182; Rondo in G minor, Op. 94, B. 181; Romance in F minor, Op. 11B. 39; Mazurek in E minor, Op. 49, B. 90. Zara Nelsova, cello; Ruggiero Ricci, violin; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Walter Susskind, conductor VOX-NX-3034CDAntonin Dvořák’s Cello Concerto is a work that is dear to many music lovers. It is filled with beautiful melodies that appeal to both the head and the heart, making it one of those pieces that can serve as a wonderful way to introduce those unfamiliar with classical music into its spellbinding realm. When I received this recording for review, I tried to remember which recording if the work I had first acquired back in the mid-1970s when I began to become seriously interested in classical music, but drew a blank. However, I vividly remember hearing the work in concert. […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2021-03-20 07:57:50
A rare trio from Glenn Gould before his breakthrough
Stratford, Ontario is a small industrial town west of Toronto. In 1953 a local businessman decided to create an annual drama festival focused on the plays of Shakespeare. From the beginning there was music too On July 18, 1954 the violinist Alexander Schneider and the cellist Zara Nelsova joined Gould performing chamber music by Bach, […]
2018-08-07 14:12:15
Here is something unusual for you: Contents: Sergei Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 Artur Balsam (piano), Zara Nelsova (cello) Max Reger: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor, Op 131c No 2 Artur Balsam (piano), Zara Nelsova (cello) Kodály: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8 Zara Nelsova (cello) This post is dedicated to the cellist Zara Nelsova who was born in Canada to Russian parents, and is now almost 100 years old. This CD combined pieces of a few recordings that exist, exalted by Ms. Nelzova’s 1726 Stradivarius. Here is Ms. Nelsova in the Cello Sonata by
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-02-29 15:15:27
Bonbons from Cellist Brinton Averil Smith
As part of its String Masters series, Boston Conservatory presented Cellist Brinton Averil Smith, cello, on February 21st in a Seully Hall recital with Evelyn Chen, piano. Smith described his fascinating selection of lesser-known salon pieces as a meal of deserts. Former assistant principal with the New York Philharmonic, he now occupies the principal chair with Houston Symphony and makes his presence felt at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. He studied with Eleonore Schoenfeld and Zara Nelsova, taking a D.M.A. from Juilliard with a study of Emanuel Feuermann. Smith unpacked the technical details of Feuermann’s playing, demonstrating the musical personality at play in specific performance decisions and helping us all appreciate his now-canonical stature among the great cellists of the past century. This program showcased that depth of knowledge as we heard a style of playing less common today, and a number of character-pieces (many transcribed or arranged) no longer […]
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