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pnorris
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(8/12/01 11:01:47 am)
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What's your
favorite romantic solo?
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pnorris
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(8/12/01 11:05:45 am)
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re:favorite
romantic solo
Sorry, its early for me and I have a serious case of fumble
fingers!! Anyway, I was listening to Vaughn Williams Lark Ascending
(one of my favorite pieces) and was wondering if there are similar
romantic/pastoral solos for cello? If so, what are your favorites?
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Nicholas
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Re: re:favorite
romantic solo
One good piece does come to mind, because it's quite similar in
various ways to the Vaughn Williams piece, and in fact I personally
think it has even more substance. (I wouldn't say it's my
"favorite," only because I don't have one - but it's certainly
*among* my all-time favorites!) It's a very obscure, out-of-print
cello and piano work by the British composer Cyril Scott, titled
"The Melodist and the Nightingales," originally published by Schott.
It's a kind of long, epic rhapsody - it goes on for over 20 minutes,
through all kinds of changes. The style is very much his own, but if
one had to compare it to something, it could be sort of a
combination of Elgar and Ravel, a type of romantic impressionism,
and even has a slight hint of a Chinese or Asian flavor thrown in.
It's very rich harmonically and melodically, and I think it's
extremely interesting and absolutely beautiful. I found it in a
used-music store several years ago, and have performed it a few
times since.
Cyril Scott, (1879-1970), was one of those
fascinating and unjustly neglected composers. He not only wrote
music prolifically, but was also an author and a genuine mystic,
with an encyclopedic knowledge of Eastern philosophy. One of his
books is called "Music - Its Secret Influence Throughout the Ages,"
and it deals with a wide range of issues in depth, including most of
the important classical composers. I found it to be eye-opening and
illuminating.
Anyway, if you're interested in the piece and
can't find it, let me know, and I promise to at least make a valiant
attempt to get around to sending you a copy!
-Nick
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drcello
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(8/12/01 2:49:10 pm)
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Partial to
Brahms
I can't think of any nicer romantic solo than the cello solo in the
Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto.
Marshall C. St. John
drcello@vei.net
Wayside Presbyterian Church
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samcn
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(8/12/01 6:53:02 pm)
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Cello
solo...
Agree with drcello on Brahms' #2 piano concerto
3rd
movement..
Rachmaninof's cello sonata 1st movement is
pretty good.. But still Brahms piano concerto gets my
emotion..
Sam
samcn@yahoo.com
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TerryM
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(8/13/01 6:55:16
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Re: re:favorite
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There are many solo parts of chamber music in which the cello sings
and a couple of my favorites are: the andante cantabile from the
Schumann Piano Quartet, Op. 47 and the lovely andante from the
Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3, Op. 60. Both these quartets contain not
only beautiful cello solos, but also wonderful cello lines that
weave in and out of the other instruments.
Terry
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JanJan2
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(8/13/01 7:03:13 am)
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Rach cello
sonata
At least at the moment, (because the CD is playing) - especially
the 1st movement. And especially when played by Truls Mork!
Janet |
etn69
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(8/13/01 7:56:25 am)
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Re: What's your
favorite romantic solo?
A lot of nice solos are indeed in chamber music !
Here are the
ones I like most:
Schubert, 2nd piano trio, 2nd
movement
Schubert, 14th quartet, 2nd movement
Dvorak, 11th
quartet, 2nd mvt
Dvorak, "Dumky" trio, 4th mvt
Happy
soloing, ;-)
Etienne
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zambocello
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(8/14/01 2:24:29 am)
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Re: What's your
favorite romantic solo?
Rachmaninoff Sonata, beginning to end.
Brahms made some
great tunes, the best are in the chamber music. Opening of Op 8
Trio, slow movement of C Minor Piano Quartet, etc......
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