David Popper – Samtliche Etüden für Violoncello (2004)

Posted By : d'Avignon | Date : 01 Oct 2011 11:24:01 | Comments : 17 |

Many of these compositions for the cello are quite interesting; but yes, they were typically written for students of the instrument. We hear an endless stream of exercises…I can see the poor youth pining away in his sparsely lit attic on a cold and wintry night, dark bags under his eyes; practising and practising, incessantly stroking and plucking away at the strings, because his cruel, unforgiving academy teacher demands he suffers for art.
And suffer he will. This is classical music. Art. Torture.

So that we know!

Tracks:

CD1

15 leichte Etüden op. 76 I

10 mittelschwere grosse Etüden op. 76

CD2

Hohe Schule des Violoncellospiels op. 73 - Etüden 1-20

CD3

Hohe Schule des Violoncellospiels op. 73 – Etüden 21-40

Performers:

Martin Rummel - Violoncello - cello
Sebastian Hartung - Violoncello II - cello II

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Posted By: keke77 Date: 01 Oct 2011 11:34:22

If this is torture then I am a masochist ;-) Thanks!

Posted By: ivory-d Date: 01 Oct 2011 16:29:25

Your summaries are both informative and entertaining. Thanks for sharing your music and your thoughts!

Posted By: Scion7777 Date: 01 Oct 2011 16:44:00

Just putting this here off-topic:
GEORGES ENESCU-Piano Quartet No.1 Op.16 - the 2nd quartet is around but haven't found this one. If anybody has it on CD please post?

Posted By: đorđe Date: 01 Oct 2011 20:29:40

Let's hear it, my niece studies cello! Thank you!

Posted By: d'Avignon Date: 01 Oct 2011 20:37:34

She must have heard of Popper, then. I read somewhere every cello student is bound to come across him sooner or later. He's obligatory study material for the advanced.
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Ah! here it is, a quote from Wikipedia:

“

Popper is also famous for his High School of Cello Playing (Op. 73), a book of cello études that is used almost universally by advanced cello students

”

Well, that book is on cd2 and 3

Posted By: 2,718281828459 Date: 02 Oct 2011 12:01:16

Thank you, finally a Popper one can like...

Posted By: rroseselavy Date: 02 Oct 2011 14:56:40

Thanks d'Avignon. Perhaps this will inspire me to dust off my copy of these and give some of them a go. Man, they're hard to play!

Posted By: d'Avignon Date: 02 Oct 2011 15:32:25

Ha, yes, I suppose they're hard to play. For my little make-up story in the introduction, I was inspired by Martin Rummel's rather pale complexion in the cover art; a nice piece of photoshop work! As if after many years of hard practice, he's finally allowed to have a rest and sit next to his tormentor, on equal footing. Two gentlemen in a 19th century setting, quietly enjoying their well-deserved tobacco together

Posted By: capparissi Date: 02 Oct 2011 22:39:00

"THIS IS CLASSICAL MUSIC, ART. TORTURE"... TORTURE?
This is one of the most pretentious I have ever read.
"His cruel, unforgiving academy teacher demands he suffers for art"
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Incredible that someone who write this don't feel shame.

DAVID POPPER (Born in Prague, 18 June 1843; Died in Baden, Vienna, 7 Aug 1913).
Austrian cellist and composer. He was born in the Prague ghetto, the son of Angelus Popper, cantor at two local synagogues. Having auditioned for the Prague Conservatory at the age of 12 as a violinist, he matriculated as a cellist because of the shortage of cello students, and became a pupil of Julius Goltermann. He made such rapid progress that within six years he presided over the cello class when Goltermann was on tour. At the age of 18 he was appointed assistant principal cellist of the Löwenberg Court Orchestra, and the following year assumed the post of principal. During this time he was engaged by Bülow and the Berlin Philharmonic as soloist in Robert Volkmann’s newly composed concerto. In 1868 he secured the position of principal in the Vienna Hofoper and the Vienna PO (the youngest player to hold such a post) and later joined the Hellmesberger Quartet. In 1872 he married Liszt’s pupil Sophie Menter (daughter of the cellist Joseph Menter), with whom he also toured. Denied leave for his solo engagements, he resigned from the orchestra the following year. In 1886 his marriage was dissolved, and he was appointed by Liszt as professor at the National Hungarian Royal Acadamy of Music, where he established the cello and chamber music divisions. He remained until his death, having also served as a member of the Hubay Quartet.

WHO TEACHER DEMANDS HE SUFFERS FOR ART?

Posted By: arikanat Date: 03 Oct 2011 01:22:06

d'Avignon you described my past so vividly :). thanks for the hopefully worthy torture.

Posted By: billinrio Date: 03 Oct 2011 16:04:12

d'Avignon, thanks for the excellent upload and comments.
Pay no attention to the comments of capparissi. He obviously has no feeling or understanding for irony or humor in English. Perhaps he does a little better in his native language.

Posted By: capparissi Date: 03 Oct 2011 23:41:33

billinrio,
Why don't you ask d'Avignon if he has feeling or understanding for irony o humor in his comments.
Surely you can not stop to laugh all the time. You have a xenophobic great sense of humor.

Posted By: dd099 Date: 04 Oct 2011 20:05:49

yes capparissi does not seem to understand irony.
In addition, he does not know the etiquette of not writing in capital letters.

As a friend of mine told me, listening classical music does not prove you are clever.

Posted By: capparissi Date: 05 Oct 2011 05:32:30

I know who decide is someone is clever or not now.
Please, tell your friend that is better to keep his mouth shut and appear a fool than to speak and leave no doubt.
dd099, would you like or prefer that I write it in capital letters?

Posted By: dd099 Date: 05 Oct 2011 21:56:28

capparissi: I would like you to:
upload some stuff to show us the right way to commment
be grateful to have free stuff
be grateful to have nice uploaders
instead of writing comment which makes you stupid and aggresive because you don't understand/apprciate a particular sense of humor.

Posted By: capparissi Date: 12 Oct 2011 22:45:24

You: (Is dd099 your name or a password?)
How many stuff are you upload? NOTHING AT ALL.
Tell me, who decide the right to comment? Are you? Sure you don't.
Should I be grateful to have free stuff? What does "BE GRATEFUL" mean? Grateful to Misicaphon Label or to Martin Rummel cellist?
BE GRATEFUL TO HAVE FREE STUFF... I'm just as amoral as you but I am not a hypocrite. Don't forget, WE PLAY THE GAME!
Otherwise, you have a really stupid particular sense of humor. Tell your friend (THE WISE) from me.

Posted By: dawndark Date: 24 Oct 2011 13:33:58

Thank you very much :D

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