Alexander Polezhaev – Alto CD https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:36:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Davidov: Cello Concertos https://altocd.com/product/davidov-cello-concertos/ https://altocd.com/product/davidov-cello-concertos/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:36:14 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=50849 Davidov: Cello Concertos Marina Tarasova Alexander Polezhaev / Konstantin Krimets / Davydov Symphony Orchestra Catalogue Number: ALC 1066 Number of Discs: 1]]> “[P]leasant romantic fare, nicely performed and generally well recorded. Davidov was a cello prodigy who… served as a professor at St Petersburg Conservatoire, played cello in a string quartet that numbered among its ranks Auer and Wieniawski, and was described by Tchaikovsky as ‘the king of all 19th-century cellists.’ Perhaps his best-known piece is At the fountain from his Op. 20, a charming morceau. … Davidov concertos require both considerable stamina and an attractive tone. The young, prize-winning cello virtuoso Marina Tarasova certainly weaves an elegant musical line – sweet and well-rounded. … Cellists in search of attractive encore material will also enjoy the various short pieces with piano, Op. 30 especially.”
— Gramophone©
“[T]he cello playing is quite special. This would be one of the best things on the label”
— Christopher Ball, Dvorák Society

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky dubbed Karl Yulievich Davydov the “tsar of cellists” – and influenced the virtuoso’s own unabashedly romantic music for his instrument

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