{"product_id":"bartholdy-poltera-brautigam-works-for-cello-piano-super-audio-cd","title":"Bartholdy \/ Poltera \/ Brautigam: Works for Cello \u0026 Piano - SUPER-AUDIO CD","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWorks for Cello \u0026amp; Piano\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eBartholdy \/ Poltera \/ Brautigam\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eBis\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eSUPER-AUDIO CD\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e7318599921877\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2017-10-06\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eAdditional Details: \u003c\/b\u003eHYBRID SACD\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         It is well known that Felix Mendelssohn's sister Fanny was a highly talented musician, but fewer are familiar with the fact that there were two other musical siblings in the Mendelssohn family: Rebecka, a gifted singer, and Paul, a very competent amateur cellist. It is to Paul, a banker by profession, that we owe the existence of much of Felix's music for the instrument, which in spite of Beethoven's endeavours hadn't yet become firmly established as a duo partner of the piano. Fitting comfortably on a single release, Mendelssohn's works for cello and piano are here presented by Christian Poltera and Ronald Brautigam, who open with the Variations concertantes in D major, composed in 1829. Brautigam has recently released the composer's Lieder ohne Worte, performing them on a copy of a piano by Pleyel from 1830, and plays the same instrument on the present disc. Meanwhile, Poltera has chosen to equip his 1711 Stradivarius cello with gut strings, and together the two musicians and their instruments create a sound which is both flexible, transparent and vigorous - ideal for Mendelssohn's scores. The two substantial sonatas, composed in 1838 and 1843, are separated on the disc by a brief 'Albumblatt' and a Romance sans paroles in D major, the only 'song without words' that Mendelssohn wrote for two instruments rather than piano solo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Tema. Andante Con Moto \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Variation 1 \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Variation 2 \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Variation 3: Più Vivace \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Variation 4: Allegro Con Fuoco \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Variation 5: L'istesso Tempo \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Variation 6: L'istesso Tempo \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Variation 7: Presto Ed Agitato \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Variation 8: Tempo Primo - Coda. Più Animato \u003cbr\u003e1.10 I. Allegro Vivace \u003cbr\u003e1.11 II. Andante \u003cbr\u003e1.12 III. Allegro Assai \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Andante \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Assai Tranquillo in B minor, MWVQ25 \u003cbr\u003e1.15 I. Allegro Assai Vivace \u003cbr\u003e1.16 II. Allegretto Scherzando \u003cbr\u003e1.17 III. Adagio \u003cbr\u003e1.18 IV. Molto Allegro E Vivace\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bartholdy \/ Poltera \/ Brautigam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41742750842951,"sku":"35371403","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3740238.jpg?v=1749182043","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/bartholdy-poltera-brautigam-works-for-cello-piano-super-audio-cd","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}