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Korngold, Bloch & Goldschmidt: Cello Concertos
Julian Steckel (cello)
Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, Daniel Raiskin
[Steckel] shows his mettle and musicianship very impressively in three contrasted Jewish concertante works, creating a firm, warmly full-bodied tone and easy virtuosity. He is absolutely at...
Korngold, Bloch & Goldschmidt: Cello Concertos
Julian Steckel (cello)
Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, Daniel Raiskin
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[Steckel] shows his mettle and musicianship very impressively in three contrasted Jewish concertante works, creating a firm, warmly full-bodied tone and easy virtuosity. He is absolutely at...
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These three cello concertos reflect the different destinies of three Jewish composers and all use the cello’s full range of instrumental possibilities. The young prize-winning cellist Julian Steckel is a professor of the cello at the University of Rostock.
Contents and tracklist
Spotlight on this release
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
5th Dec 2014
James chooses his favourite recordings of the music of Korngold, best known for his Violin Concerto as well as numerous operas and film scores.
Awards and reviews
October 2011
[Steckel] shows his mettle and musicianship very impressively in three contrasted Jewish concertante works, creating a firm, warmly full-bodied tone and easy virtuosity. He is absolutely at home in Bloch's richly lyrical and hauntingly langorous Schelomo...and here Daniel Raskin brings out the detail of the colourful accompaniment very tellingly...But it is in the Goldschmidt Concerto that Steckel has the opportunity to deliver real virtuosity
July 2011
Intelligently programmed, very well engineered and stunningly played by both the orchestra and all importantly the soloist… What impresses and indeed
thrills me about Steckel’s playing is the range of colour and emotion he finds in this trio of rather wonderful score
1st December 2014
The plot of the 1946 Bette Davis film Deception involves a cellist having to perform the premiere of a new cello concerto, and as part of his scoring duties, Korngold was required to compose such a work. He later fashioned the material into this one-movement piece, given an impressive performance here by Julian Steckel, accompanied by the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie under Daniel Raiskin.
