The point of Natalie Clein's collection is the epic Sonata for unaccompanied cello, which is not only one of Zoltán Kodály's greatest achievements, but also arguably the single most important work for ...

Cellist Miriam K. Smith has released Kodály's Sonata for Solo Cello in B minor, Op. 8 as a digital release on Azica Records. Of the Kodály, Miriam says, "I am moved with gratitude by the influence ...

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The two instruments may be cornerstones of orchestral and chamber music, and both have such significant solo repertories of their own, but the music composed for violin and cello together remains ...

1915 was a remarkable year for the cello. Pablo Casals made his first recordings of solo Bach, and Max Reger in Germany and Zoltán Kodály in Hungary were, quite independently, at work on solo cello ...

Each of the three movements lasts around 10 minutes, testing the cellist to the limit in one of the most powerful works that Kodály ever wrote. The depth of Andrianov’s concentration can readily be ...

The rest of the programme has a more refined character and Julius Drake’s expressive playing is a fine match for Clein’s outgoing manner. There’s a noble performance of the well known Adagio and a ...

Kodály and cello might make you think of the great sonata for solo cello. But what's offered here is the altogether less well- known Sonata, Op 4, for cello and piano. Wallfisch and York handle it ...

Zoltán Kodály’s Sonata for Solo Cello represents one of those daunting summits that cellists feel ineluctably drawn to conquer, and Natalie Clein does so here with terrific passion, piquancy and ...