Leonard Rose was an immensely significant and formative figure among Cellists in the 20th century. He made music history as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher alike. Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants in the US, he started a major international career in the 1950s and went on to become the most important American cellist of his time. Equally outstanding was his work as an educator, namely at the Curtis Institute and the Juilliard School. Erich Leinsdorf, chief conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, briefly called the "cello" section of his orchestra "Rose Section", as seven of its members had been Rose’s students. The New York Times added that five of the cellists in both the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, as well as six in the Cleveland Orchestra, had received crucial impulses for their careers through Rose. Yo-Yo-Ma also decided that none other than Rose would qualify as his teacher. So the nine-year-old, a quarter-cello under his arm, appeared in Isaac Stern's apartment, where the trio Stern-Istomin-Rose rehearsed, and asked to audition - the rest is history. This box and its 10 original albums from the years 1945 to 1961 plus numerous bonus tracks is honoring a great musical personality. Rose is accompanied here by such greats as Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Ormandy, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Bruno Walter, Fritz Reiner, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Isaac Stern, Bidu Sayao and Gladys Swartout.
Tracklist
CD 1
■ THE MINSTREL BOY (1948)
1. Traditional: The Minstrel Boy (Thomas Moore) 2‘35
2. Traditional: The Garden Where the Praties Grow 2‘47
3. Charles W. Glover: The Rose of Tralee 3‘16
(Edward Mordaunt Spencer)
4. Traditional: The Palatine’s Daughter (Fay Sargent) 2‘44
5. Ernest R. Ball: A Little Bit of Heaven (Keirn Brennan) 2‘04
6. Traditional: A Ballynure Ballad 2‘05
7. Ernest R. Ball: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 3‘10
(Chauncey Olcott & George Graff jr.)
8. Traditional: The Young May Moon (Thomas Moore) 1‘42
9. Hermann Löhr: You’d Better Ask Me (Samuel Lover) 1‘40
Christopher Lynch tenor / Tenor John Wummer flute / Flöte
Leonard Rose cello / Cello Laura Newell harp / Harfe
Normand Lockwood arrangements / Arrangements
recorded / aufgenommen 1945 (2) 1947 (1, 3-9)
■ BONUS
Peter I. Tchaikowsky (1840 – 1893)
10. Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33 / Rokoko-Variationen 18‘03
Leonard Rose cello / Cello The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor / Dirigent George Szell
recorded / aufgenommen 1952
Total Time 40'08
CD 2
■ BEETHOVEN - Serenade in D Major, opus 8 (1950)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 for Violin, Viola & Cello / Serenade D-Dur
1. I. Marcia: Allegro 1‘35
2. II. Adagio 5‘14
3. III. Menuetto 2‘11
4. IV. Adagio. Scherzo. Adagio. Allegro molto. Adagio 4‘49
5. V. Allegretto alla Polacca 3‘07
6. VI. Andante quasi allegretto. Allegro. Andante. Allegro 9‘56
Joseph Fuchs violin / Violine Lilian Fuchs viola / Viola
Leonard Rose cello / Cello
recorded / aufgenommen 1950
■ BONUS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major / Brandenburgisches Konzert F-Dur
7. I. Allegro moderato 5‘23
8. II. Andante 4‘24
9. III. Allegro assai 3‘02
Felix Ayle violin / Violine Leonard Rose cello / Cello Robert Bloom oboe / Oboe
Julius Baker flute / Flöte Fernando Valenti harpsichord / Cembalo
among others / u.a. conductor / Dirigent Fritz Reiner
recorded / aufgenommen 1949
Total Time 39‘42
CD 3
■ BLOCH - Schelomo
SAINT-SAËNS - Concerto No. 1 in A Minor (1951)
Ernest Bloch (1880 – 1959)
1. Schelomo – Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra /
Hebräische Rhapsodie 21‘42
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor Op. 33
Cellokonzert a-Moll
2. I. Allegro non troppo 5‘37
3. II. Allegretto con moto 5‘02
4. III. Tempo I 8‘46
Leonard Rose cello / Cello
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor / Dirigent Dimitri Mitropoulos
recorded / aufgenommen 1951
Total Time 41‘08
CD 4
■ FRANCK - Sonata in A Major (1950)
GRIEG - Sonata in A Minor (1953)
César Franck (1822 – 1890)
Sonata in A Major (Transcr. of the Violin Sonata) / Cellosonate A-Dur
1. I. Allegretto ben moderato 6‘10
2. II. Allegro 7‘54
3. III. Recitativo – Fantasia. Ben moderato. Largamente 7‘32
4. IV. Allegretto poco mosso 6‘13
Joseph Fuchs violin / Violine
Lilian Fuchs viola / Viola
Leonard Rose cello / Cello
recorded / aufgenommen 1950
Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907)
Sonata for Piano and Cello in A Minor
Cellosonate a-Moll
5. I. Allegro agitato 10‘07
6. II. Andante molto tranquillo 6‘27
7. III. Allegro. Allegro molto e marcato 10‘52
Leonid Hambro piano / Klavier
Leonard Rose cello / Cello
recorded / aufgenommen 1952
Total Time 55‘18
CD 5
■ SCHUBERT - Sonata in A Minor
BOCCHERINI - Sonata in A Major
SAMMARTINI - Sonata in G Major (1955)
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Sonata in A Minor “Arpeggione” / Sonate a-Moll
1. Allegro moderato 8‘02
2. II. Adagio 4‘21
3. III. Allegretto 8‘35
Luigi Boccherini (1743 – 1805)
Cello Sonata in A Major / Cellosonate A-Dur
4. I. Adagio 3‘51
5. II. Allegro 4‘14
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c.1700 – 1775)
Cello Sonata in G Major / Cellosonate G-Dur
6. I. Allegro 3‘05
7. II. Grave 4‘47
8. III. Vivace 2‘05
Leonard Rose cello / Cello
Leonid Hambro piano / Klavier
recorded / aufgenommen 1953
Total Time 39‘17
CD 6
■ SCHUMANN - Cello Concerto (1960)
BLOCH - Schelomo (1961)
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
Cello Concerto in A Minor / Cellokonzert a-Moll
1. I. Nicht zu schnell 11‘01
2. II. Langsam 4‘20
3. III. Sehr lebhaft 8‘35
Ernest Bloch (1880 – 1959)
4. Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra) 21‘05
Leonard Rose cello / Cello
New York Philharmonoc (1-3)
The Philadelphia Orchestra (4)
conductor / Dirigent Leonard Bernstein (1-3) Eugene Ormandy (4)
recorded / aufgenommen 1960 (1-3) 1961 (4)
Total Time 45‘05
CD 7
■ BEETHOVEN - Concerto in C Major (Triple) (1949)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Triple Concerto in C Major Op. 56 / Tripelkonzert C-Dur
1. I. Allegro 16‘42
2. II. Largo 4‘28
3. III. Rondo alla Pollaca 12‘54
John Corigliano violin / Violine
Leonard Rose cello / Cello
Walter Hendl piano / Klavier
The New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
conductor / Dirigent Bruno Walter
recorded / aufgenommen 1949
■ BONUS
4. MASSENET - Élégie 3‘36
5. GREENE - Sing me to sleep 4‘37
Gladys Swartout mezzo-soprano / Mezzosopran
Gibner King piano / Klavier
Leonard Rose cello / Cello
recorded / aufgenommen 1949
Total Time 42‘19
CD 8
■ BRAHMS - Ouverture académique / Ouverture tragique /
Double Concerto (1957)
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Double Concerto in A Minor Op. 102 / Doppelkonzert a-Moll
1. I. Allegro 16‘16
2. II. Andante 7‘17
3. III. Vivace non troppo. Poco meno allegro 8‘35
4. Academic Festival Overture Op. 80 / 9‘20
Akademische Festouvertüre
5. Tragic Overture Op. 81 / Tragische Ouvertüre 12‘18
Isaac Stern violin (1) / Violine
Leonard Rose cello / Cello
The New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
conductor / Dirigent Bruno Walter
recorded / aufgenommen 1954
Total Time 53‘49
CD 9
■ KHACHATURIAN - Gayaneh Suites des Ballets Nos. 1 & 2 (1952)
Aram Khatchaturian (1903 – 1978)
Suite du Ballet No. 1
1. Danse de sabre 2‘21
2. Danse d‘Aicha 3‘54
3. Danse des jeunes filles. Danse des Kurdes 3‘25
4. Berceuse 4‘00
5. Danse des jeune Kurds. Danse d‘Armen 3‘45
6. Lezghinka 2‘46
Ballet Suite No. 2
7. Danse Russe 3‘43
8. Andante 3‘48
9. Adagio de Gayaneh 3‘31
10. Le Feu 4‘16
John Corigliano, Mischa Rosenker violins / Violinen
William Lincer, Leonard Rose cellos / Celli / recorded / aufgenommen 1947
■ BONUS
Edouard Lalo (1823 – 1892)
Cello Concerto in D Minor / Cellokonzert d-Moll *
11. I. Prelude: Lento. Allegro maestoso – II. Intermezzo: Andantino 12‘42
con moto – III. Introduction: Andante. Allegro vivace.
Leonard Rose cello / Cello The New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
conductor / Dirigent William Steinberg recorded / aufgenommen 1944
* Historical Recording / Historische Aufnahme
Total Time 48‘12
CD 10
■ VILLA-LOBOS - Bachianias Brasilieras No. 5 (1945)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 – 1959)
1. Bachianas brasilieiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena) 7‘02
Bidú Sayao soprano / Sopran Leonard Rose cello / Cello
8 celli and basses conducted by Heitor Villa-Lobos
8 Celli und Kontrabässe unter der Leitung von Heitor Villa-Lobos
recorded / aufgenommen 1945
■ BONUS Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949)
Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character Op: 35 /
Fantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters
2. Introduction 5‘52
3. Theme 1‘48
4. Var. 1 2‘14
5. Var. 2 1‘27
6. Var. 3 7‘25
7. Var. 4 1‘51
8. Var. 5 3‘38
9. Var. 6 1‘08
10. Var. 7 1‘06
11. Var. 8 1‘34
12. Var. 9 1‘07
13. Var. 10 4‘16
14. Finale 5‘28
Leonard Rose cello / Cello William Lincer, John Corigliano violins / Violinen
The New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conductor / Dirigent
George Szell recorded / aufgenommen 1945
Total Time 45‘57
Details
Genre: Classical
Set content: 10
EAN: 4053796005106