My First Concert: Cello: Instrumental Album

Fantasia transcribed for violoncello and piano by Christoph Sassmannshaus-Born in Erfurt the composer Edward Mollenhauer (1827 1914) achieved success in America as a soloist and teacher. His best-known pieces for young violinists are The Infant Paganini and The Boy Paganini. Both appear here in their original version for Violin and Piano and for the first time in a transcription for Cello and Piano by Christoph Sassmannshaus.The Mollenhauer fantasia The Infant Paganini is a charming introduction to early virtuoso techniques. It calls for bowing techniques such as detaché legato spiccato and arpeggios over three strings. Players are also expected to play harmonics andpizzicato.It (BA 10693) can be mastered by young Cello students who are working with volume 4 of the Sassmannshaus Early Start on the Cello and can manage first to fourth position.The Boy Paganini is an impressive concert piece which is more demanding. Its two movements call for changes of metre harmonics and pizzicato. Other challenges include chords on all four strings and simple passages in octaves. On the Cello (BA 10694) the student must be able to play in first to fourth position.Both violinists and cellists should have completed volume 4 of Early Start on the Violin and Early Start on the Cello respectively in order to master this work.- Popular recital pieces for young violinists and cellists.- Both works form an ideal continuation of the Sassmannshaus Early Start methods.- Pieces originally scored for Violin now also available for the first time for Cello.Violin editions:The Infant Paganini BA10691The Boy Paganini BA10692

Sonata no.1 in c minor op. 32-At the beginning of the 1870s Camille?Saint-Saëns showed a particular fondness for the Violoncello. He completed his first Cello Sonata in December 1872 immediately after finishing his first Cello Concerto.The sonata is strongly reminiscent of Beethoven not only due to the key of c minor but also predominantly on account of its gripping dramatic art. The exceptional position of this demanding in parts highly virtuosicsonata was quickly recognised by the public and critics and so the work soon found its way into concert repertoire.?Henle's Urtext edition takes all surviving sources into account for the first time ever. PascalRogé and David Geringas kindly provided the markings for the Piano and Cello parts.

für Violoncello und Klavier-With this composition Editio Baerenreiter Praha launched the Complete Critical Edition of Works by Miloslav Kabelac a prominent Czech composer who lived from 1908 to 1979. The editor of this complete edition is a musicologist and a noted expert on Kabelac's work Dr. Zdenek Nouza. The outline of the edition is as follows: I. Orchestral and Concert compositions II. compositions for solo Voice or a Chorus with Orchestra or Instrumental Ensemble III. songs with Piano Choruses Children's Choruses IV. Chamber compositions V. compositions for Piano and Organ.Sonata Op.9 for Cello and Piano which came into existence betweenyears 1941-42 has never been published before. Therefore as part of the Complete Edition this composition appears in print for the first time. Its edition is based on an authograph present in the Museum of Czech Music in Prague. The prominent Czech cello player Daniel Veis who also premiered the complete four-movement version has revised the cello part of this edition.

18 tuneful and jazzy pieces for the beginner celli-The tunes in Mellow Cello are designed to provide an introduction to jazz and popular music styles for young cellists ranging from beginners to performers at a somewhat more advanced level. The first pieces use only open strings both pizzicato and bowed: here the cellist gains experience in counting rests as well as exploring the four strings. From pieces 4 to 9 the fingers are brought into play starting with the first finger only until all four are used. The pieces in the second half of the book allow the cellist to explore a variety of jazz styles. A piano accompaniment part is included for concert performances.

Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753 1823) was a member of the orchestra at the Paris Opéra and also a prolific composer. His works include concertos for cello string quartets comic operas and a violoncello tutor.However he is best-known for the Sonata in C major which has become a standard work for teaching purposes even in arrangements for other instruments. The two movements (Allegro and Rondo Grazioso) can also be performed independently from one another. This sonata belongs to the basic repertoire of every young cellist.Ideal for the first ?proper? recitalOf moderate technical difficulty but with brilliant impactDuration: approx. 8 minutes

per violoncello e basso continuo-Similar to Vivaldi's concertos and compositions for violin his 9 cello sonatas also bear the mark of a genius of exuberant temperament. Since they belong to the basic repertory of the cello it increases the importance of the edition that the music includes the partly deviating performing marks of the surviving authentic sources of the pieces for the first time.

The Tricks To Tunes series is designed for teaching mixed string instruments in groups. It is a systematic program developed over many years from many years experience teaching strings in schools. The tutors are aimed at the primary and lower secondary school age group but are also suitable for older beginners.The children learn ‘tricks’ for their fingers or bows which are fun when done in a group. Reading skills are developed at the same time.Each page represents a small step in musical and technical development based on reading music from the very first lessons. Theory homework is included at the end of most sections providing the complete theoryrequired as children progress.The tutors for each instrument are identical in content except where differences are required to accommodate the different instruments.Books 1 and 2 of the series are each intended to cover one year of group tuition based on a school year of 40 weeks. Book 3 provides material for two years. Progress will vary according to the age of the children the size of the group and the extent of their previous musical experience.Additional repertoire at the end of the books provides: extension work for pupils who reach the end of the book before the rest of the group additional work for those who want it and end of year concert pieces. These brilliant tutors make playing music fun as it should be!

Sonata no. 2 in g minor op. 117 for Violoncello and Piano-In contrast to the first cello sonata (HN 1357) composed four years earlier this substantially more catchy and playful second sonata enjoyed great success with audiences and critics right from the start. Friend and associate Vincent d???Indy wrote to Faur? the day after the premiere in May 1922: I would like to tell you how much I am still charmed by your so beautiful sonata. In it I found what is seemingly forgotten these days: music.??? It therefore comes as no surprise that the sonata rapidly found its way into the concert repertoire where it maintains an uncontested position to this today. The duo David Geringas and Markus Bellheim provided fingerings.

The present volume contains a selection of very easy recital pieces for Violoncello and Piano which can be played in the first position after 1-2 years of Cello lessons. The selected pieces are original works from the Renaissance period to the present day: from the Baroque minuet the classical sonatina or the Romantic character piece to contemporary music and tango blues or pop. The pieces are suitable for individual group and chamber music lessons for practising on one's own and especially for the first auditions concerts or competitions. The accompanying CD contains a full version of each piece as well as the piano accompaniment for playing along. The recordingsare intended for orientation and for making it easier to learn to play the pieces – for what is already going around in one's head will also be 'in the fingers' much faster. The CD also contains separately the piano part of each piece for playing along. A musical journey through 500 years of Cello music!