Phoebe Carrai, Tanya Tomkins - Kummer: Cello Duets (2006)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 324 MB | 01:05:58
Genre: Classical | Label: Avie
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 324 MB | 01:05:58
Genre: Classical | Label: Avie
Handel’s Water Music? Beethoven’s 5th? Judas Maccabeus? Familiar strains from these masterworks appear on this delightful new disc by baroque cellists Phoebe Carrai and Tanya Tomkins, but the music itself is by the little-known 19th-century German cellist and composer Friederich August Kummer, who adds his personal stamp to these highly entertaining duets whilst paying homage to the baroque and classical masters. In his day, Kummer was a renowned performer and pedagogue who was principal cellist of the Dresden Opera. Close friends and musical collaborators included Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn. He was the first professor of cello at the Dresden Conservatoire when it opened in 1856.