Dvořák: Silent Woods
Original works and transcriptions for cello and piano
Christian Poltera (cello) & Kathryn Stott (piano)
This recording bathes the listener in a stream of irresistable song that lingers in the memory weeks later. It also proves how well the composer's lyricism translates across timbre and sonority:...
Dvořák: Silent Woods
Original works and transcriptions for cello and piano
Christian Poltera (cello) & Kathryn Stott (piano)
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This recording bathes the listener in a stream of irresistable song that lingers in the memory weeks later. It also proves how well the composer's lyricism translates across timbre and sonority:...
About
On this disc, Christian Poltéra and Kathryn Stott chart the gradual development in Dvořák’s composition for cello.
The disc includes chamber works that Dvořák composed originally for cello and piano or arranged for the combination including Polonaise in A major, the Rondo in G minor and Silent Woods which was originally a piano duet.
Poltéra also presents his own transcriptions of several violin pieces and songs, including the Violin Sonatina, and Lasst mich allein, alongside the ever-popular Songs My Mother Taught Me and Song to the Moon from Rusalka.
Christian Poltéra and Kathryn Stott are regular chamber music partners and have previously recorded music by Honegger and Frank Martin.
Contents and tracklist
Work length20:05
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
- Recorded: January 2011
- Recording Venue: Studio Gartnerstrasse, Berlin, Germany
I. Allegro risoluto (Arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
Track length6:09
II. Larghetto (Arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
Track length4:26
III. Scherzo. Molto vivace (Arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
Track length3:07
IV. Finale. Allegro (Arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
Track length6:23
Work length7:36
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
- Recorded: January 2011
- Recording Venue: Studio Gartnerstrasse, Berlin, Germany
Work length5:31
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
- Recorded: January 2011
- Recording Venue: Studio Gartnerstrasse, Berlin, Germany
Dvořák:
Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55, B. 104, No. 4. Als die alte Mutter (Songs my Mother Taught Me)
Work length2:28
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
- Recorded: January 2011
- Recording Venue: Studio Gartnerstrasse, Berlin, Germany
Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55, B. 104: No. 4, Als die alte Mutter [Songs my Mother Taught Me] [arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano]
Track length2:28
Dvořák:
In Folk Tone, Op. 73, B. 146, No. 1. Dobru noc, ma mila (Good-night, my darling)
Work length3:16
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
- Recorded: January 2011
- Recording Venue: Studio Gartnerstrasse, Berlin, Germany
In Folk Tone, Op. 73, B. 146: No. 1, Dobru noc, ma mila [Good-night, my darling] [arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano]
Track length3:16
Work length8:23
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
- Recorded: January 2011
- Recording Venue: Studio Gartnerstrasse, Berlin, Germany
Dvořák:
4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150, No. 4. Larghetto
Work length6:03
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
- Recorded: January 2011
- Recording Venue: Studio Gartnerstrasse, Berlin, Germany
4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150: No. 4, Larghetto (Arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
Track length6:03
Dvořák:
Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act I, Mesicku na nebi hlubokem, Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act I
Work length6:00
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
- Recorded: January 2011
- Recording Venue: Studio Gartnerstrasse, Berlin, Germany
Mesicku na nebi hlubokem (Arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano)
Track length6:00
Dvořák:
4 Lieder, Op. 82, B. 157, No. 1. Lasst mich allein (Leave Me Alone)
Work length5:06
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
- Recorded: January 2011
- Recording Venue: Studio Gartnerstrasse, Berlin, Germany
4 Lieder, Op. 82, B. 157: No. 1, Lasst mich allein [Leave Me Alone] [arr. C. Poltera for cello and piano]
Track length5:06
Awards and reviews
January 2013
This recording bathes the listener in a stream of irresistable song that lingers in the memory weeks later. It also proves how well the composer's lyricism translates across timbre and sonority: this 'Song to the Moon' is as searingly effective as any I've heard sung...the recorded sound is ideal.
January 2013
[the Sonatina] works particularly well in its new baritone and tenor register...This attests to both the sensitive way in which Poltera has adapted the music to the cello medium and to the deft and affectionate manner in which he plays it. So natural does the Sonatina sound on the cello that you wonder why Dvorak himself never thought of doing it.
