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Popper: High School For Cello Playing, Op. 73 / Dmitry Yablonksky
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Popper: High School For Cello Playing, Op. 73 / Dmitry Yablonksky

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Composer
POPPER, DAVID
Artist
Dmitry Yablonsky
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jan 27, 2009
Catalog #
8557718-19
UPC
747313271825

About

The Bohemian cellist and pedagogue David Popper (1843-1913) wrote prolifically and quite effectively for his instrument. His magnum opus, the High School of Cello Playing Op. 73, is a collection of 40 solo etudes that add up to a veritable bible of Romantic cello technique. Although the pieces are designed for students to overcome specific challenges contained in solo and orchestral repertoire, they are more inventive and melodically attractive than their didactic aims suggest. I'd go so far as to say that you can listen to the studies in large stretches, or even all 40 in a single sitting, without getting bored. Perhaps this is as much due to the cellist as the composer.

Dmitry Yablonsky commands the technique and taste to play the Popper etudes like music rather than mere exercises. Listen to his elegant, unflappable handling of No. 7's perpetual motion writing in all registers. Notice how easily he dispatches No. 13's cruelly exposed octaves and double notes. Also note the veiled beauty Yablonsky brings to No. 28's high-lying passagework, and the perfect poise with which he articulates No. 37's relentless mordents. These are but a few examples that attest to Yablonsky's mastery. Given that Martin Rummel's pioneering boxed set devoted to Popper's complete etudes is not easy to locate and is relatively expensive, Yablonsky and Naxos pretty much have the field to themselves. Highly recommended.

--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 40 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Etude No. 1 in C Major 02:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    Etude No. 1 in C Major
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  3. 2 Etude No. 2 in G Major 01:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    Etude No. 2 in G Major
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  4. 3 Etude No. 3 in B-Flat Minor 01:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    Etude No. 3 in B-Flat Minor
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  5. 4 Etude No. 4 in F-Sharp Major 01:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    Etude No. 4 in F-Sharp Major
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  6. 5 Etude No. 5 in A Major 01:58
    Track
    5
    Title
    Etude No. 5 in A Major
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  7. 6 Etude No. 6 in F Major 01:40
    Track
    6
    Title
    Etude No. 6 in F Major
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  8. 7 Etude No. 7 in A Major 01:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    Etude No. 7 in A Major
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  9. 8 Etude No. 8 in C Major 01:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    Etude No. 8 in C Major
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  10. 9 Etude No. 9 in E-Flat Major 02:14
    Track
    9
    Title
    Etude No. 9 in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  11. 10 Etude No. 10 in C Minor 01:41
    Track
    10
    Title
    Etude No. 10 in C Minor
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  12. 11 Etude No. 11 in F Major 01:23
    Track
    11
    Title
    Etude No. 11 in F Major
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  13. 12 Etude No. 12 in C Major 02:54
    Track
    12
    Title
    Etude No. 12 in C Major
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  14. 13 Etude No. 13 in E-Flat Major 03:32
    Track
    13
    Title
    Etude No. 13 in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  15. 14 Etude No. 14 in D Major 01:50
    Track
    14
    Title
    Etude No. 14 in D Major
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  16. 15 Etude No. 15 in G Major 02:13
    Track
    15
    Title
    Etude No. 15 in G Major
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  17. 16 Etude No. 16 in C Major 01:45
    Track
    16
    Title
    Etude No. 16 in C Major
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  18. 17 Etude No. 17 in C Minor 01:59
    Track
    17
    Title
    Etude No. 17 in C Minor
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  19. 18 Etude No. 18 in D Major 03:03
    Track
    18
    Title
    Etude No. 18 in D Major
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  20. 19 Etude No. 19 in E-Flat Major, "Lohengrin Study" 02:31
    Track
    19
    Title
    Etude No. 19 in E-Flat Major, "Lohengrin Study"
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  21. 20 Etude No. 20 in G Minor 01:53
    Track
    20
    Title
    Etude No. 20 in G Minor
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  22. Disc 2
  23. 1 Etude No. 21 in A Minor 02:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    Etude No. 21 in A Minor
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  24. 2 Etude No. 22 in G Major 02:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    Etude No. 22 in G Major
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  25. 3 Etude No. 23 in B Minor 03:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    Etude No. 23 in B Minor
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  26. 4 Etude No. 24 in G Major 03:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    Etude No. 24 in G Major
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  27. 5 Etude No. 25 in B-Flat Major 01:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    Etude No. 25 in B-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  28. 6 Etude No. 26 in A Major 02:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    Etude No. 26 in A Major
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  29. 7 Etude No. 27 in C Major 01:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    Etude No. 27 in C Major
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  30. 8 Etude No. 28 in A Major 01:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    Etude No. 28 in A Major
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  31. 9 Etude No. 29 in F-Sharp Minor 02:53
    Track
    9
    Title
    Etude No. 29 in F-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  32. 10 Etude No. 30 in G-Flat Major 01:43
    Track
    10
    Title
    Etude No. 30 in G-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  33. 11 Etude No. 31 in C Major 03:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    Etude No. 31 in C Major
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  34. 12 Etude No. 32 in C Minor 01:56
    Track
    12
    Title
    Etude No. 32 in C Minor
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  35. 13 Etude No. 33 in D Major 02:32
    Track
    13
    Title
    Etude No. 33 in D Major
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  36. 14 Etude No. 34 in F Major 02:07
    Track
    14
    Title
    Etude No. 34 in F Major
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  37. 15 Etude No. 35 in D-Flat Major 01:59
    Track
    15
    Title
    Etude No. 35 in D-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  38. 16 Etude No. 36 in C Major 01:53
    Track
    16
    Title
    Etude No. 36 in C Major
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  39. 17 Etude No. 37 in E Major, "Study in Mordents" 04:21
    Track
    17
    Title
    Etude No. 37 in E Major, "Study in Mordents"
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  40. 18 Etude No. 38 in D Major 03:02
    Track
    18
    Title
    Etude No. 38 in D Major
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  41. 19 Etude No. 39 in D-Flat Major 02:43
    Track
    19
    Title
    Etude No. 39 in D-Flat Major
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky
  42. 20 Etude No. 40 in D Major, "Study in Harmonics" 02:23
    Track
    20
    Title
    Etude No. 40 in D Major, "Study in Harmonics"
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    David Popper
    Performer
    Dmitry Yablonsky