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Zara Nelsova - The Cello Queen / Bach, Barber, Beethoven, Bloch, Boocherini, Brahms, Dvorak, Kodaly, Lalo, Milhaud, Rachmaninov, Reger, Saint-Saens, Schumann / 10 CD's Incl. 9 Original Albums / Documents 10x Audio CD

UPC 4053796004758

Zara Nelsova (December 23, 1918 – October 10, 2002) was a prominent cellist.

Label:	Documents – 4053796004758
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Genre:	Classical
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Zara Nelsova (1918 - 2006) was the first woman ever to become famous internationally
a cello soloist. The audience was fascinated by this extraordinary artist and the
wonderful sound of her Stradivari cello, the “Marquis de Corbon" from 1726. Her wide-
ranging repertoire included Bach and Beethoven as well as composers of the 20th
century. Ernest Bloch dedicated his works to her and accompanied her on piano, Samuel
Barber conducted his cello concerto with her as a soloist, both of which can be heard
in recordings on this CD box. Three “cellists of the century” had assisted her with help
and advice in the beginnings of her career: Emanuel Feuermann, Pablo Casals, and
Gregor Piatigorsky. Born into a music-loving Russian family, which had immigrated to
Canada — her grandfather was an Opera singer, her father a flautist — the cello was the
only instrument which remained for her, as her two older sisters had already decided on
violin and piano. Together they founded the "Canadian Trio" and played many successful
concerts from 1929 to 1939. Zara Nelsova gave her first concert as a soloist in New York
in 1942. In 1958 she made her debut with the Philharmonic in Berlin under Karl Bohm,
performing the Piano Concerto by Saint-Saéns, followed in Munich with Ginter Wand
and Schumann's Op.129. in 1969.

Disc1
● J.S. Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 BWV.1008, No. 3 BWV.1009, No. 6 BWV.1012
Recorded in 1959 and 1960

Disc2
● Beethoven: Cello Sonata Nos. 3 and 5

Arthur Balsam (piano)
Recorded in 1956

Disc3
● Beethoven: Cello Sonatas No. 1 and No. 2

Rotor Brodak (piano)
Recorded in 1959

Disc4
● Beethoven: 12 Variations on the theme of "Lover or Wife" in Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" Op.66

Arthur Balsam (piano)
Recorded in 1956

● Beethoven: 12 Variations on the theme of "Look at the Heroes Return" from Handel's "Judas Maccabaes" WoO.45
● Boccherini: Cello Sonata No. 4
● Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op.73

Rotor Brodak (piano)
Recorded in 1959

● Reger: Unaccompanied Cello Suite Op.131c

Disc5
● Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1

Arthur Balsam (piano)
Recorded in 1960

● Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2

Rotor Brodak (piano)
Recorded in 1956

Disc6
● Dvorak: Cello Concerto Op.104

London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Josef Krips
Recorded in 1951

● Schumann: Cello Concerto Op.129

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Georg Ludwig Jochum
Recorded in 1960

Disc7
● Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor
● Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1

London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Boult
Recorded in 1953