Liebesfreud & Liebesleid: Encores for Cello by Sarasate, Rachmaninov

"This CD has at last given me the opportunity to record my favorite encore pieces. After concerts, friends have often asked me to do so and it is with great pleasure that I now meet their request. 'Liebesfreud, Liebesleid' (the joy and pain of love) is dedicated to the music, the daily involvement with the cello and the personal relationships in my life. I have dedicated several works on this CD to certain people. The recordings bring back memories of my wonderful concerts and moments as a musician." --Michael Hell

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
This is an unusually high-class program of short pieces with a surprising number of lovely tunes. The emphasis is more on them than on virtuosity. That is just as well, since Hell is more of a lyricist than an acrobat. Besides the Kreisler numbers we have Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, the Rachmaninoff Vocalise, Dvorak's Rondo, Saint-Saens's Swan and Allegro Appassionato, the Meditation from Massenet's Thais, four Fauré pieces, though not the Elegie, four Brahms song transcriptions, two Elgar pieces, and a Shostakovich waltz, finishing up with two Bach pieces, including the famous Arioso. It is a highly listenable program played with musicality. By the way, this is the second disc this issue to list the pianist first, if in smaller print than the cellist.

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Recording information: Franz-Liszt-Zentrum, Raiding, Burgenland, Austria (04/2011).

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Works Details

Sarasate, Pablo de : Ziegeunerweisen

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 8 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1878

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Songs (14), Op. 34

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 5 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Allegro appassionato for Cello and Piano in B minor, Op. 43

Performers: Micaela Gelius (Piano); Michael Hell (Cello)
Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1875

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1886

Massenet, Jules : Meditation (from "Thaïs")

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Rondo for cello & piano in G minor, B. 171 (Op. 94)

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 5 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 12/06/1891

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1877

Kreisler, Fritz : Liebesfreud

Performers: Micaela Gelius (Piano); Michael Hell (Cello)
Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: by 1910

Kreisler, Fritz : Liebesleid

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: by 1910

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 59 :: Auf dem See, Op. 59/2

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873

Elgar, Edward : Enigma Variationen, Op. 36 :: Nimrod

Performers: Micaela Gelius (Piano); Michael Hell (Cello)
Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1898-1899

Elgar, Edward : Salut d'amour

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1888

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Romance for cello & piano, Op. 69

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 11/14/1894

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Romance sans paroles, Op. 17 :: no 3

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1863

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1879

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105 :: Wie Melodien zeiht es mir leise durch den Sinn, Op. 105/1

Performers: Micaela Gelius (Piano); Michael Hell (Cello)
Notes: Composition written: 1886.
Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1886

Brahms, Johannes : Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86/2

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Notes: Composition written: 1878.
Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1878

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49 :: Wiegenlied, Op. 49/4

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1868

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Suite no 2 für Jazz Orchester :: Walzer no 2

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Notes: Composition written: 1938.
Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1938

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068 :: Air

Performers: Michael Hell (Cello); Micaela Gelius (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Keyboard Concerto no 5, BWV 1056 :: Arioso

Performers: Micaela Gelius (Piano); Michael Hell (Cello)
Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Concerto
Written: 1738

Liebesfreud & Liebesleid: Encores for Cello by Sarasate, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saens, Massenet et al. / Michael Hell, cello; Micaela Gelius, piano

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