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Leonard Rose Remembered (January, 2004)

by Tim Janof Leonard Rose was one of the greatest cellists of all time. Many of the recordings he made in the prime of his career continue to be viewed as the ultimate model of gorgeous cello playing. His greatest recordings have a timeless, unmannered quality that sound as fresh today as they did when they were first released. He also had tremendous success as a teacher. His former students are now leading cellists around the world, and include principal and section cellists in professional orchestras, highly regarded pedagogues, and revered soloists. Leonard Rose was a cellist's cellist, who excelled in every aspect of cello playing -- teacher, soloist, orchestral cellist, and chamber musician. While researching for this article, I had the tremendous fortune of finding Barbara Rose-Schirota, who is [...]

By Tim Janof|2024-07-05T20:20:36-04:00December 15th, 2021|Categories: Artists, Historical, Internet Cello Society Archive, Performance, Repertoire, Teaching|Tags: Sergei Rachmaninoff', New York Philharmonic, Leonard Rose, Glenn Gould, ICS, Frank Miller, Fritz Reiner, NBC Orchestra, Heifetz, Lynn Harrell, Cleveland Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma, Internet Cello Society Archive, Felix Salmond|

Exiles in Paradise: on the “Hollywood Renaissance” and Finding New Repertoire for the Cello: Part 1

This article is the first installment in a two-part series As cellists, we tend to think of much of the repertoire that we play as European cultural traditions that we have assimilated. We generally associate American musical tradition with Copland, Ives, Gershwin and perhaps a few brief years in the life of Antonin Dvorak. Many musicians are unaware, however, that in the first half of the 20th century, an influx of European refugees, fleeing war and persecution, rapidly formed, within a few square miles near Hollywood, one of the most talented and prolific communities in music history. As they attempted to rebuild their lives in this exotic paradise, they indelibly altered the course of American culture. Performers living in Los Angeles during this era included Jascha Heifetz, William Primrose, [...]

By Brinton Smith|2020-09-17T02:35:33-04:00March 15th, 2020|Categories: Artistic Vision, Performance|Tags: brinton smith, Los Angeles, cello, Jascha Heifetz, igor stravinsky, arnold schoenberg, Sergei Rachmaninoff', Leopold Godowsky|

LA Story: A Recital of New & Unusual Works for Cello & Piano from Hollywood’s Golden Age — by Brinton Averil Smith

Like many string players I grew up loving the Heifetz recording of the Korngold Violin Concerto, and a general obsession with Heifetz led to an interest in the composers he championed, in particular composers like Korngold, Rózsa, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and others who lived in Los Angeles during the mid-20th century. This inspired a project last April to revive the Castelnuovo-Tedesco cello concerto for its first performance since its 1930s debut performances with Piatigorsky and Toscanini. The recording of our 'reboot' will be released this June on Naxos, but reading and studying about Castelnuovo-Tedesco's relationships with the film studios, Heifetz, Piatigorsky, and the other musicians and composers living in LA gave me a new appreciation for the incredible depth of musical talent that existed in Los Angeles in the middle of the [...]

By Brinton Smith|2023-10-30T13:35:52-04:00January 4th, 2018|Categories: Beyond the Traditional, Performance, Repertoire, Videos|Tags: Sergei Rachmaninoff', Heifetz, Leopold Godowsky, Piatigorsky, brinton smith, igor stravinsky, arnold schoenberg, Ernst Toch, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Miklós Rózsa, korngold, Franz Waxman|

Sergei Rachmaninoff’

Leonard Rose Remembered (January, 2004)

Exiles in Paradise: on the “Hollywood Renaissance” and Finding New Repertoire for the Cello: Part 1

LA Story: A Recital of New & Unusual Works for Cello & Piano from Hollywood’s Golden Age — by Brinton Averil Smith