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ARTIST
Zara Nelsova

WORKS
Decca Recordings 1950-1956

CATALOGUE NUMBER

475 6327 3 DC5

LISTEN

Beethoven — Cello Sonata No.2 in G minor, op.5 no.2

Lalo — Concerto No.1 in A minor for cello & orchestra

TRACKLISTING
CD 1
Beethoven
1-2 Cello Sonata No.1 in F major, op.5 no.1
3-4 Cello Sonata No.2 in G minor, op.5 no.2
5-7 Cello Sonata No.3 in A major, op.69
8 12 Variations on "Ein Mädcehnoder Weibchen" from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte

CD 2
Beethoven
1-2 Cello Sonata No.4 in C major, op.102 no.2
3-5 Cello Sonata No.5 in D major, op.102 no.2
6 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus
J.S. Bach
7 Suite for solo cello No.3, BWV 1009 - Bourrées I & II
Kodály
8-10 Sonata for unaccompanied cello, op.8

CD 3
Dvorák
1-3 Concerto for Cello & Orchestra in B minor, op.104*
Rachmaninov
4-7 Sonata in G minor for cello & piano

CD 4
Lalo
1-3 Concerto in D minor for cello & orchestra**
Saint-Saëns
4-6 Concerto No.1 in A minor for cello & orchestra**
Barber
Concerto for cello & orchestra†

CD 5
Reger
1-4 Suite No.2 for unaccompanied cello, op.131c
Bloch
5-7 From Jewish Life - 3 pieces††
8-13 Voice in the Wilderness
14 Schelomo

Zara Nelsova cello
Artur Balsam piano
London Symphony Orchestra*
Josef Krips*
London Philharmonic Orchestra**
Sir Adrian Boult**
New Symphony Orchestra†
Samuel Barber†
Boyd Neel String Orchestra††
Botd Neel††
London Philharmonic Orchestra

RECORDING INFORMATION
One of the great cellists of the twentieth century, Zara Nelsova was born in Winnipeg of Russian emigré parents on Christmas Eve 1917 and was originally called Sara Nelson. The family moved to London when Nelsova was just nine and the child prodigy attended the London Violoncello School near Baker Street and made her solo debut with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Malcolm Sargent when just twelve years old. Nelsova’s siblings were all musicians and, with her sisters who played violin and piano, formed a trio which toured extensively. At the start of World War II the family dispersed and Nelsova took up a position — with no experience of orchestral playing — as principal cellist of the Toronto Symphony. Conductors realised her talent and a solo career soon flourished.

Nevertheless Nelsova continued to study and took lessons from two of her idols: Gregor Piatigorsky and Emmanuel Feuermann. A great advocate of Bloch (the composer dedicated his solo cello suites to Nelsova) Nelsova recorded Schelomo under Bloch’s direction for Decca in 1949 and again with Ansermet (it is the second recording which is included here). Throughout her long and distinguished career Zara Nelsova continued to explore the cello repertory and added to it: she gave the world premiere of Hugh Wood’s Cello Concerto at the BBC Proms, for example. From 1985 until shortly before her death on 10 October 2002 — just a few weeks before her 85th birthday — Nelsova taught at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, and also at the Aspen Festival in Colorado.

This set contains all of her Decca recordings made between 1950 and 1956.

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