Moór: Cello Works Sebastian Hess & David Stromberg

• Emánuel Moór (1863 - 1931): Double Cello Concerto in D Major, Op. 69:
• 1 Double Cello Concerto in D Major, Op. 69: I. Molto moderato 09:35
• 2 Double Cello Concerto in D Major, Op. 69: II. Intermezzo. Allegro 04:28
• 3 Double Cello Concerto in D Major, Op. 69: III. Adagio 05:33
• 4 Double Cello Concerto in D Major, Op. 69: IV. Finale. Allegro moderato 05:37
• Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 53:
• 5 Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 53: I. Allegro moderato 07:03
• 6 Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 53: II. Adagio 06:06
• 7 Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 53: III. Finale. Allegro con brio 05:51
• Suite for 4 Cellos in C Major, Op. 95:
• 8 Suite for 4 Cellos in C Major, Op. 95: I. Andante sostenuto 05:30
• 9 Suite for 4 Cellos in C Major, Op. 95: II. Molto allegro 03:52
• 10 Suite for 4 Cellos in C Major, Op. 95: III. Adagio 04:44
• 11 Suite for 4 Cellos in C Major, Op. 95: IV. Allegro con brio 05:53
• Total Runtime 01:04:12

Info for Moór: Cello Works

The rediscovered composer Emanuel Moór (1863–1931) belonged to a generation of composers who grew up with the romantic music of Brahms, Schumann, Wagner and Debussy, but were then confronted with the new challenges of modernism around 1900. Reflecting his friendship with the famous cellist Pablo Casals, he composed numerous works for cello. This recording highlights various stages in that friendship with Pablo Casals. Moór’s Sonata No. 2 for violoncello and piano Op. 53 was written in 1901, before the two met. The Double Concerto for two violoncelli Op. 69, written for Pablo and Guilhermina Casals, was well received at the time. The Suite for four cellos Op. 95 was commissioned by Pablo Casals. From 1920 Moór also worked in instrument making. He developed a two-manual concert grand piano (duplex coupler Grand Pianoforte) and made modifications to string instruments.

Sebastian Hess, cello
David Stromberg, cello
Nurnberger Symphoniker
Rudolf Pielhmayer, conductor

Sebastian Hess
Born in Munich in 1971, the cellist Sebastian Hess studied at the music academies in Würzburg and Munich with Julius Berger and Helmar Steihler, before studying musicology at Munich University. From 1990 to 1994 he was among the pupils of William Pleeth in London and in 1997 he was one of the few pupils of Mstislav Rostropovich.

His musical activities cover a wide variety of styles, ranging from historical performance practice and classical-romantic repertoire up to his work together with modern composers such as Moritz Eggert, Jörg Widmann, Wolfgang Rihm, Rodion Shchedrin, Mikis Theodorakis and Hans Werner Henze.

Since his acclaimed solo debut at the South Bank Centre in London he has performed at has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at the Aldeburgh Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein-Festival, the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Kissinger Sommer, the Ansbach Bach Week, the European Music Festival Stuttgart, in Seoul, in Lisbon, at the Innsbruck Early Music Festival, the Ruhrtriennale etc. He also played as a soloist with orchestras such as the Bavarian State Orchestra, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra or the Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.

Sebastian Hess has also been active in numerous radio broadcasts and recordings and has been awarded numerous awards, including the music prize by the Federation of German Industries (BDI), a scholarship by the German National Academic Foundation, and the music prize of the Bayerischen Staatsregierung.

Next to his engagements as a cellist, Sebastian Hess has also been active as a composer, as well as becoming increasingly involved in the production and programming of concerts. Besides giving numerous Masterclasses, Sebastian Hess teaches at the University of Music and Drama and the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich.



David Stromberg
recently recorded a CD with solo and chamber music works by Emanuel Moór at Bayerischer Rundfunk. It will be released on the Oehms Classics label. In the double concerto for two cellos he is accompanied by the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra.

His CD „Transition“, produced in co-operation with Deutschlandradio Kultur was released on Ars Produktion. Stromberg recorded this project with the principal winds of the Hamburg Philharmonic, performing Schumann‘s cello concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations as well as his own arrangements of other romantic works with wind quintet, published by Sikorski. This production was CD of the week with SWR, and won enthusiastic critical acclaim on NDR, SWR and printed media like Concerti, Die Welt, Wiener Zeitung and Sonic magazine.

David studied at the Music University of Hamburg with Prof. Wolfgang Mehlhorn and the Music Institute Castle Edsberg/Stockholm with Prof. Frans Helmerson. Other major influences were master classes with Boris Pergamenshikov, Ralph Kirshbaum, Wolfgang Boettcher, Dimitri Ferschtman, Siegfried Palm and Ralph Gothoni. He visited baroque cello courses with Kristin von der Goltz.

The „Transition“ project was successfully performed at festivals like the Quedlinburger Musiksommer, Kunst- und Kulturtagen Wetzlar, Meßdorfer Musiktage, internationales Musikfest Lübeck, Ravensburg, Schloss Ismaning, Villach/Austria and Neuenhagen/Berlin.

He additionally specializes in both period performance and contemporary repertoire.

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