Unsung Composers

The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Thursday 14 December 2017, 22:51

Title: Rita Strohl (1865-1941) Grande Sonate dramatique
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 14 December 2017, 22:51
...for cello and piano, subtitled 'Titus et Bérénice':
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/cellosonaten/hnum/7981811 (https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/cellosonaten/hnum/7981811)

Details (in French) about the composer here:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Strohl#%C5%92uvres (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Strohl#%C5%92uvres)
Title: Re: Rita Strohl (1865-1941) Grande Sonate dramatique
Post by: eschiss1 on Friday 15 December 2017, 01:39
Wikipedia and IMSLP give 1941, not 1944, though without month or day. I hope the notes to the recording give reasons for the new death year estimate.
Title: Re: Rita Strohl (1865-1941) Grande Sonate dramatique
Post by: Alan Howe on Friday 15 December 2017, 07:54
I've amended the date accordingly. Thanks, Eric.
Title: Re: Rita Strohl (1865-1941) Grande Sonate dramatique
Post by: Alan Howe on Wednesday 20 December 2017, 17:59
...and, like buses, when one recording comes along, it's followed by another!!>>>
http://www.ligiadigital.com/epages/2f1da1e9-bc32-44a1-b445-b625033852d1.sf/fr_FR/?ObjectPath=/Shops/2f1da1e9-bc32-44a1-b445-b625033852d1/Products/%22Lidi%200302328-17%22 (http://www.ligiadigital.com/epages/2f1da1e9-bc32-44a1-b445-b625033852d1.sf/fr_FR/?ObjectPath=/Shops/2f1da1e9-bc32-44a1-b445-b625033852d1/Products/%22Lidi%200302328-17%22)

Title: Re: Rita Strohl (1865-1941) Grande Sonate dramatique
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 22 March 2018, 20:41
Here's an insightful review of a concert given by the performers on the first-mentioned recording:
https://bachtrack.com/review-edgar-moreau-david-kadouch-strohl-franck-poulenc-sommets-musicaux-gstaad-january-2018 (https://bachtrack.com/review-edgar-moreau-david-kadouch-strohl-franck-poulenc-sommets-musicaux-gstaad-january-2018)