Hindemith's music for cello closely follows his evolution as a composer. With elements that look back to Schumann, Three Pieces, Op. 8 is among his earliest published works, while the solo Sonata, Op. 25 is indebted to Bach's Cello Suites and is one of the most intense and demanding of his chamber works. The ingenious variations on a frog he went a-courting are lighter in nature, contrasting with the weighty depths of the Sonata for Cello and Piano. Sebastien Hurtaud was first prize winner at the Adam International Cello Competition in 2009.
4 A Frog He Went A-Courting - Sébastien Hurtaud/Pamela Hurtado
5 Lebhaft, Sehr Markiert - Sébastien Hurtaud
6 Massig Schnell, Gemachlich - Sébastien Hurtaud
7 Langsam - Sébastien Hurtaud
8 Lebhafte Viertel - Sébastien Hurtaud
9 Massig Schnell - Sébastien Hurtaud
10 Pastorale - Sébastien Hurtaud/Pamela Hurtado
11 Moderately Fast - Sébastien Hurtaud/Pamela Hurtado
12 Passacaglia - Sébastien Hurtaud/Pamela Hurtado
Hindemith's music for cello closely follows his evolution as a composer. With elements that look back to Schumann, Three Pieces, Op. 8 is among his earliest published works, while the solo Sonata, Op. 25 is indebted to Bach's Cello Suites and is one of the most intense and demanding of his chamber works. The ingenious variations on a frog he went a-courting are lighter in nature, contrasting with the weighty depths of the Sonata for Cello and Piano. Sebastien Hurtaud was first prize winner at the Adam International Cello Competition in 2009.
