Paul Tortelier
Paul Tortelier (21 March 1914 – 18 December 1990) was a French cellist and composer. After an outstanding student career at the Conservatoire de Paris he played in orchestras in France and the US before the Second World War. After the war he became a well-known soloist, playing in countries round the globe. He taught at music schools in France, Germany and China, and gave televised masterclasses in England. He was particularly associated with the solo part in Richard Strauss's Don Quixote, cello concertos by Elgar and others, and Bach's Cello Suites.
Genre: classical-cello
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Top Tracks
- Vivaldi: Cello Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 14, RV 45: I. Largo
- Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
- Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, CD 87, L. 86
- Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
- Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
- Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50
- Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude
- Fauré: Élégie, Op. 24 (Orchestral Version)
- Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: I. Prélude
- Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude
- Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande
- Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107: II. Moderato
- Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107: I. Allegretto
- Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
- The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan
- Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: I. Prélude
- Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33: Variation VII and Coda. Allegro vivo
- Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33: Variation VI. Andante
- Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33: Variation V. Allegro moderato
- Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33: Variation IV. Andante grazioso
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