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49,137,087 views Sep 14, 2011 #TonyBennett #Body #AmyWinhouse 49,137,087 views • Sep 14, 2011 • #TonyBennett #Body #AmyWinhouse Tony Bennett performing Body and Soul with Amy Winehouse from Duets II: The Great Performances

By Georg Predota , Interlude Saint-Saëns, 1875 On 19 January 1873, the French cellist, viola da gamba player and instrument maker Auguste Tolbecque premiered Camille Saint-Saëns’  Cello Concerto No. 1  in A minor, Op. 33, a work specifically composed for him. Tolbecque was a close personal friend, and the solo cellist of the  Conservatoire  orchestra. He was a composer himself, and also a published music historian. Tolbecque was influential in the performance of early music as he conducted research into historical instruments and their restoration. Saint-Saëns as a boy, 1846 His compositions tend to be light in style and influenced by  Mendelssohn  and Schumann. Tolbecque retired before he was able to produce a recording, and he does not figure prominently in the review of the Saint-Saëns concerto published in the  Revue et gazette musicale de Paris  immediately after the premiere. “If Mr. Saint-Saëns should decide to continue in this ve...

Camille Saint-Saëns: 1. Cellokonzert a-Moll op. 33 ∙ Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto – Tempo I – Allegretto con moto – Tempo I – Un peu moins vite – Più allegro comme le premier mouvement – Molto allegro hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony ∙ Gautier Capuçon, Violoncello ∙ Alain Altinoglu, Dirigent ∙ hr-Sinfoniekonzert ∙ Alte Oper Frankfurt, 14. Februar 2020 ∙

by Georg Predota , Interlude One of the most distinctive artists of his generation,   Sir Stephen Hough   combines an international career as a pianist with those of composer, writer, and painter. The first classical performer to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (2001), Hough is a true renaissance man, exceedingly gifted as a pianist, educator, writer, painter, and composer. Sir Stephen Hough While his achievements as a pianist are well-known and documented, Hough is also a respected author with four books and hundreds of articles to his name. In addition, a solo exhibition of his paintings was presented in London in 2012. It’s hardly surprising that  The Economist  included him in the list of “Twenty Living Polymaths.” In addition, Hough is also a published and frequently commissioned composer, having crafted works for orchestra, choir, chamber ensemble, organ, harpsichord, and solo piano. He has received commissions from the Takács Quartet, the Cliburn, the Berlin...