Alexandra Netzold & Brigitte Becker - Lebenslinien (2017)

Alexandra Netzold studied with Maria Kliegel at the Academy of Music in Cologne and completed her studies with the American cellist Michael Flaksman with the concert examinations. Further teachers have included Siegfried Palm, Karine Georgian, David Geringas, Daniil Shafran and Radu Aldulescu, in whose international master classes she received further artistic impulses. Alexandra Netzold has won prizes at numerous competitions, including the German Federal competition "Jugend musiziert" and the international music competition "Charles Hennen Concours" in the Netherlands in 1989. Since then, she has concertised internationally, finding great resonance with the public and the press. Her concert tours have taken her to many European countries including Italy, France, Great Britain, Spain, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Alexandra Netzold is a regular guest at international music festivals and concert series, with many CD, radio and television productions to her credit. She is also in great demand as a juror at national music competitions and has regularly given master classes since 2000. Her very personal style was strongly influenced by artistic collaboration with important musicians such as Mstislav Rostropovitch, the Amadeus Quartet and other. Alexandra Netzold plays a violoncello by Hannibal Fagnola, Torino 1910.

TRACKLIST
01. Sonate fur Violoncello und Klavier E-Moll, Op. 38: I. Allegro non troppo
02. Sonate fur Violoncello und Klavier E-Moll, Op. 38: II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto
03. Sonate fur Violoncello und Klavier E-Moll, Op. 38: III. Allegro
04. Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4
05. 7 Arabesques, H.201/201a: No. 5, Adagio
06. Variationen uber ein slowakisches Thema, H. 378: Thema
07. Variationen uber ein slowakisches Thema, H. 378: Variation 1
08. Variationen uber ein slowakisches Thema, H. 378: Variation 2
09. Variationen uber ein slowakisches Thema, H. 378: Variation 3
10. Variationen uber ein slowakisches Thema, H. 378: Variation 4
11. Variationen uber ein slowakisches Thema, H. 378: Variation 5