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Christian Poltera, Joonas Ahonen, BIT20 Ensemble, Baldur Bronnimann - Gyorgy Ligeti: Concertos (2016)

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Christian Poltera, Joonas Ahonen, BIT20 Ensemble, Baldur Bronnimann - Gyorgy Ligeti: Concertos (2016)

György Ligeti: Piano Concerto; Cello Concerto; Chamber Concerto; Melodien (2016)
Christian Poltéra, cello; Joonas Ahonen, piano; BIT20 Ensemble; Baldur Brönnimann, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 267 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 177 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical, Contemporary | Label: BIS | # BIS-SACD-2209 | Time: 01:11:31

The unifying idea of the concerto provides a way to get a handle on György Ligeti's experimental spirit, for a concerto here represents several fundamentally different things. The Cello Concerto of 1966, right at the height of Ligeti's exuberantly fearless adventures in 1960s Germany, might almost be called an anti-concerto, with the cello doing its best to hang on the edge of silence. Sample the very first movement, both for the precision of cellist Christian Poltéra's work at the low end of the dynamic spectrum and for the ideally clean engineering work by the BIS label, operating in a variety of Norwegian venues and mastering them, well, masterfully. The Chamber Concerto for 13 Instruments and the Melodien are essentially concertos for orchestra, with distinctive roles for each of the instruments, while the five-movement Piano Concerto, completed in 1988, is a fine and technically demanding example of Ligeti's later pulse-based, polyrhythmic style.

Christian Poltéra - Christian Poltéra plays Frank Martin (2007)

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Christian Poltéra - Christian Poltéra plays Frank Martin (2007)

Christian Poltéra - Christian Poltéra plays Frank Martin (2007)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 65:32 | 258 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS | Catalog: BIS-CD-1637

The young Swiss cellist Christian Poltéra released three remarkable discs of Swiss modernist music in 2007. First came Othmar Schoeck's concerto and sonata for cello plus four song transcriptions for cello and piano. Then came Arthur Honegger's concerto and sonata for cello plus two sonatines. And last there was this one, Frank Martin's concerto and ballade for cello and 8 Preludes for orchestra.

Trio Zimmermann - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento K.563; Franz Schubert: String Trio D.471 (2010)

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Trio Zimmermann - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento K.563; Franz Schubert: String Trio D.471 (2010)

Trio Zimmermann - Mozart: Divertimento K.563; Schubert: String Trio D.471 (2010)
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin; Antoine Tamestit, viola; Christian Poltéra, cello

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 278 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 144 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Chamber Music | Label: BIS | # BIS-SACD-1817 | Time: 00:59:25

Considering that Mozart's Divertimento in E-flat is far and away the greatest string trio ever written, and one of the unquestionable monuments of chamber music generally, it doesn't get the attention that it surely deserves from either record labels or collectors. Perhaps the dearth of regularly constituted string trios (as opposed to quartets) has something to do with it, but the fact remains that there is no greater testament to Mozart's genius than this epic, nearly 50-minute-long masterpiece in six movements that contains not a second that fails to rise to the highest level of textural gorgeousness and supreme melodic inspiration. Happily, most performances understand how special the music is, and give it their best effort. This one is no exception. The Zimmerman Trio plays with remarkably accurate intonation and a ravishing tone that's also mindful of the Classical style. Schubert's single-movement trio makes the perfect coupling. It seems to grow right out of the Mozart until the end of the exposition, when Schubert suddenly sails in with some typically arresting harmony.

Christian Poltera, Ronald Brautigam - Felix Mendelssohn: Works for Cello and Piano (2017)

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Christian Poltera, Ronald Brautigam - Felix Mendelssohn: Works for Cello and Piano (2017)

Felix Mendelssohn: Works for Cello & Piano (2017)
Christian Poltéra (cello), Ronald Brautigam (piano)

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 259 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 142 Mb | Artwork included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-SACD-2187 | 01:00:26

It is well known that Felix Mendelssohn’s sister Fanny was a highly talented musician, but fewer are familiar with the fact that there were two other musical siblings in the Mendelssohn family: Rebecka, a gifted singer, and Paul, a very competent amateur cellist. It is to Paul, a banker by profession, that we owe the existence of much of Felix’s music for the instrument, which in spite of Beethoven’s endeavours hadn’t yet become firmly established as a duo partner of the piano. Fitting comfortably on a single release, Mendelssohn’s works for cello and piano are here presented by Christian Poltera and Ronald Brautigam, who open with the Variations concertantes in D major, composed in 1829. Brautigam has recently released the composer’s Lieder ohne Worte, performing them on a copy of a piano by Pleyel from 1830, and plays the same instrument on the present disc. Meanwhile, Poltera has chosen to equip his 1711 Stradivarius cello with gut strings, and together the two musicians and their instruments create a sound which is both flexible, transparent and vigorous – ideal for Mendelssohn’s scores.

Christian Poltéra, Munich Chamber Orchestra - Haydn & Hindemith: Cello Works (2022)

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Christian Poltéra, Munich Chamber Orchestra - Haydn & Hindemith: Cello Works (2022)

Christian Poltéra & Munich Chamber Orchestra - Haydn & Hindemith: Cello Works (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 300 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 146 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:00:56
Classical | Label: BIS

Joseph Haydn once remarked: ‘I was not a magician on any instrument, but I knew the power and effect of all of them.’ This knowledge he used to good effect in his cello concertos, composed some twenty years apart for two different cellists in ‘his’ orchestra at the court of Prince Esterhazy. Both works are firmly established in the concert repertoire, but this has not always been the case.

Christian Poltéra, Priya Mitchell, Kathryn Stott - Fauré: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2, Piano Trio, Nocturne No. 13 (2008)

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Christian Poltéra, Priya Mitchell, Kathryn Stott - Fauré: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2, Piano Trio, Nocturne No. 13 (2008)

Christian Poltéra, Priya Mitchell, Kathryn Stott - Fauré: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2, Piano Trio, Nocturne No. 13 (2008)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 259 MB | 01:05:12
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos

The two sonatas for cello and piano along with the D minor Piano Trio were among the last works that Fauré was to complete before his death in 1924 at the ripe old age of 79. Despite the many dire circumstances that filled the latter years of Fauré's life, and in light of his choice to score each of these pieces in dark, minor keys, all three compositions have many moments of complete joy. The two cello sonatas are performed by cellist Christian Poltéra and pianist Kathryn Stott. Both artists have an impeccable sense of line and flow and are able to spin out the long, wandering phrases Fauré lays down.

Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott - Dvořák: Silent Woods: Music for Cello and Piano (2012)

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Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott - Dvořák: Silent Woods: Music for Cello and Piano (2012)

Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott - Dvořák: Silent Woods: Music for Cello and Piano (2012)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 256 MB | 64:35
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS

Antonín Dvorák famously complained about the sound of the cello, but if he had heard this album by Swiss-born cellist Christian Poltéra and his wonderfully sympathetic British accompanist Kathryn Stott, he might have written more for the instrument. Most of the music here was transcribed for cello and piano by Poltéra himself, with a couple of small Dvorák originals and two transcriptions by the composer rounding out the program. Poltéra has an extraordinary way with Dvorák's melodies, which require a distinctive kind of tempo flexibility: not full-fledged tempo rubato, but something of the caressing delivery of the café singer.