Emanuel Moór: Works for Cello (2007)

One will search the entire recorded annals of the twentieth century for mention of composer and inventor Emanuel Moór only to find no trace of him, though attentive research will reveal a few records made in the 1920s by his wife, English pianist Winifred Christie, performing on a piano Moór designed for the Bechstein firm. Despite that, Pablo Casals believed that Moór was a "genius" and that he left a prodigious 123 published compositions before the First World War knocked the wind out of his creative sails, and few ... Read More

One will search the entire recorded annals of the twentieth century for mention of composer and inventor Emanuel Moór only to find no trace of him, though attentive research will reveal a few records made in the 1920s by his wife, English pianist Winifred Christie, performing on a piano Moór designed for the Bechstein firm. Despite that, Pablo Casals believed that Moór was a "genius" and that he left a prodigious 123 published compositions before the First World War knocked the wind out of his creative sails, and few composers have experienced so swift and total oblivion in the wake of his death as Moór. His fortunes have considerably improved in the twenty-first century; this Cello Classics release features German cellist Gregor Horsch in Moór's cello sonatas along with pianist Carole Presland and in a stunning Suite for four cellos dating from 1909, played by Cellokwartet Amsterdam, of which Horsch is a member. All of the performances are sensitive, respectful to the music, and somewhat low key; not... Read Less