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George Neikrug
12+ albums
Classicalbaroquecello
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George Neikrug (New York City, NY, USA, 7 March 1919 - 8 March 2019) was an American cellist and string pedagogue. He was a pupil of the legendary Emanuel Feuermann. At age 24, he met pedagogue D.C. Dounis, whose revolutionary approach spurred him to revamp his playing. He worked with Dounis for fifteen years and became the principal exponent of the Dounis Method. Since Neikrug's New York debut in 1947, he was principal cellist of the Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles Symphony Orchestras as well as the Paramount and Columbia recording orchestras. The great conductor Bruno Walter described Neikrug as a "genuine musician and a real virtuoso of the cello." In 1960, Neikrug performed Bloch's Schelomo with Leopold Stokowski and the NBC Symphony at Carnegie Hall. Afterwards they recorded it for United Artists and Stokowski said, "George Neikrug's Schelomo was unforgettable." Neikrug appeared as a soloist with conductors Leonard Bernstein, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bruno Walter and Yehudi Menuhin. Menuhin said of Neikrug "I was most impressed with his profound and accurate understanding of the cello... He is a first-rate musician, and I cannot recommend him too highly." From 1962 to 1971 Neikrug was professor of cello at Frankfurt, Oberlin College and the University of Texas. In 1971, he joined the faculty of Boston University. In 1996, he was invited by Janos Starker and the University of Indiana to receive the "Chevalier du Violoncelle" award for outstanding lifetime ac
top songs
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Kaddisch: Kaddisch
1352Cello Concerto in D Major, No. 5: II. Allegro Moderato
873Cello Concerto in D Major, No. 5: Allegro Piacere
624Sonata Op. 8: Ii. Adagio
365Cello Concerto in D Major No. 5, G. 478: I. Allegro c
346Unaccompanied Sonata for Cello Solo: I.
257Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: 1. Prelude
248Suite for Cello Solo: I. Preludio – Fantasia
229Sonata Op. 8: I. Allegro Maestoso Ma Appossionato
1810Nocturne in Eb - Chopin
16albums
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Glière Cello Concerto in D minor, Boccherini Cello Concerto in D major.
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Unaccompanied Solo Cello
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J.S. Bach - The Six Cello Suites Disc 1
F. Katz Concerto for Cello and Jazz Wind Orchestra
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Unaccompanied Solo Cello - Kodály Sonata Op. 8, Cassado Suite, Marc Neikrug Unaccompanied Sonata
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J.S. Bach - The Six Cello Suites Disc 2
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Great Moments in Cello Playing
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Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor, Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
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J. S. Bach - Suites 4-6 For Solo Cello
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Arnold Schoenberg Premieres: Ode to Napoleon, Op. 41, String Trio, Op. 45
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Fred Katz Concerto for Cello and Jazz Wind Orchestra, Adagio-Tartini, Cassado, Chopin Nocturne, Kaddisch, Tarantelle-Wieniawski
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Cello Music by W. A. Mozart II, W. A. Mozart, & Bonifacio Asioli