Arnold Foldesy - Village Song & Spinning Song (David Popper)

[pbaron23]

Popper Dávid was Hungarian

[montfortlamaury]

Such beautiful sound and  the second piece, unbelievably fast !

[2ndviolinist]

Feuermann plays Spinning Song beautifully but much slower. Before I heard this I had thought it a quick tempo.

[2ndviolinist]

What a fabulous cello sound. A very different interpretation from the Feuermann version of the Spinning Song. Much faster, an insane tempo and what octaves! Do you have any more of him? TY

[merrihew]

@2ndviolinist Sorry, that's my only one. He made very few records - mostly show off pieces like these.

[2ndviolinist]

@merrihew Leave it to you to be the only one to find such a recording and post it to YT. You provide a great service to those with "sensitive" ears. Just recently discovered Hugo Kreisler, now my favorite cellist. Once again a paucity of recordings and nothing serious.

[merrihew]

@2ndviolinist You probably found the record I posted of him and his brother.

[2ndviolinist]

@merrihew Yes, thanks, and 19 other sides, all but 1 on YT.

[transformingArt]

There's another Popper composition which also features that 'Theremin-like' sound, but I cannot remember the title. Anyway, those early-1930s Polydors always sounds good.

[RCALennon]

Great songs! Thae second one is very unique.

[hackneysaregreat]

That spinning song is absolutely fun :-)

[pax41]

Roger you have a typo in the description, composer is spelled wrong. What year was this written?

[merrihew]

@pax41 Based on the opus numbers (55 & 62), probably in the 1880's. Opus 66 was written in 1891.

[1920sbuff]

@merrihew can't see any typo here except for the ¨in Földesy , but possibly your keybord doesn't support it.

[merrihew]

@1920sbuff  already corrected it