About this project
The Bach cello suites are perhaps the most challenging and rewarding set of works for cello ever written. Famous cellist Pablo Casals spent 12 years before he first played the suites in public, and every day for the rest of his life he started each day by playing one of the suites: Monday - Suite no. 1, Tuesday - no. 2, and so forth; on Sunday he rested. After years of research and performance, finally we will have a much anticipated recording of the Bach Cello Suites by Ovidiu Marinescu. Please watch the video telling his story and including clips from one of the recording sessions.
Presented in collaboration with Parma Recordings, a cutting edge music label distributed by Naxos, this release of an enhanced 2-CD package which will include the complete recording, digital liner notes, a downloadable edition of the music with bowings and fingerings based on four handwritten manuscripts and the first published edition of 1824. The CD will also include special features, such as filmed interviews and a documentary about the recording sessions.
The recording industry is on the brink of demise, with year after year of declining sales. That’s where the new technology which is being developed by Parma Recordings will reinvigorate the industry. Whether you buy a CD or download an MP3 file, now the music will come along with so much more: video clips, sheet music, interviews, and digital liner notes which will be a virtual booklet, looking and feeling like the real one. The new technology is being launched this fall.
The recording sessions take place in Rose Hall, at the University of Pennsylvania. The sound engineer is Eugene Lew.
The cost is being shared by the artist, Parma Recordings, and hopefully you. Your support is crucial in making this project a reality. Here is how the budget looks:
COST
Recording $2100
Editing $950
Mastering $800
Enhanced CD Production $8960
Sheet Music Engraving $830
Video production, interviews, trailer video $700
Cost of fundraising – gifts to you (estimated) $1000
Total $15,340.00
FUNDING
Parma Recordings $4,000
Ovidiu Marinescu $3,100
West Chester University Grant $400
Friends, supporters (hopefully including you) $7,840
Total $15,340.00
Thank you for your interest in the project.
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Digital download of Tchaikovsky CD with the Russian Philharmonic conducted by Ovidiu Marinescu and featuring the Symphony no. 5 and Marche Slave + Exclusive updates via Kickstarter.com
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Tchaikovsky CD signed by Ovidiu
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“Fiesta Latina” CD signed by Ovidiu, featuring tangos, and Spanish musical gems for cello and piano by Pablo de Sarasate, Enrique Francini, Hector Varela/Alberto Nery, Astor Piazzolla, Maurice Ravel, Enrique Granados, Manuel De Falla, Gaspar Cassado
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Signed copy of the Bach cello Suites played by Ovidiu - enhanced 2 CD set with the digital edition of the music, video clips and interviews
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4 CD package including Fiesta Latina, Tchaikovsky, “Hopelessly Romantic,” and Bach cello Suites (2 CD’s)
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A cello lesson with Ovidiu + A bound copy of the Bach Cello Suites edited by Ovidiu Marinescu
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Dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Marinescu at their house + 4 CD package including Fiesta Latina, Tchaikovsky, “Hopelessly Romantic,” and Bach Cello Suites (2 CD’s)
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Never before offered, a special invitation to attend a recording session of Bach Suite no. 1 or no. 6 in Philadelphia (fall 2009)
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An I-Pod classic loaded with all recording by Ovidiu Marinescu and dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Marinescu at their house
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SPECTACULAR ORIGINAL OIL - ONLY ONE AVAILABLE + Ipod Classic This very special gift was offered by Olga Dmytrenko, renowned painter for one gift only. The link to see it: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2433/3863308170_335705660f_b.jpg Title: "Lacus Somniorum" (in English "Lake of Dreams") Size(HxW): 18x24 in (45x61 cm) Style: Fantasy, Imagination Technique: Oil on canvas Year: 2009 Desc.: This paintings is an imagination of the Lunar lacus (singular lacus, Latin for for "lake") from a close distance. Lacus Somniorum is a plain located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side. It is located at selenographic coordinates 38.0° N, 29.2° E, and has a diameter of 384 kilometers. It is the largest of the lunar features designated Lacus. The name is Latin for Lake of Dreams, a title given to this feature by Riccioli, an Italian astronomer who was the first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a freely falling body. Lacus Somniorum is an irregular feature with complex, somewhat ill-defined borders. The surface has the same low albedo as the larger lunar mare found on the Moon, and its surface was formed by flows of basaltic lava.
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Private recital of any 3 suites by Bach, + An I-Pod classic loaded with all recording by Ovidiu Marinescu + Dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Marinescu at their house
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Cellist Ovidiu Marinescu, has played at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and the Rachmaninov Hall, and has been a soloist with the New York Chamber Symphony, the National Radio Orchestra of Romania, the Bucharest Symphony, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Philharmonic, and the Helena Symphony. His critically acclaimed first recording "Fiesta Latina" was followed by a recording of the complete Miaskovsky cello works with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Kenneth Boulton released by Cambria.
Marinescu has commissioned and performed many new works for cello solo, among which are those of Jae-Wook Kim and his brother, Liviu Marinescu. Last spring, Penn Presents featured Marinescu in a multi-media program at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia featuring works for solo cello, film and electronics by Andrea Clearfield, Richard Belcastro, David Ludwig, Paul Geissinger, teamed with four local filmmakers. In 2000, Marinescu premiered with the Newark Symphony "Anecdote" for cello and orchestra by Hilary Tann, followed by the first performance of “Ostinato” by Liviu Marinescu with “Orchestra 2001” in Philadelphia.
Equally outstanding as a conductor, Marinescu brings to the podium a precise technique matched with great musical inspiration. He is the Director of the West Chester University Symphony, which under his leadership made a sold out debut at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia and embarked in its first European tour. Subsequently, the orchestra was invited to participate in the prestigious Catania International Festival in Sicily, Italy. He served as the conductor for the Wilmington Orchestra between 2003-7, as the Music Director of the Manalapan Orchestra in New Jersey, and Principal Conductor of the Goppisberg Festival Orchestra in Switzerland. His guest conducting includes the Bacau, Craiova, and Brasov Philharmonics in Romania, and Orquesta de Extremadura in Spain, both as conductor and soloist.
Known for his powerful interpretations of orchestral works by Russian composers, Marinescu was invited to record Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 5 and Marche Slave with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra in Moscow. Soon to be released are CD’s with orchestral music by Stephen Limbaugh III, David Laganella, and Andrea Clearfield, also recorded in Moscow, and orchestral music by Samuel Barber. Marinescu is on faculty at West Chester University.
