Gavotte No.2 – Popper

Perhaps, all performers and composers have their listener and even those of them who are not known to a wider audience still have an enclave of admirers. Take David Popper: his name may not sound familiar to everybody, but for cellists he is a person of indisputable authority. Only a few musicians – Mstislav Rostropovich, for example – were able to play certain cello pieces of Popper without apparent effort. This prolific Bohemian composer is among those who proved that cello is very versatile instrument and showed its true potential. Here is one of Popper's splendid pieces, Gavotte No.2 for Cello and Piano, Op.23.