- Andor Toth Jr.
Andor Toth, Jr. (1948-2002) was an American cellist in the strong
Central European ,Berlin , and Hungarian traditions, bringing to the public a clear aural vision of structure in the music he played, while channeling the emotional character of that music into the hearts of his listeners.Andor Toth, Jr. was the son of the famous violinist
Andor Toth , with whom he collaborated in theToth Duo and theNew Hungarian Quartet . His teachers wereGabor Rejto and [http://www.neikrug.org/ George Neikrug] . He studied cello with Neikrug at theUniversity of Texas before leaving for an appointment as solo cellist with theSan Francisco Symphony under conductorJosef Krips .When he died of
esophageal cancer onSeptember 24 ,2002 , he was Professor of Cello at theOberlin Conservatory inOhio , where he had taught for 30 years.Performance
In 1972, when Andor Toth Jr. joined the Oberlin faculty, his father, who was also on the faculty, formed the
New Hungarian Quartet .In 1982, Toth formed the
Oberlin Trio [http://www.newfinearts.com/] [http://www.oberlintrio.com/] with Professor of Pianoforte Joseph Schwartz [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6DB173BF932A05752C0A962948260&sec=&spon=] and violin faculty memberStephen Clapp .References
Published obituaries
* [http://www.oberlin.edu/con/bkstage/200210/toth_andor_obit.html Oberlin Conservatory]
Selected discography
Arkiv Music: Duos For Violin And Cello / Toth Duo [http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Toth-Duo/Ensemble/68770-4]
#Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 byZoltán Kodály
#Duo for Violin and Cello no 1, H 157 byBohuslav Martinů
#Sonata for Violin and Cello byMaurice Ravel Arkiv Music VoxBox CDX 5022: Schubert, String Quartets / New Hungarian Quartet [http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Namedrill?album_group=8&name_id=18589&name_role=2] Andor Toth (Violin), Richard Young (Violin), Denes Koromzay (Viola), Andor Toth Jr. (Cello)
#String Quartet No. 13 (Schubert) in A minor, D 804/Op. 29 no 1 "Rosamunde"
#String Quartet No. 14 (Schubert) in D minor, D 810 "Death and the Maiden"
#String Quartet No. 15 (Schubert) in G major, D 887/Op. 161
#Quartettsatz (Schubert) in C minor, D 703/Op. posthumousVoxBox (Classical) CD3X 3012: Beethoven, The Middle Quartets / New Hungarian Quartet [http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-alias=classical&keywords=New%20Hungarian%20Quartet&page=1] Andor Toth (Violin), Richard Young (Violin), Denes Koromzay (Viola), Andor Toth Jr. (Cello)
#String Quartet No. 7 (Beethoven) in F major ("Rasumovsky 1"), Op. 59/1
#String Quartet No. 8 (Beethoven) in E minor ("Rasumovsky 2"), Op. 59/2
#String Quartet No. 9 (Beethoven) in C major ("Rasumovsky 3"), Op. 59/3
#String Quartet No. 10 (Beethoven) in E flat major ("Harp"), Op. 74
#String Quartet No. 11 (Beethoven) in F minor ("Serioso"), Op. 95VoxBox (Classical) CDX 3031: Debussy and Ravel Quartets / New Hungarian Quartet [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001K6P/sr=1-2/qid=1218762537/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1218762537&sr=1-2&seller=] Second CD of 3 CD Set. Andor Toth (Violin), Richard Young (Violin), Denes Koromzay (Viola), Andor Toth Jr. (Cello)
#String Quartet (Debussy) in G Minor, Op. 10
#String Quartet (Ravel)
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