In Thursday’s (7/21) Guardian (London), Tully Potter writes, “One of the first home-grown American cellists to achieve fame, Bernard Greenhouse, who has died aged 95, was best known as a great chamber musician, although he was also a superb soloist. The bulk of his 32-year career was spent with the Beaux Arts Trio, of which he was a founder member. … Through friendship with the Russian-French violinist Daniel Guilet, Greenhouse started playing trios for fun in 1955. The pianist was an Israeli, Menahem Pressler. Friends suggested they should go public, and when another trio cancelled a concert at the festival at Tanglewood, Massachusetts, that summer, they made a sensational debut as the Beaux Arts Trio. In the 1955-56 season they had 80 concerts. Greenhouse had found his metier. Their reputation was built on hard work. ‘We rehearsed for every concert,’ Greenhouse recalled. … Greenhouse’s pliant tone was delivered with dignity, but also reflected the warmth of his personality. Cello buffs cherish his solo records, including the Dvorák and Haydn D major concertos as well as many sonatas.”
Posted July 21, 2011
