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Johann Sebastian Bach, Anton Rubinstein, Franz [Vienna] Schubert
Pablo Casals: Early Recordings 1925-1928
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue, for organ in C major, BWV 564 (BC J36): Adagio
2. Melody in F, instrumental arrangement, Op. 3/1
3. Moment musical for piano in F minor ('Air russe'), D. 780/3 (Op. 94/3)
4. Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109: No 2 (No 2 of Op 9) in E flat major
5. Intermezzo, for cello & piano (arrangement by Cassadó from Goyescas)
6. Après un rêve ('Dans un sommeil'), song for voice & piano, Op. 7/1: No 1 (arr for cello & piano by Pablo Casals)
7. Andaluza (Playera), for guitar or other instrument (arrangement of No. 5 of 12 Spanish Dances): Spanish Dance, No. 5
8. The Swan (from 'Carnival of the Animals'), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements: Le Cygne
9. Vito, for cello & piano, Op 54/5
10. Jocelyn, opera: Act 2, Berceuse (Lullaby)
11. Gavotte Tendre for cello & piano
12. Prelude for piano No. 15 in D flat major, Op. 28/15, CT. 180
13. Pieces (3) for cello & piano, Op. 11: No 3 Mazurka in G major
14. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70: Lied Au Den Abendstern/Evening Star
15. Serenata Napolitana for keyboard, No 2, Op. 24
16. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96: Act 3 Preislied
17. Chanson Villageoise for cello & piano, Op 62/2
18. Pieces for Children Big and Small (12), for piano, 4 hands, Op. 85: No 12, 'Abendlied'
19. Petite suite (4), for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra), L. 65: No 3, Menuet
20. Romanze, for cello & orchestra, Op. 35
21. English Suite, for keyboard No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 (BC L15): Musette: Gavotte I

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CD Details

All Artists: Johann Sebastian Bach, Anton Rubinstein, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Frederic Chopin, Enrique Granados, Gabriel Faure, Camille Saint-Saens, David Popper, Benjamin Godard, Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, Richard [Classical] Wagner, Giovanni Sgambati, Robert Schumann, Claude Debussy, Edward MacDowell, Nikolai Mednikoff, Edward Gendron
Title: Pablo Casals: Early Recordings 1925-1928
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: RCA
Release Date: 12/13/1994
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Preludes, Serenades & Divertimentos, Short Forms, Suites, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Romantic (c.1820-1910), Instruments, Keyboard, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090266161621

Synopsis

Amazon.com

These early electrical recordings show a very different Pablo Casals from the grunting old man most people remember. At the height of his technical and musical powers, he plays these mostly charming little encores and transcriptions with exquisite musicianship and breathtaking technical command that remains outstanding today. Whether you want to hear Chopin piano pieces or Wagner arias played on the cello is another issue; there is very little real cello music on this disc. But for what is here, one could hardly imagine better performances. The transfers are outstandingly lifelike, the program very generous (76:19), the price reasonable. --Leslie Gerber

CD Reviews

Amazing touch of personality

Aldo Giannone | 01/25/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is perhaps one of my favorite. It features Pablo playing some very romantic and melancholic songs from various composers. It also features Pablo's amazing technique and his capacity of interpretation which gies beyond just reading and playing musical notes.

But also, the fact that this album was recorded so long ago, the original format was gramophone, I think it gives this album very important historical value, the background noise never interrupts the musics, but help listeners to get involved and place himself in the timeline.

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Outstanding

DAVID J SEGOVIA | San Antonio, TX United States | 10/20/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"funny, I hear plenty of "real" music coming from this CD ;)"

Pablo Casals: Early Recrdings, a defective product

Mr. Hrant N. Tatian | Providence, RI | 03/08/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The Pablo Casals: Early Recordings 1925-1928 is a fine recording with a production defect. The playing is obviously great but near the end of the CD numerous tracks are missing. I returned the CD and was sent a replacement that had the same defect indicating that there was a production error."