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AT LAST - A 5 STAR CASALS SET!

Blue Coronet | east coast | 08/06/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"PABLO CASALS: THE ORIGINAL JACKET COLLECTION is a stellar set of 9 of Casals original Columbia LP recordings on 9 CDs, each in a Mini-LP Cover from the original LP. One of the frustrating things about the online description is that there has been no listing of which albums are included. Here is a listing of the original Columbia LP numbers, titles and composers:



COLUMBIA ML 4349 PRADES FESTIVAL 1950 - BACH



COLUMBIA ML 4350 PRADES FESTIVAL 1950 - BACH



COLUMBIA ML 4560 PERPIGNAN FESTIVAL 1951 - BEETHOVEN



COLUMBIA ML 4562 PERPIGNAN FESTIVAL 1951 - BEETHOVEN



COLUMBIA ML 4715 PRADES FESTIVAL 1951 - SCHUBERT



COLUMBIA ML 4719 PRADES FESTIVAL 1952 - BRAHMS



COLUMBIA ML 4876 PRADES FESTIVAL 1953 - BEETHOVEN



COLUMBIA ML 4878 PRADES FESTIVAL 1953 - BEETHOVEN



COLUMBIA ML 4926 PERPIGNAN FESTIVAL 1951 - SCHUMANN, TRAD. ARRANGED BY CASALS, BACH, HAYDN, DE FALLA



COLUMBIA KL 5726 A CONCERT AT THE WHITE HOUSE - 1961 - MENDELSSOHN, COUPERIN, SCHUMANN, TRAD. ARRANGED BY CASALS



The playing and the sound throughout is masterful. Casals is featured in duos and trios, with the exception of ML 4926 where he is featured with the Prades Festival Orchestra and the Perpignan Festival Orchestra.



I have listened to other Casals sets, particularly the unreleased Prades Festival tracks, and I find this set to be heads and shoulders above the others.



Although this set sells for $61.98, you can purchase it on Amazon.de (germany) for $38 including shipping!











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