J. S. BACH / BEETHOVEN / DVORAK / BRAHMS / BOCCHERINI / etc
Pablo Casals - The Complete HMV Recordings (Rec 1926-1955/39) Pablo Casals (cello) with Alfred Cortot, Jacques Thibaud, Mieczyalaw Horszowski & others [ Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 25/Aug/2023 ] "In these splendid recordings, Casal's superb playing offers us the finest fruits of his great art." (Gramophone on the Bach Suites) |
Augustus Pablo
Pablo Meets Mr Bassie (7") [ Rough Trade / 7in - released 23/Jun/2023 ] Originally released in 1978, this version has been remastered and cut by Marco Perry (Bjork, Dennis Bovell, Massive Attack). The 7" is limited to 1,500 copies worldwide. "This is the re-release of our second ever Rough Trade single release.... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphonies nos. 5 & 7 'Unfinished' Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Jun/2023 ] "The Freiburger Barockorchester is an excellent period instrument ensemble. The sound is transparent and lean, winds and strings equally balanced, timpani played with hard sticks." ClassicReview |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / CLARA SCHUMANN
Brahms: Double Concerto & Clara Schumann: Piano Trio Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Pablo Fernandez (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, Lambert Orkis (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] An aristocrat of the string world is united with one of its most exciting newcomers - this is the first joint album by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrández. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor Op. 102 (with Clara Schumann: Piano Trio) (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Pablo Fernandez (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, Lambert Orkis (piano) [ Sony Classical Vinyl / 2 LP - released 4/Nov/2022 ] An aristocrat of the string world is united with one of its most exciting newcomers for this major new concerto release on Sony Classical. First joint album by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrández - a musical team for many years. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] After the first two instalments, highly praised by the press - "one of the finest, most... thrilling performances of [the] Fourth Concerto," wrote Gramophone - Kristian Bezuidenhout, Pablo Heras-Casado and the Freiburger Barockorchester close their... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: The Complete Symphonies Münchner Philharmoniker, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] "He plants his personality upon each symphony not via interpretative extremes but through the simple expedient of ensuring they are heard as clearly and plainly as possible." - Gramophone |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / BOCCHERINI / HAYDN / etc
Pablo Casals - The Philips Legacy Pablo Casals (cello/conductor) with Mieczysław Horszowski (piano), Sándor Végh (violin), Ensemble of 102 Cellos, etc [ Decca Eloquence / 7 CD Box Set - released 28/Jul/2022 ] The late chamber recordings made by the great Catalan cellist with longstanding friends and colleagues, including two versions of Beethoven's 'Ghost' Trio, the 1956 'Hommage à Pablo Casals' LP, and the Schubert String Quintet with the Végh Quartet. |
BACH / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / LISZT / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / etc
Wilhelm Kempff - The Decca Legacy Wilhelm Kempff (piano) with Pablo Casals, Paul Grümmer (cellos) Georg Kulenkampff (violin) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 13 CD Box Set - released 18/Apr/2022 ] The Decca legacy of WILHELM KEMPFF, one of the last century's greatest keyboard poets. |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Complete Violin Sonatas Emmanuele Baldini (violin) Pablo Rossi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] "Baldini produces an alluring tone that taps into the natural resonances of his instrument, and phrases with a natural instinct for cantabile espressivo." BBC Music Magazine Chamber Choice October 2021 |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / PETER EOTVOS
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps / Eötvös: "Alhambra" Concerto Pablo Heras-Casado, Isabelle Faust, Orchestre de Paris [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] More than a century after the historic scandal of its premiere at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, The Rite of Spring has established itself as one of the 'musts' of the modern orchestral repertory. And if the source of the telluric forces generated... |
BACH / BEETHOVEN / BARTOK / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / COWELL / etc
Joseph Szigeti - The Complete Sony Recordings Joseph Szigeti (violin) with Myra Hess, Pablo Casals, Benny Goodman, Bela Bartok, etc [ Sony Classical / 17 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2021 ] "Full of immediacy - and star turns - these remastered recordings make for a compelling time capsule" The Guardian |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76, Nos 4 - 6 Alina Ibragimova & Pablo Hernán Benedí (violins), Emilie Hörnlund, (viola), Claire Thirion, (cello) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] The Chiaroscuros complete Haydn's last full set of quartets. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56 / Piano Trio, Op. 36 Isabelle Faust (violin) Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Alexander Melnikov (piano) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Concerto |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 / 2 Overtures Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] International Classical Music Awards 2021 Winner - Assorted Programme |
J. S. BACH / BARTOK / MESSIAEN / MOZART / STRAVINSKY / etc
Rudolf Serkin: The Complete RCA Album Collection Rudolf Serkin (piano) with Peter Serkin, Ruth Laredo, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Pablo Casals, etc [ Sony Classical Masters / 35 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2020 ] a "brilliant instrumentalist, sensitive, original interpreter and performer of uncommon vitality" (Michael Steinberg) |
SARASATE / STRAVINSKY / de FALLA / RODRIGO / MILHAUD / DEBUSSY / etc
Les Musiques De Picasso [Picasso and Music] Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado Ensemble Aedes & Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 17/Jul/2020 ] To coincide with the opening of the Picasso exhibition at the Paris Philharmonie's Museum of Music in April 2020, harmonia mundi invites you to discover a different facet of the artist: Picasso the music lover! As a creator who found a lifelong... |
ESTEBAN BENZECRY
Benzecry: Ciclo de canciones / Violin Concerto / Clarinet Concerto Ayako Tanaka (Soprano) Xavier Inchausti (Violin) Mariano Rey (Clarinet) / Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Pablo Boggiano [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] French-Argentinian composer Esteban Benzecry has built up a distinctive body of work, from symphonies to works for solo piano. He stands as a worthy successor to such masters as Ginastera, Villa-Lobos and Chávez, with music that is suffused with... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony no.9 / Choral Fantasy Kristian Bezuidenhout, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] A fantasy that turned into a symphony? First and foremost, this double album enshrines the exemplary work of an ensemble whose designation 'Baroque Orchestra' by no means limits its excursions into later repertories: under the watchful eye of a... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano concertos nos. 2 & 5 "Emperor" Kristian Bezuidenhout, Pablo Heras-Casado & Freiburger Barockorchester [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "This really is exciting playing, and Bezuidenhout's virtuosity is impressive." Five Stars BBC Music Concerto Choice April 2020 |