Elgar/Handel/Popper/Schumann: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 3: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 1 (1915-1916)
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ELGAR / HANDEL / POPPER / SCHUMANN / and others
Elgar/Handel/Popper/Schumann: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 3: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 1 (1915-1916)
Pablo Casals (cello)
[ Naxos Historical Great Cellists / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 2 August 2004
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One of the greatest and by far the best-known cellist of his generation, Pablo Casals recorded a series of encore pieces and staples of the cello repertoire during 1915-16. In them we catch much of the essence of Casals's playing, from a superb sense of rhythm in the dance movements to his wonderful parlando quality. This volume in Casals' complete 78rpm acoustic recordings includes Casals's most famous arrangement, Fauré's song Après un rêve, now regarded almost as if the composer had written it for cello.
"The most substantial work here is the Kol Nidrei by Bruch, and Casals is backed here by a studio orchestra. Last heard on an EMI References recording, it here sounds better than before, and his performance is most persuasive. The indelible impression one goes away with after listening to this disc is Casals' beautiful, individual tone. ... This album, then, is recommended to all interested in the cello, Casals, or both." The Flying Inkpot
