1951 CASALS FESTIVAL AT PERPIGNAN, FRANCE. Rare Boxed Set LP

$

250

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It was conviction rather than convention that drew front desk players includingToscanini’s NBC flautist John Wummer, Philadelphia oboist Marcel Tabuteau,Cleveland bassoonist John Mack and Budapest Quartet member (and Casals'orchestral 'fixer') Alexander Schneider to a remote corner of barely post-warFrance when air travel was still an act of faith. They came to play and recordBach in primitive conditions and the result was one of the classics of thegramophone. The power of the performances does not come from the precision ofthe playing or from the sound quality, and most certainly not frommusicological 'authenticity'. The power comes from what Peter Hill describes asthe 'bedrock of convictions on which their particular 'authenticity' resides'.

The 1951CASALS FESTIVAL AT PERPIGNAN, FRANCE.

Rare LimitedEdition in Maroon slipcase No.1833 of 2000.  
12-12" Limited Edition GOLD LABEL discs in individual cardboard albums in verygood condition. But the slipcase is damaged.  The set includes a special 4-page insert withphotos of the artists, Serkin, Casals, Schneider, etc.,taken at the Festival by noted photographer Gjon  Mili.  Performers with Casals and the Perpignan FestivalOrchestra include Paul Tortelier, Isaac Stern, William Primrose, Erica Morini,Marcel Tabuteau, Eugene Istomin, John Wummer, Dame Myra Hess, Rudolf Serkin,Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Alexander Schneider.

I looked at every record and found them in VERY GOOD condition.  But I found a few visible scratches andmarks.  I played each of the affectedrecords and listened on headphones with the following results:

#4551 has a scratch for a short duration on Eine Kleine Nachtmusic 2ndmovement.  Not bad.  #4555 Has a mark on it that I found inaudiblewith headphones.                                            #4557 Hasa mark that I found also to be inaudible with the headphones.                                #4558 has a scratch in the firstmovement, which was barely audible with headphones.                                                                         #4559has a bad scratch at the very beginning of the record, which affects about thefirst minute. #4562 has a visible scratch on the Archduke that was barely audiblewith headphones.    

SL 170      Rehearsal cond. by Casals:Bach Allegro from concerto in A Minor for Violin -   Isaac

                 Stern, violin Aria from Organ Pastorale in F - PabloCasals cond. & cello;

                  Haydn Adagio from    

                 sonata No. 9 in D Major - Casals, cello & Eugene Istomin Piano

ML 4551  Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik/Symphony No 29 in A, K. 201
                 Perpignan Festival Orchestra conducted by Casals

ML 4552  Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major, K 364 - IsaacStern, violin;
                 William Primrose, viola with Perpignan Festival Orch., Casals conducting

ML 4553  Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 in A Major, K. 219("Turkish"_
                 Erica Morini, violin; Perpignan Fest. Orch., Casals, conducting

ML 4554   Mozart: Divertimento No 11 in D, K. 251/ Oboe Quartet in F,K. 370
                  Marcel Tabateau, oboe, Isaac Stern, violin; William Primrose, viola;
                  Paul Tortelier, 'cello

ML 4555   Mozart: Flute Concerto No 1 in G Major (K. 313)- John Wummer,flute
                  Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449- Eugene Istomin, piano
                  Perpignan Fest. Orch., Casals, conducting
             
ML 4556    Mozart: Piano Concerto No 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271
                   Dame Myra Hess Piano; Perpignan Fest. Orch., Casals, conducting

ML 4557    Mozart: Piano Concerto No 22 in E-Flat Major, K. 482
                   Rudolf Serkin, piano; Perpignan Festival Orch., Casals, conducting

ML 4558    Mozart: Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major for piano& Orch. K. 595  Mieczyslav

                 Horszowski, Piano, Conducted by Casals

ML 4559    Beethoven: Trio No. 6 in E-flat Major, Op. 70,No. 2; Trio No. 4 in B-flat Major,                   Op. 11 Eugene Istomin, piano; AlexanderSchneider, violin; Pablo Casals, cello

[Missing ML 4560    Beethoven: 'CelloSonata No 2 in G Minor, Opus 5
                   Beethoven: 12 Variations on Mozart's "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen"
                    from"The Magic Flute" Beethoven:7 Variations "Bei Mannern" (love duet)      

                    Pablo Casals, 'cello; Rudolf Serkin,piano]

ML 4561    Beethoven Trio No.2 in G Major,Op. 1, No.2  Istomin, piano; Alexander

                  Schneider, violin;

                  Casalscello

ML 4562     Beethoven: Trio No 7in B-flat Major, Op 97 ("Archduke")
                   EugeneIstomin, piano;  AlexanderSchneider, violin; Pablo Casals, ' cello