RARE HIS MASTER'S VOICE PABLO CASALS 1929 - 4 RECORDS

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His Master's Voice

BEETHOVEN

OP. 60

SYMPHONY No.4 in B FLAT MAJOR

The PABLO CASALS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF BARCELONA

CONDUCTED by PABLO CASALS

1929

4 GRAMOPHONE RECORDS in LEATHER CASE

and

VERY RARE OVERTURE

"RUINS OF ATHENS"

EXCELLENT CONDITION

The Barcelona sessions made with Casals’ own orchestra, formed in 1919, were set down in a concentrated period of work over five days in early July 1929. They are notable for their unfussy and direct approach to Beethoven that reveal the music in honest, unvarnished and expressive terms.

1926 – 1928: Casals, Jacques Thibaud and Alfred Cortot – the first trios of Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn, the Beethoven "Archduke," Haydn's G Major and Beethoven's "Kakadu" Variations (Recorded in London)
1929, Brahms "Double" Concerto with Thibaud and Cortot conducting Casals' own orchestra.
1929: Dvorak and Brahms Concerti
1929: Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony (Recorded in Barcelona)
1936-1939: Bach's Cello Suites
1936: Bruch's Kol Nidre - London Symphony conducted by Landon Ronald
1937: Dvorak Cello Concerto - Czech Philharmonic conducted by George Szell.
1945: Elgar Cello Concerto - BBC Symphony conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.
1950: The first of the Prades Festival recordings on Columbia
1950's Schubert C Major Quintet with the Budapest String Quartet
1959: Haydn "Farewell" Symphony (No. 45) and Mozart "Linz" Symphony (No. 36) (Recorded live at the 3rd Prades Festival)
1961: Mendelssohn Trio No. 1 with Alexander Schneider and Mieczys?aw Horszowski (Recorded live November 13, 1961 at the White House)
1963: Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony
1964: Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti
1966: Bach’s Orchestral Suites
1969: Beethoven’s First, Second, Fourth, Sixth ("Pastorale"), and Seventh Symphonies
1974: El Pessebre (The Manger) oratorio