Artist: 
Pablo Casals

Pablo Casals The Philips Legacy (7CD)

$64.95

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. Includes CD premieres. LIMITED EDITION.

Tully Potter’s new essay completes a set which should appeal to Casals enthusiasts, collectors and cellists alike.

TRACK LIST

CD 1
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2
Pablo Casals, cello; Mieczysław Horszowski, piano

CD 2
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3
Mieczysław Horszowski, piano; Sándor Végh, violin; Pablo Casals, cello
Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 17 (Transcription of Horn Sonata, Op. 17)
Pablo Casals, cello; Mieczysław Horszowski, piano

CD 3
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Geistertrio’ (Ghost)*
Trio No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 ‘Erzherzog Trio’ (Archduke)
Mieczysław Horszowski, piano; Sándor Végh, violin; Pablo Casals, cello
*FIRST RELEASE ON CD

CD 4
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Geistertrio’ (Ghost)
Karl Engel, piano; Sándor Végh, violin; Pablo Casals, cello
Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1
Pablo Casals, cello; Wilhelm Kempff, piano

CD 5
FRANZ SCHUBERT
String Quintet in C major, D.956
Végh Quartet; Pablo Casals, cello II

CD 6
HOMMAGE À PABLO CASALS*
GABRIEL FAURÉ
Elégie for Cello and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 24
Rehearsal & Performance
Solo Cellists: Paul Bazelaire, Maurice Maréchal, Gaspard Cassado, Rudolf von Tobel, Etienne Pasquier, André Lévy, Gaston Marchesini, Guy Fallot, Charles Bartsch, Jean Vaugeois
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux / Pablo Casals, cello / conductor
PABLO CASALS
Les Rois mages
Sardana
Ensemble of 102 Cellos / Pablo Casals
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011
Pablo Casals, cello
*FIRST RELEASE ON CD

CD 7
JOSEPH HAYDN
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, H.VIIb No. 2
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Cello Concerto in B flat major, G.482
Maurice Gendron, cello; Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux / Pablo Casals