Pablo Casals

Pau Casals i Defilló (December 29, 1876 – October 22, 1973), known as Pablo Casals, was a cellist, composer, and conductor from Spain. He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time. He made many recordings throughout his career, of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, also as conductor, but he is perhaps best remembered for the recordings of the Bach Cell...

CASALS Bach: Suites for Solo Cello (1936-39) - PACM074

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BACH Suites for Solo Cello, BWV 1007-1012

Recorded 1936-39
Total duration: 2hr 9:56

Pablo Casals, cello

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CASALS plays Brahms, Dvorák and Boccherini (1929/37) - PASC246

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BRAHMS Double Concerto
BOCCHERINI Cello Sonata No. 4
DVORAK Cello Concerto

Recorded Barcelona 1929 and Prague 1937
Total duration: 75:27

Pablo Casals, cello
Jacques Thibaud, violin
Blas Net, piano
Pablo Casals Orchestra, Alfred Cortot
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, George Szell

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CASALS plays Elgar & Brahms (1926-1945) - PASC648

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ELGAR Cello Concerto
BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 2
plus music by FAURÉ, GODARD, GRANADOS, SAINT-SAËNS

Studio recordings, 1926-1945
Total duration: 72:42

Pau Casals, cello
Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano
Nicolai Mednikov, piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

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CASALS Schumann, Dvorak: Cello Concertos (1953/60) - PASC401

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SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
DVORAK Cello Concerto (stereo recording)

Studio and Live Recordings · 1953 and 1960
Total duration: 64:30

Pablo Casals, cello
Prades Festival Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
Festival Casals Orchestra of Puerto Rico, Alexander Schneider

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PABLO CASALS - The Pristine Collection - PABX055

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BACH Suites for Solo Cello, BWV 1007–1012
BRAHMS Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op. 102; Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
BOCCHERINI Cello Sonata No. 4 in A, G4
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B minor (1937 and 1960 recordings; the latter in stereo)
ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat, D898
Shorter works by FAURÉ, GODARD, GRANADOS and SAINT-SAËNS

Studio and live recordings, 1926–1960
Total duration: 6:13:29

Pablo Casals, cello
Jacques Thibaud, violin
Alfred Cortot, piano and conductor of the Pablo Casals Orchestra
Blas Net, Mieczyslaw Horszowski and Nicolai Mednikov, piano
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by George Szell
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Prades Festival Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Festival Casals Orchestra of Puerto Rico, conducted by Alexander Schneider

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THIBAUD, CORTOT, CASALS Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 (1926) - PACM021

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SCHUBERT Piano Trio No 1 in B flat, D898

Recorded 5-6 July 1926, Kingsway Hall, London.
Released as HMV 78s, D.B. 947-950
Matrix numbers: CR533 - CR540 (all 1st takes) (also numbered 08273-08280)
CR540 uses the alternate (A) cutting of the 1st take.
Duration 30:55

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