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Fournier plays Elgar / Dvorak / Beethoven | Medici Masters MM0282

Fournier plays Elgar / Dvorak / Beethoven

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Label: Medici Masters

Cat No: MM0282

Barcode: 0827565039623

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 28th July 2008

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Contents

Artists

Pierre Fournier (cello)
Franz Holetschek (piano)
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester

Conductors

Hans Rosbaud
George Szell

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Variations (12) on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen' for cello and piano, op.66

Dvorak, Antonin

Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104

Elgar, Edward

Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85

Artists

Pierre Fournier (cello)
Franz Holetschek (piano)
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester

Conductors

Hans Rosbaud
George Szell

About

The personification of French elegance, Pierre Fournier (1906-1986) was without doubt from the gallery of great cellists, in the company of Casals, Rostropovich and Feuermann.

The Elgar and Dvorak concertos are familiar to Fournier devotees but these live performances from the WDR in Cologne have never been available before.

The Elgar is complimented by the participation of Hans Rosbaud, a formidable musician and conductor who made too few recordings. This is another live performance where the electricity before an audience is perceptibly greater than found in Fournier's 1966 studio account (11 years later than the Cologne recording) with Alfred Wallenstein.

The Dvorak, conducted by the illustrious George Szell, was taped after their studio recording a year before in 1961 and has that extra presence from a live performance. The WDR sound is exceptionally vivid.

The programme is completed by Beethoven's set of Variations on themes from Mozart's Die Zauberflote, a comparative rarity in the Fournier discography.

Contents:
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester /
Hans Rosbaud
Funkhaus, Saal 1, WDR Cologne, 7 March 1955

Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester /
George Szell
Funkhaus, Saal 1, WDR Cologne, 16 November 1962

Beethoven: 12 Variations on the theme Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte***
Franz Holetschek piano
Funkhaus, Saal 2, WDR Cologne, 6 April 1957

Mono recording.

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