Conductor(s): Casals, Pablo
Label: Naxos Historical
Genre: Chamber Music; Concerto; Orchestral
Period: 20th Century; Baroque; Classical; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.110976
Barcode: 0636943197622
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions
Release Date: 02/2004

CASALS, Pablo: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 2 (1927-1930)

One of the greatest and by far the best known cellist of his generation, Pablo Casals recorded a series of encore pieces between 1925 and 1930, at the height of his powers. In them we catch much of the essence of Casals’s playing, from a superb sense of rhythm in the dance movements to his wonderful parlando quality. This second volume of Casals’ complete 78rpm era electrical recordings of encores and transcriptions ends with one of the earliest examples of his conducting on disc.

Tracklist

Bach, Johann Sebastian
Pollain, Fernand - Arranger
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Mednikoff, Nicolai (piano)
1 English Suite No. 6, BWV 811: Gavotte 03:42
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Mednikoff, Nicolai (piano)
Sgambati, Giovanni
Bouman, Antonius - Arranger
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Mednikoff, Nicolai (piano)
2 Serenata napoletana, Op. 24, No. 2 03:15
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Mednikoff, Nicolai (piano)
Popper, David
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Mednikoff, Nicolai (piano)
3 Mazurka, Op. 11, No. 3 03:05
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Mednikoff, Nicolai (piano)
Granados, Enrique
Casals, Pablo - Arranger
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Mednikoff, Nicolai (piano)
4 Spanish Dance 03:40
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Mednikoff, Nicolai (piano)
Tartini, Giuseppe
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
5 Cello Concerto in D Major: Grave ed espressivo 04:05
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
Cassadó, Gaspar
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
6 Requiebros 04:28
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
Vivaldi, Antonio
Stutschewsky, Joachim - Arranger
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
7 L'estro armonico: Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3, No. 11: Largo 03:28
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Siloti, Alexander - Arranger
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
8 Komm susser Tod, BWV 478 (arr. A. Siloti) 03:36
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
Boccherini, Luigi
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
9 Sonata No. 6 in A Major: Adagio 03:34
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
10 Sonata No. 6 in A Major: Allegro 04:08
Mendelssohn, Felix
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
11 Song without Words No. 49 in D Major, Op. 109 04:26
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Siloti, Alexander - Arranger
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
12 Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: Andante 03:35
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
Dvořák, Antonín
Grunfeld, Heinrich - Arranger
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
13 Zigeunermelodien (Gypsy Melodies), Op. 55: IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me 02:40
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
14 The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble-bee 01:07
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
Valentini, Giuseppe
Piatti, Alfredo - Arranger
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
15 Violin Sonata No. 10 in E Major: Gavotte 01:49
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
Laserna, Blas de
Cassadó, Gaspar - Arranger
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
16 Tonadilla 01:32
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
17 Sonata for Violin and Viola in C Major: Minuet 03:52
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Net, Blas (piano)
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Siloti, Alexander - Arranger
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Schulhof, Otto (piano)
18 Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air, "Air on the G String" 03:43
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Schulhof, Otto (piano)
Schumann, Robert
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Schulhof, Otto (piano)
19 Kinderszenen (Scenes of childhood), Op. 15: VII. Träumerei (Dreaming) (arr. for cello and piano) 03:20
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Schulhof, Otto (piano)
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Schulhof, Otto (piano)
20 Minuet No. 2 in G Major, WoO 10 02:34
Casals, Pablo (cello)
Schulhof, Otto (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Casals, Pablo (Conductor)
21 Overture to Collin's Coriolan, Op. 62, "Coriolan Overture" 07:44
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Casals, Pablo (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:13:23