Pablo Casals Plays Dvorak

Product Details

Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0765387970925
Label : Dutton Laboratories
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2001-07-03
Running Time : 74minutes
UPC : 765387970925

ASIN : B00005B0G5

Customer Reviews

One of the battlehorses of the maestro: Pau Casals! (2004-07-05)

Casals literally stole for himself the primacy in what concerns about how it must be performed. He got one of his major achievements with the wonderful rapport with Szell and the Czech Philarmonic in 1938. The others performers may fight for the second place but this recording has become in a standard issue : a model! Filled with inner force , lyricism and ravishimg commitment.The New World is well played ,but there are more remarkable gladiators : Fricsay , Talich , Kertesz , Kubelik , De Sabata .This is a must in your collection.Don't think it twice.

Stunningly Vital Music Making (2003-09-15)

This Dutton disc contains the famous Casals performance of the Dvorak Cello Concerto, conducted by a youngish (40) Geroge Szell leading the Czech Philharmonic in 1937, coupled with an incredibly lively 'New World' Symphony recorded by Szell and the same orchestra later that same year, after a whirlwind tour of England. The remastering is bright and clear for both performances, although the hall acoustics for the Casals piece are slightly better than than those at Abbey road for the symphony. The transfer is clean enough that a slight hiss can only be heard with in-the-ear headphones. As to the music, the performances blow me away. The cello is definitely front and center in the concerto, and Casals exercises every iota of his passionate technical mastery throughout the performance. The interaction between the soloist and orchestra is so lively it sometimes creates the impression of improvisation. The interactive vivacity continues in Szell's dynamic, detailed, rhythmically taut reading of the symphony, as the orchestra parts bounce off each other, each feeding off the others' energy. Szells attack is almost savage at times (he practically rips through the first movement in 8 and a half minutes), but he never betrays the grand romanticism of the work. Don't miss this one!

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