Audiophile 180g 45rpm Virgin Vinyl Double LP!
Mastered from the Original Masters of Universal Music!
Analogue Mastering by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios!
Pressed at Pallas!
Cellist Pierre Fournier is accompanied by pianist Lamar Crowson for compositional works written for the cello by such composers as Haydn, Weber, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Saint-Saens and more.
"Fournier’s tone is a constant delight, warmly lyrical yet with a plangent edge that does wonders for the more pleading episodes of Dvorak’s Rondo — a work written for the cello, and making the fact very clear. His phrasing is beautifully shapely in cantabile. And when scurrying around in Francoeur’s Allegro vivo, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Bumble-bee and Popper’s Elfentanz, he brings a bite to the accentuation which keeps the rhythm both tingling and disciplined. The Weber is a pleasant surprise, but I particularly enjoyed the Dvorak, the Schumann (meant for the horn but with cello as an op-tional alternative) and the Brahms... Brahms’s particular brand of deep-hued sentiment is wholly at one with the soul of the cello." - Gramophone
Features:
• Audiophile 180g Virgin Vinyl
• Special 45rpm 2LP version for enhanced sound reproduction
• Pressed at Pallas GmbH in Germany
• Audiophile analogue mastering by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios
• Mastered from the Original Masters of Universal Music
• Analogphonic release
• Gatefold jacket
• Unreleased bonus track
Musicians:
Pierre Fournier, cello
Lamar Crowson, piano
Selections:
Side 1:
Francois Francoeur (1698-1787)
1. Adagio Cantabile - Allegro Vivo
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
2. Tempo di Minuetto
Carl Maria Von Weber (1786-1826)
3. Larghetto - Rondo
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
4. Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2
Side 2:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
1. Hymne an die Sonne
2. Hummelflug
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
3. Adagio und Allegro Op. 70
Side 3:
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
1. Ave Maria (Meditation)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
2. Valse Sentimentale Op. 51, No. 6
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
3. Feldeinsamkeit Op. 86, No. 2
David Popper (1843-1913)
4. Elfentanz Op. 39 (Dance of The Elves)
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
5. Rondo Op. 94
Side 4:
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
1. Der Schwan
Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)
2. Variationen Uber Ein Thema Aus der Oper
Bonus Track - previously unreleased:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3. Pezzo Cappriccioso Op. 62
Recorded January 8-10, 1969
Mastered from the Original Masters of Universal Music!
Analogue Mastering by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios!
Pressed at Pallas!
Cellist Pierre Fournier is accompanied by pianist Lamar Crowson for compositional works written for the cello by such composers as Haydn, Weber, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Saint-Saens and more.
"Fournier’s tone is a constant delight, warmly lyrical yet with a plangent edge that does wonders for the more pleading episodes of Dvorak’s Rondo — a work written for the cello, and making the fact very clear. His phrasing is beautifully shapely in cantabile. And when scurrying around in Francoeur’s Allegro vivo, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Bumble-bee and Popper’s Elfentanz, he brings a bite to the accentuation which keeps the rhythm both tingling and disciplined. The Weber is a pleasant surprise, but I particularly enjoyed the Dvorak, the Schumann (meant for the horn but with cello as an op-tional alternative) and the Brahms... Brahms’s particular brand of deep-hued sentiment is wholly at one with the soul of the cello." - Gramophone
Features:
• Audiophile 180g Virgin Vinyl
• Special 45rpm 2LP version for enhanced sound reproduction
• Pressed at Pallas GmbH in Germany
• Audiophile analogue mastering by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios
• Mastered from the Original Masters of Universal Music
• Analogphonic release
• Gatefold jacket
• Unreleased bonus track
Musicians:
Pierre Fournier, cello
Lamar Crowson, piano
Selections:
Side 1:
Francois Francoeur (1698-1787)
1. Adagio Cantabile - Allegro Vivo
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
2. Tempo di Minuetto
Carl Maria Von Weber (1786-1826)
3. Larghetto - Rondo
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
4. Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2
Side 2:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
1. Hymne an die Sonne
2. Hummelflug
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
3. Adagio und Allegro Op. 70
Side 3:
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
1. Ave Maria (Meditation)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
2. Valse Sentimentale Op. 51, No. 6
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
3. Feldeinsamkeit Op. 86, No. 2
David Popper (1843-1913)
4. Elfentanz Op. 39 (Dance of The Elves)
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
5. Rondo Op. 94
Side 4:
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
1. Der Schwan
Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)
2. Variationen Uber Ein Thema Aus der Oper
Bonus Track - previously unreleased:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3. Pezzo Cappriccioso Op. 62
Recorded January 8-10, 1969
