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[REISSUE, REVISED IN 2009] CD-1113(12) CASALS FESTIVALS AT PRADES -LIVE CONCERT PERFORMANCES: CD# 1: MOZART: Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb Horszowski-Menuhin-Wallfisch-Casals (1956); SCHUMANN: Trio No. 3 in g, Op. 110 Végh-Serkin-Casals (1956). CD# 2 SCHUBERT: Quintet in C, Op. 163 Krachmalnik-Pernea-Tuttle-Foley-Casals (1953) & BEETHOVEN: Trio No. 4 in D, Op. 70, No. 1 Goldberg-Serkin-Casals (1954). CD# 3: BRAHMS: Trio No. 3 in c, Op. 101 Menuhin-Istomin-Casals (1955); BEETHOVEN: Trio No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 70 No. 2 Goldberg-Serkin-Casals (1954). CD# 4: J.S. BACH: Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009 Casals (date unknown), & Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102 No. 2 Casals-Horszowski (1953) & Trio No. 9 in G, "Kakadu," Op. 121a Goldberg-Serkin-Casals (1954). CD# 5: J.S. BACH: Sonata for Cello & Piano in G, BWV 1027 Casals-Horszowski (1956); BRAHMS: Trio in B, Op. 8 Menuhin-Istomin-Casals (1955) & Trio in a, for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op. 114 Oppenheim-Casals-Istomin (1955). CD# 6: SCHUMANN: Trio No. 2 in F, Op. 80 Menuhin-Horszowski-Casals (1956); MOZART: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat, K493 Kapell-Grumiaux-Thomas-Tortelier (1953). CD# 7: J.S. BACH: The Well Tempered Clavier, Book II: sel. Horszowski (1956); BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 1 in D, Op. 12 No. 1 Grumiaux-Kapell (1953); MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F, K370 Tabuteau-Pernel-Tuttle-Tortelier (1953) CD# 8: BRAHMS: Trio No. 2 in C, Op. 87 Menuhin-Istomin-Casals (1955); SCHUMANN: Trio No. 1 in d, Op. 63 Szigeti-Horszowski-von Tobel (1956). CD# 9: BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in F, Op. 5 No. 1 Casals-Serkin (1954 & Cello Sonata in g, Op. 5 No. 2 Casals-Istomin (1954) & Horn Sonata in F, Op 17 Casals-Horszowski (1958). CD# 10: BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in A, Op. 69, Casals-Cortot (1958) & Cello Sonata in C, Op. 102 No. 1 Casals-Serkin (1953) & Cello sonata in D, Op. 102 No. 2 Casals-Serkin (1954). CD# 11: BEETHOVEN: Seven Variations on "Bei Männern...". Casals-Cortot (1958) & Sonata for piano and violin No. 6 in A, Op 30 No. 1 Horszowski-Goldberg (1954) MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581 Gonzales-Végh Quartet (1956). CD#12: SCHUBERT: Quintet in C, Op. 163 Krachmalnik-Pernea-Tuttle-Foley-Casals (1953); MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio in d, Op. 49 Engel-Végh-Casals (1960). CD# 12: SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro in Ab, Op. 70 Curzon-Casals. (1956) & String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41 No. 1 Végh Quartet (1956 & Quintet for piano, 2 violins, viola and cello in Eb Major, Op. 44 Serkin-Végh Quartet (1956). (AAD) UPC# 0-17685-11132-7. Special! 12 CDs priced as 6 discs! Now available in all of EU and other territories.

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BUZZ: This collection features the best public performance recordings from Prades, in which Casals is joined by the violinists Menuhin, Szigeti, Grumiaux, Goldberg and Vegh; the pianists Cortot, Serkin, Horszowski, Kapell and Curzon; and a host of other illustrious instrumentalists. None of these performances appears on the recent Pearl collection of Prades and Perpignan performances which derive from the commercially issued "without audience" Columbia recordings. 8 CDs in this boxed set were previously released on Music & Arts CD sets 688 and 689 (no longer available), and 4 CDs, containing over 6 hours of music, have never before been released. This collection is eminently affordable: 12 CDs priced as 6 discs!

 



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