Emanuel Feuermann - The Emanuel Feuermann Edition (2016) {Heritage Digital Download}

The Complete English Columbia Recordings & Early German Parlophone Recordings. The first Heritage release to re-issue material from the Pearl catalogue. This 4 CD set brings together the complete English Columbia recordings and rare, early German Parlophone recordings of Emanuel Feuermann. Feuermann is the cellist’s cellist par excellence, and many would claim him as the greatest of the century. He did not however, in his lifetime, make the headway he deserved, partly because he died at such an early age and partly because he was forever overshadowed by the colossal figure of Pablo Caslas. This edition includes extensive biographical and discographical notes – an illuminating package which provides an invaluable overview of one of the most talented string players ever to have graced the stage.

‘This is an essential CD for all admirers of Dickinson’s eclectic style of composition in particular, and for approachable, sometimes challenging, but always enjoyable ‘modern’ music, in general.’
– John France, MusicWeb International, April 2016
‘Highly recommended.’
– R. James Tobin, Classical Net, April 2016

‘All of Feuermann’s recordings are remarkable… indispensable’
– American Record Guide

Heritage INFO

Musicians
Composers: Anton Dvorak, Camille Saint Saëns, Carl Maria Von Weber, Cristoph Willibald Gluck, David Popper, Enrique Granados, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Frederic Chopin, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Max Bruch, Max Reger, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Pablo De Sarasate, Paul Hindemith, Umberto Giordano

Directors: Michael Taube, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Performers: Emanuel Feuermann, Gerald Moore, Michael Taube, Myra Hess, Paul Hindemith, Szymon Goldberg, Theo van der Pas, Wolfgang Rebner etc…

Works:
CD 1 The English Columbia Recordings Volume 1
Haydn: Concerto in D Major
Beethoven: Variations on a theme from Mozart's 'Die Zauberflote', G 158
Schubert: Sonata in A Minor, D.821
Chopin: Nocturne in E flat, Op. 9 No. 2
Chopin: Valse in A Minor, Op. 34 No.2
Sgambati: Serenata Napoletana
Gluck: Melodie from Orphee

CD 2 The English Columbia Recordings Volume 2
Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38
Beethoven: Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 for Violin, Viola and Cello
Reger: Suite for Unaccompanied Cello in G Major, Op. 131c/1
Mendelssohn: Spring Song, Op. 62 No. 6
Schumann: Traumerei (Kinderszenen Op. 15, No. 7)
Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria
Drigi: Serenade (Les Millions d'Arlequin
Cui: Oriental (Kaleidoscope, Op, 50 No. 9
Rimsky-Korsakov: Hindu Song (Sadko)

CD 3 The English Columbia Recordings Volume 3
Hindemith: Sonata for Unaccompanied Cello, Op. 25 No.3
Hindemith: Scherzo for Violin and Cello
Beethoven: Sonata in A Major, Op.69
Weber: Andantino (Konzertstuck, Op. 79)
Albeniz: Tango Op. 165, No. 2
Saint-Saens: Le Cygne (Le Carnival des Animaux, No. 13)

CD 4 The Feuermann: rare, early German Parlophone Recordings
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Haydn: Cello Concerto in D major, Op. 101
Popper: Serenade, Op. 54 No.2
Saint-Saens: Allegro appassionato, Op. 43
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Part 1, Op. 20 No. 1
Granados: Danse Espagnole, Op. 37 No. 5
Giordani: Caro mio ben
Valensin: Minuet
Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68