Pierre Fournier, aristocrat of the cello

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Main Authors: Fournier, Pierre, 1906-1986
Corporate Authors: Berliner Philharmoniker. (Performer); Festival Strings Lucerne. (Performer)
Group Author: Crowson, Lamar. (Instrumentalist); Firkušný, Rudolf, 1912-1994 (Instrumentalist); Fonda, Jean. (Instrumentalist); Lush, Ernest. (Instrumentalist); Szell, George, 1897-1970. (Instrumentalist); Wallenstein, Alfred. (Conductor); Baumgartner, Rudolf, 1917-2002 (Conductor); Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. (Conductor); Couperin, François, 1668-1733.; Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, 1714-1788.; Boccherini, Luigi, 1743-1805.; Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809.; Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.; Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904.; Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934.; Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.; Franck, César, 1822-1890.; Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.; Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.; Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856.; Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.; Francœur, François, 1698-1787.; Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826.; Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908.; Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.; Popper, David, 1843-1913.; Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.; Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840.
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Literature type: CD Audio
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Series: Original masters
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Item Description: Deutsche Grammophon: 00289 477 5939 (00289 477 5826--00289 477 5831).
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Previously released on analog discs, 1962-1971 (except last work, previously unreleased).
Compact discs.
Program notes by Tully Potter in English with French and German translations (23 p. : ill., ports.) in container.
Carrier Form: 6 audio discs : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 p.)
CLC: J657.62
Call Number: #WCD/140580
Contents: CD 1. Concerto for cello, strings and continuo in E minor / Antonio Vivaldi ; arr. from the Cello sonata RV 40 by Vincent d'Indy and Paul Bazelaire (12:36) -- Pièces en concert : for cello and string ensemble. Prélude ; Sicilienne ; La tromba ; Plainte ; Air de diable / François Couperin ; arr. by P. Bazelaire (13:15) -- Cello concerto in A major Wq 172 / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (24:08) -- Cello concerto in B flat major / Luigi Boccherini ; arr. by Friedrich Grützmacher (21:22).
CD 2. Cello concerto no. 1 in C major Hob. VIIb:1 (24:30) ; Cello concerto no. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (25:49) / Joseph Haydn -- Suite italienne : from Pulcinella : for cello and piano (17:25) ; Chanson russe : from Mavra : for cello and piano (3:23) / Igor Stravinsky ; arr. by I. Stravinsky and Samuel Dushkin.
CD 3. Cello concerto in B minor op. 104 / Antonín Dvořák (38:29) -- Cello concerto in E minor op. 85 / Edward Elgar (26:01).
CD 4. Cello sonata no. 1 in E minor op. 38 (21:58) ; Cello sonata no. 2 in F major op. 99 (25:43) / Johannes Brahms -- Violin sonata in A major : transcription for cello / César Franck (26:41).
CD 5. Sonata for piano and arpeggione in A minor D 821a / Franz Schubert (19:56) -- Variations concertantes : op. 17 / Felix Mendelssohn (9:28) -- Fantasiestücke : op. 73 (10:36) ; Fünf Stücke im Volkston : op. 102 (14:47) / Robert Schumann -- Cello sonata in G minor op. 65 / Frédéric Chopin (24:27).
CD 6. Cello sonata in E major. Adagio cantabile ; Allegro vivo / François Francœur ; arr. by Arnold Trowell (4:27) -- Cello sonata in C major. Tempo di minuetto / Joseph Haydn ; arr. by Alfredo Piatti after Sonata for violin and viola in C major Hob. VI:6 (3:30) -- Violin sonata op. 10 no. 3 [i.e. no. 1]. Larghetto (2:24) ; Violin sonata op. 10 no. 3. Rondo (2:27) / Carl Maria von Weber ; arr. by Fritz Kreisler and Gregor Piatigorsky [respectively] -- Nocturne in E flat major op. 9 no. 2 / F. Chopin ; arr. by P. Fournier (4:10) -- Hymne au soleil : from Le coq d'or / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ; arr. by F. Kreisler (4:15) -- Flight of the bumble-bee : from Tsar Sultan / N. Rimsky-Korsakov ; arr. by J. Strimer (1:12) -- Adagio und Allegro op. 70 / R. Schumann ; arr. by F. Grützmacher (9:06) -- Ave Maria : Méditation / Johann Sebastian Bach ; Charles Gounod (3:30) -- Valse sentimentale : op. 51 no. 6 / Peter Tchaikovsky (1:45) -- Feldeinsamkeit : op. 86 no. 2 / J. Brahms (3:19) -- Elfentanz : op. 39 / David Popper (2:51) -- Rondo op. 94 / A. Dvořák (6:25) -- Le cygne : from Le carnaval des animaux / Camille Saint-Saëns (2:48) -- Variations on a theme from Rossini's Moses / Niccolò Paganini ; arr. by Luigi Silva (6:50) -- Pezzo capriccioso : op. 62 / P. Tchakovsky (5:50).