Lost Feuermann: The Japanese Recordings 1934 & 1936
On this CD:
1. Valse sentimentale, for piano (or violin & piano) in F minor (Morceaux (6) for piano), Op. 51/6
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Wolfgang Rebner
2. Song without Words for piano No. 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Wolfgang Rebner
3. From Jewish Life, 3 sketches for cello & piano
Composed by Ernest Bloch
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Wolfgang Rebner
4. Jocelyn, opera Berceuse
Composed by Benjamin Godard
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Wolfgang Rebner
5. Zigeurnerleben ("Im Schatten des Waldes"), song for mixed voices & piano (triangle & tambourine ad lib), Op. 29/3
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Wolfgang Rebner
6. Ständchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Wolfgang Rebner
7. Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
Composed by W. T. Wrighton
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Wolfgang Rebner
8. The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Wolfgang Rebner
9. Gavotta e Allegro, for cello & piano
Composed by Valentini
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Wolfgang Rebner
10. Melody in F Op. 3/1
Composed by Anton Rubinstein
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Wolfgang Rebner
11. Nocturne for piano in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT 109
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Wolfgang Rebner
12. Kojo No Tsuki (Moon over ruined Castle), for koto
Composed by Rentaro Taki
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Fritz Kitzinger
13. Karatachi no Hana, for cello & piano
Composed by Kosaku Yamada
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Fritz Kitzinger
14. Nabora, for cello & piano
Composed by Kosaku Yamada
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Fritz Kitzinger
15. Ojoro Takashima, for cello & piano
Composed by Kosaku Yamada
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, Fritz Kitzinger
16. Ave Maria for voice & orchestra (or piano) (after Bach)
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann
17. Kol Nidrei, for cello & orchestra, Op. 47
Composed by Max Bruch
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann
18. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, H. 7b/2 (Op. 101) 2nd & 3rd movements
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Emanuel Feuermann
Editorial Reviews
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In 1942, just as Emanuel Feuermann was escaping the shadow of Pablo Casals, he died, the result of a botched routine surgery. He was only 39--Casals's age when he cut his first records in 1915. This irony was compounded in 1950, when the 76-year-old Casals decided to resume giving concerts after an 11-year retirement. He performed until he died at 97--more than 30 years after Feuermann. Casals and the cello are still almost synonymous in the public mind. But Feuermann, now largely forgotten, is actually the better cellist. He was the first cellist to play with the ease of a great violinist. And no cellist since has matched, much less surpassed, his combination of precise intonation, depth and intensity of sound, clarity of articulation, and heart-piercing, but discerning, musicianship. Twelve performances on Music & Arts' Lost Feuermann reappear for the first time since their original 78 rpm release. That most of them are "lollipops" does not matter. Feuermann's natural command and faultless musicianship override any preconceptions about such popular works. Saint-Saens' "The Swan" and Bruch's "Kol Nidrei," as well as arrangements of Chopin's Nocturne in E-flat and the Bach-Gounod "Ave Maria," are delivered in a manner that substitutes nobility of expression for the usual treacle. Feuermann's unusually fast vibrato never falters; moments of heightened expression are neither cluttered nor cheapened by self-indulgent portamenti. Yet emotional warmth and luscious tone are never sacrificed on the altar of clear-eyed discipline and innate good taste. Feuermann's cello never groaned; it always sang. --Stephen Wigler
Lost Feuermann: The Japanese Recordings 1934 & 1936, Music, Emanuel Feuermann, Ernest Bloch, Max Bruch, Fryderyk Chopin, Benjamin Godard, Charles Gounod, Franz Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn, Anton Rubinstein, Camille Saint-Saens, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Rentaro Taki, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Valentini, W. T. Wrighton, Kosaku Yamada, Fritz Kitzinger, Wolfgang Rebner, Cello Concerto, Cello with Keyboard, Chamber, Chamber Music, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Concerto, French Romantic Opera, Keyboard, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Nocturne for Keyboard, Opera, Romantic Music for Voice and Keyboard, Song Without Words for Keyboard, Transcription, Violin with Keyboard, Vocal, Vocal Music, Waltz for Keyboard
Average customer rating:
- Get it for the Japanese Songs
- You may as well have all the Feuermann available
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Lost Feuermann: The Japanese Recordings 1934 & 1936
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ASIN: B000050XVY
Release Date: 2001-01-23 |
Tracks:
- Valse Sentimentale, Op. 51 / 6
- Spring Song, Op. 62 / 6
- Prayer
- Berceuse
- Ziegunerleben, Op. 29/3
- Serenade
- Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
- The Swan
- Gavotta E Allegro
- Melody In F Major, Op. 3/I
- Nocturne In E Flat
- Kojo No Tsuki
- Karatachi No Hana
- Nabora
- Ojoro Takashima
- Ave Maria
- Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
- Concerto In D, II-III Movements Berlin Staatsoper, Frieder Weissman
Amazon.com
In 1942, just as Emanuel Feuermann was escaping the shadow of Pablo Casals, he died, the result of a botched routine surgery. He was only 39--Casals's age when he cut his first records in 1915. This irony was compounded in 1950, when the 76-year-old Casals decided to resume giving concerts after an 11-year retirement. He performed until he died at 97--more than 30 years after Feuermann. Casals and the cello are still almost synonymous in the public mind. But Feuermann, now largely forgotten, is actually the better cellist.
He was the first cellist to play with the ease of a great violinist. And no cellist since has matched, much less surpassed, his combination of precise intonation, depth and intensity of sound, clarity of articulation, and heart-piercing, but discerning, musicianship. Twelve performances on Music & Arts' Lost Feuermann reappear for the first time since their original 78 rpm release. That most of them are "lollipops" does not matter. Feuermann's natural command and faultless musicianship override any preconceptions about such popular works. Saint-Saens' "The Swan" and Bruch's "Kol Nidrei," as well as arrangements of Chopin's Nocturne in E-flat and the Bach-Gounod "Ave Maria," are delivered in a manner that substitutes nobility of expression for the usual treacle. Feuermann's unusually fast vibrato never falters; moments of heightened expression are neither cluttered nor cheapened by self-indulgent portamenti. Yet emotional warmth and luscious tone are never sacrificed on the altar of clear-eyed discipline and innate good taste. Feuermann's cello never groaned; it always sang. --Stephen Wigler
Customer Reviews:
Get it for the Japanese Songs.......2003-03-13
The first part of the transfer of this CD is considerably worse than what we can get elsewhere. The transfer of the last part, the European recordings, is slightly poorer than what we can get say from Pearl.
The only exceptions are the Japanese songs in the middle: they are the jewels of this record. But they consist of at most 1/5 of the total length.
The length of time is perhaps not a very good yardsick for music or indeed for any art. All the more so when in Feuermann we have what Toscanini hailed as "the greatest cellist" and what Casals called the "greatest artist of the century". True in the full sense of their word. Furthermore, there seems nowhere we can get these wonderful Japanese songs.
But on the other end of the balance, the general public particularly those who would prefer good sound to good music, might well be disappointed especially by the first half of the record where the recording left so much to be desired.
You may as well have all the Feuermann available.......2002-07-14
Well, OK I don't have everything by Feuermann, either, but I took a chance on this disc. Oddly, the earlier items are in much better sound. Sadly, if this artist had lived a normal life span we would have the best 'cello recordings of much of the repertoire possible. As it is, we have to settle for what we can get. There are probably more important Feuermann discs that you should get first, but this one may not be available forever. It is more of what you expect from this great performer, but miniatures.
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- Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (Highlights)
- Milhaud: Musique de chambre
- Mozart Piano Concertos K. V. 467, K. V. 595
- Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 26 "Coronation"(Vasary/BPO) & 27 (Gilels/VPO/Boehm)
- Music for Self-Enhancement: The Mind
- Music for Self-Enhancement: The Spirit
- Musik Fur Koto
- Nicholas Jackson: Organ Works
- Piano Sonatas III
- Podgaits: Missa Veris
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