Ludwig van Beethoven: The Complete Works for Cello and Piano
5/1/2017, 15 Tracks, 2:41:44
Featuring
Pablo Casals
Rudolf Serkin
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Performer Biography
Rudolf Serkin's father, Mordko Serkin, a Russian basso, taught him to read music before he could read words.
Performer Biography
Pablo Casals' father, Carles Casals i Ribes, was a parish organist and choirmaster who taught him piano, songwriting, violin, and organ.
Performer Biography
Rudolf Serkin, the pianist on this recording, is widely regarded as one of the greatest Beethoven interpreters of the 20th century.
Performer Biography
Pablo Casals first encountered a cello-like instrument when he saw a traveling musician playing a broom handle strung like a cello.
Performer Biography
At the age of four, Pablo Casals could play the violin, piano, and flute, and by six, he performed a violin solo in public.
Recording & Production
This album, featuring the complete works for keyboard and violoncello by Beethoven, was studio recorded in Prades in the summers of 1952 and 1953 by Philips Phonogram.
Performer Biography
Pablo Casals, the cellist on this recording, is widely regarded as one of the greatest cellists of all time and the preeminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century.
