IDAGIO | Music from Marlboro - Casals: Six Songs / Dvorak: Four Moravian Duets, Op. 20 / Mendelssohn: Six Duetes, Op. 63 886443029484

Featuring

Mary Burgess
Jon Humphrey
Luis Batlle Ibáñez
Benita Valente
Ilona Kombrinck
Olga Iglesias

Mieczysław Horszowski
Antonín Dvořák
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Pablo Casals

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Composition History

The Moravian Duets by Antonín Dvořák were his first works to achieve widespread fame and were an early attempt to incorporate Czech nationalism into his music.

Composition History

Felix Mendelssohn's Six Duets for Two Sopranos, Op. 63, recorded here for the first time, are the first of three groups of vocal duets he composed with piano.

Composer Biography

Many of the poets whose texts Pablo Casals set to music in his Six Songs for Soprano were his personal friends, including Jascinte Verdaguer and Apeles Mestres.

Recording & Production

The Pablo Casals songs on this album were recorded under the supervision of the composer himself.

Composition History

Pablo Casals' Six Songs for Soprano, recorded here for the first time, were composed over a period of almost sixty-five years, beginning when he was 19.

Recording & Production

This recording is part of Columbia Records' acclaimed "Music from Marlboro" series, which captures the spirit of Rudolf Serkin's Marlboro Music Festival.