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 Casals.

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.

‘All of Feuermann’s recordings are remarkable...indispensable’ - American Record Guide

Contents:
CD 1: The English Columbia Recordings Volume 1
Haydn - Concerto in D Major (Cadenzas by Klengel)
1. Allegro moderato    
2. Adagio                         
3. Allegro                         
Symphony Orchestra, Dr Malcolm Sargent
Recorded 16/11/35

4. Beethoven - Variations on a theme from Mozart’s ‘Die Zauberflote’, G. 158
Theo van der Pas (piano)
Recorded 7/34

Schubert - Sonata in A Minor, D.821 ‘Arpeggione’
5. Allegro moderato    
6. Adagio – Allegretto   
Gerald Moore (piano)
Recorded 29/6/37

7. Chopin - Nocturne in E Flat, Op.9 No.2    
with piano accompaniment
Recorded 1937

8. Chopin - Valse in A Minor, Op.34 No.2     
Theo van der Pas (piano)
Recorded 1934

9. Sgambati - Serenata Napoletanata
Theo van der Pas (piano)
Recorded 1934

10. Gluck - Melodie from ‘Orphee’   
Theo van der Pas (piano)
Recorded 1934

Total time: 65.04

CD 2: The English Columbia Recordings Volume 2
Brahms - Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.38
1. Allegro ma non troppo    
2. Allegretto quasi Menuetto – Trio   
3. Allegro  
Theo van der Pas (piano)
Recorded 7/34

Beethoven - Serenade in D Major, Op.8 for Violin, Viola and Cello
4. Marcia (Allegro) – Adagio – Menuetto – Trio and Coda – Adagio – Scherzo – Adagio – Allegretto alla Polacca – Theme: Variations 1,2,3,4 – Allegro – Andante quasi Allegretto – Marcia (Allegro)
Szymon Goldberg (violin), Paul Hindemith (viola)
Recorded 1934

Reger - Suite for Unaccompanied Cello in G Major, Op.131c/1
5. Praeludium (Vivace)  
6. Adagio 
7. Fuge (Allegro)  
Recorded 2/39

8. Mendelssohn - Spring Song, Op.62 No.6
Wolfgang Rebner (piano)
Recorded 4/36

9. Schumann - Traumerei (Kinderszenen Op.15, No.7)  
Michael Taube (piano)
Recorded 1930

10. Bach/Gounod - Ave Maria
Michael Taube (piano)
Recorded 1930

11. Drigo - Serenade (Les Millions d’Arlequin)
Gerald Moore (piano)
Recorded 2/8/39

12. Cui - Orientale (Kaleidoscope, Op.50 No.9)
Gerald Moore (piano)
Recorded 2/8/39

13. Rimsky-Korsakov - Hindu Song (Sadko)
Gerald Moore (piano)
Recorded 2/8/39

Total time: 76.46

CD 3: The English Columbia Recordings Volume 3
1. Hindemith - Sonata for Unaccompanied Cello, Op.25 No.3
Recorded 1/34

2. Hindemith - Scherzo for Viola and Cello
Paul Hindemith (viola)
Recorded 1/34

Hindemith - Second String Trio (1933)  
3. Massig, Schnell  
4. Lebhaft  
5. Langsam   
Szymon Goldberg (violin), Paul Hindemith (viola)
Recorded 1/34

Beethoven - Sonata in A Major, Op.69
6. Allegro man non tanto  
7. Scherzo (Allegro molto)  
8. Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace  
Myra Hess (piano)
Recorded 6/37

9. Weber - Andantino (Konzertstuck, Op.79)
Gerald Moore (piano)
Recorded 12/36

10. Albeniz - Tango, Op.165 No.2
Gerald Moore (piano)
Recorded 2/8/39

11. Saint-Saens - Le Cygne (Le Carnival des Animaux, No.13)
Michael Taube (piano)
Gerald Moore (piano)
Recorded c. 1930

Total time: 62.37
There is a pitch fluctuation on the original recording at the beginning of Track 10 which has unfortunately been impossible to rectify.

CD 4: The Young Feuermann - rare, early German Parlophone recordings
Dvorak - Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op.104
1. Allegro
2. Adagio ma non troppo
3. Allegro moderato 
Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Michael Taube
Recorded 5/28 (Movements 1&2), 10/29 (Movement 3)

4. Bruch - Kol Nidrei, Op.47
Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Frieder Weissmann
Recorded 1930

Haydn - Cello Concerto in D Major, Op.101
5. Adagio  
6. Rondo  
Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Frieder Weissmann
Recorded 21/12/21

7. Popper - Serenade, op.54 No.2
Michael Taube (piano)
Recorded 4/27

8. Saint-Saens - Allegro appassionato, Op.43
Michael Taube (piano)
Recorded 4/27

9. Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen Part I, Op.20 No.1
Michael Taube (piano)
Recorded 4/27

10. Granados - Danse Espagnole, Op.37 No.5
Michael Taube (piano)
Recorded 10/29

11. Giordani - Caro mio ben
Michael Taube (piano)
Recorded 10/29

12. Valensin - Minuet
Michael Taube (piano)
Recorded 4/27

13. Popper - Hungarian Rhapsody, Op.68
with orchestra, Michael Taube
Recorded c. 1924

Total time: 76.49