Pierre Fournier - Icon - The Aristocrat of Cellists [7CD Box Set] (2010)
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BAND/ARTIST: Pierre Fournier
- Title: Icon - The Aristocrat of Cellists
- Year Of Release: 2010
- Label: EMI / Warner Classics [6295392]
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log)
- Total Time: 8:24:36
- Total Size: 1.12 gb / 1.76 gb
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Pierre Fournier was born in Paris on 24 June in 1906 the son of a French army general. He was known for his lyrical playing and his impeccable artistic sensitivity and this, during his lifetime, earned him the title 'the aristocrat of cellists'.
Fournier was first taught piano by his mother but at the age of nine he suffered a mild case of polio and lost some of the agility in his legs and feet. He was no longer able to master the use of the piano pedals and so turned to the cello.
At the age of 17 he graduated from the Conservatoire in Paris and was hailed as 'the cellist of the future', winning praise for his virtuosity and bowing technique. During the 1920s he played in the Krettly String Quartet and joined the Concerts Colonne Orchestra. His growing fame brought him into contact with all the great musicians of the time and he started recording with many of them.
Fournier's catalogue of EMI recordings is not extensive but, as illustrated by this 7-CD set, it covers a wide range of music from Bach to Poulenc, all recorded over a period of 34 years – from 1937 to 1971.
Fournier remained an active performer almost to the end of his life. One of his last concerts was in London when he was 78. He died in 1986.
Fournier was first taught piano by his mother but at the age of nine he suffered a mild case of polio and lost some of the agility in his legs and feet. He was no longer able to master the use of the piano pedals and so turned to the cello.
At the age of 17 he graduated from the Conservatoire in Paris and was hailed as 'the cellist of the future', winning praise for his virtuosity and bowing technique. During the 1920s he played in the Krettly String Quartet and joined the Concerts Colonne Orchestra. His growing fame brought him into contact with all the great musicians of the time and he started recording with many of them.
Fournier's catalogue of EMI recordings is not extensive but, as illustrated by this 7-CD set, it covers a wide range of music from Bach to Poulenc, all recorded over a period of 34 years – from 1937 to 1971.
Fournier remained an active performer almost to the end of his life. One of his last concerts was in London when he was 78. He died in 1986.
:: TRACKLIST ::
Disc 1:
1) Cello Concerto in a Minor, Op. 129
2) 4 Variations On a Rococo Theme in a Major, Op. 33
3) Double Concerto in a Minor, Op. 102
Disc 2:
1) Cello Concerto in B Minor, B191, Op. 104
2) Cello Concerto No. 1 in a Minor, Op. 33
3) Variations On a Rococo Theme in A, Op. 33
Disc 3:
1) Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob.VIIb:2
2) Sonata for Arpeggione & Piano in a Minor, D.821
3) Fantasiestucke, Op. 73
4) Sonata for Cello and Piano, FP.143
Disc 4:
1) Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1
2) Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2
3) Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3 in a Major, Op. 69
4) Abendlied, Op. 85, No. 12
5) Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86, No. 2
6) 2 Melodies, Op. 3
Disc 5:
1) Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1
2) Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D, Op. 102/2
3) Organ Concerto No. 3
4) Sonata for Cello and Double Bass
5) Abendied, Op. 85, No. 12
6) Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 10
7) Elegie
Disc 6:
1) Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45
2) Romance in A, Op. 69
3) Elegie, Op. 24
4) Berceuse, Op. 16
5) Piece En Forme De Habanera
6) Reverie
7) Le Cygne
8) Shylock - Nocturne
9) Mavra - Chanson Russe
10) Nocturne (Extended)
Disc 7:
1) Introduction and Polonaise Brillant, Op. 3
2) Song Without Words in D Major, Op. 109
3) Hymn to the Sun
4) The Flight of the Bumble-bee
5) Le Cygne
6) Berceuse, Op. 16
7) 15 Tonadillas Al Estilo Antiguo
8) Papillon, Op. 77
9) Sicilienne, Op. 78
10) L'enfant Prodigue
11) Piece En Forme De Habanera
12) 2 Melodies Hebraiques
13) O Mensch, Bewein' Dein' Sunde Gross, BWV622
14) Ich Ruf' Zu Dir, BWV639
15) Num Komm' Der Heiden Heiland, BWV599
16) Sonata for Cello and Continuo No. 6, G6
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