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Pablo Casals
Bach's Instrumental Works

Contents

Recordings of Solo Instrumental Music
Recordings from Prades Festival 1950
Recordings from Prades Festival 1953-1956
Recordings from Marlboro Festival 1964-1966
Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions
Recordings of Vocal Works

Pablo Casals - Short Biography

Comparative Review: Bach’s Suites for Solo Cello: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6

Discography

Recordings of Solo Instrumental Music


S-1

J.S. Bach: The 6 Cello Suites
J.S. Bach: Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012
Pablo Casals Plays J.S. Bach: The Six Cello Suites
The Bach Cello Suites
Bach: 6 Suites for Violoncello
J.S. Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6
Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6
J.S. Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6
Pau Casals Plays Bach
J. S. Bach: Suites for Cello, Vol. 1
J. S. Bach: Suites for Cello, Vol. 2
Pablo Casals: The Complete Published EMI Recordings 1926-1955

 
 
 
 
 

Suites for Cello Solo BWV 1007-1012 [16:08, 19:56, 20:24, 22:19, 22:15, 27:40]

Pablo Casals (Cello)

EMI Classics 66215
Aura Classics 0236
Strings 99304
Pearl 0045
Monopoly 2000
Naxos 110915-16
Classica d'Oro 4001
Opus Kura 2041/42
Membran
Definitive H'Art
EMI 61028
EMI 61029
EMI Classics 6949322

Nov 23, 1936 [3]; Nov 25, 1936 [2]; Jul 2, 1938 [1]; Jul 3, 1938 [6]; Jun 13-16, 1939 [4]; Jul 14-15, 1939 [5]

2-CD / TT: 133:17
2-CD / TT: 128:22
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2-CD / TT: 129:57
2-CD / TT: 130:29
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Recorded in Paris, France [1, 4-6]; Abbey Road, London, England [2-3].
Times and venues are taken from EMI 2-CD album.
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Recordings from Prades Festival 1950


PA-1

Bach Festival Prades 1950

Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 [24:19, 11:10, 13:36, 16:06, 23:16, 17:47]

Pablo Casals

Prades Festival Orchestra

Gérard Coursier (Horn) [1]; Laila Thevet (Horn) [1]; Marcel Mule (Saxophone) [2]; John Wummer (Flute) [2-5]; Bernard Goldberg (Flute) [3-4]; John Mack (Oboe) [1]; Marcel Tabuteau (Oboe) [1-2]; Laïla Storch (Oboe) [1]; J. M. Allard (Bassoon) [1]; Alexander Schneider (Violin) [1-4]; Joseph Szigeti (Violin) [5]; Paul Tortelier (Cello) [2]; Eugene Istomin (Piano) [5]

Pearl 200

Jun 6-16, 1950

2-CD / TT: 137:36

Recorded at Bach Festival, Prades, France.
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PA-2

Bach Festival Prades 1950, Vol. 2

Sonatas for viola da gamba & keyboard BWV 1027-1029 [14:49, 17:57, 17:37]
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 [19:55]
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 [22:27]

Pablo Casals

Prades Festival Orchestra

John Wummer (Flute) [1067]; Paul Baumgartner (Piano) [1027-1029]

Pearl 201

Jun 6-16, 1950

2-CD / TT: 146:04

Recorded at Bach Festival, Prades, France.
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PA-3

Bach Festival Prades 1950, Vol. 3

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [16:28]
Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [17:44]
Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings & continuo in A minor ("Triple"), BWV 1044 [24:40]
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in D minor (reconstruction), BWV 1052R [23:47]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 [10:47]
Concerto for oboe & violin, strings & continuo (reconstruction), BWV 1060R [17:50]

Pablo Casals

Prades Festival Orchestra

John Wummer (Flute) [1044]; Marcel Tabuteau (Oboe) [1060R]; Isaac Stern (Violin) [1041, 1043, 1060R]; Alexander Schneider (Violin) [1043, 1044]; Joseph Szigeti (Violin) [1052R]; Mieczyslaw Horszowski (Piano) [1044]; Clara Haskil (Piano) [1056]

Pearl 202

Jun 6-16, 1950

2-CD / TT: 145:21

Recorded at Bach Festival, Prades, France.
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PA-4

Pablo Casals - 1er Festival De Prades 1950 - J.S. Bach

 

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [16:25]
Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [18:00]
Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings & continuo in A minor ("Triple"), BWV 1044 [25:07]
Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 [24:39, 11:19, 13:44, 16:18, 23:13, 17:38]
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in D minor (reconstruction), BWV 1052R, transcribed for violin & orchestra by Robert Reitz [24:15]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 [10:56]
Concerto for oboe & violin, strings & continuo(reconstruction), BWV 1060R [18:01]
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 [19:44]
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 [22:15]

Pablo Casals

Prades Festival Orchestra

Lucien Thevet (Horn) [1046]; Gérard Coursier (Horn) [1046]; Marcel Mule (Soprano Sax) [1047]; John Wummer (Flute) [1044R, 1047, 1049, 1050, 1067]; Bernard Goldberg (Flute) [1049]; John Mack (Oboe) [1046]; Marcel Tabuteau (Oboe) [1046, 1047, 1060R]; Laïla Storch (Oboe) [1046]; Maurice Allard (Bassoon) [1046]; Alexander Schneider (Violin) [1043, 1044R, 1046, 1047, 1049]; Joseph Szigeti (Violin) [1050, 1052R]; Isaac Stern (Violin) [1041, 1043, 1060R]; Paul Tortelier (Cello) [1047]; Fernando Valenti (Harpsichord) [1046, 1047, 1049, 1051]; Eugene Istomin (Piano) [1050]; Mieczyslaw Horszowski (Piano) [1044]; Clara Haskil (Piano) [1056]

Cascavelle 3061

Jun 6-16, 1950

5-CD / TT: 342:10

Recorded at Bach Festival, Prades, France.
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PA-5

Bach: Concertos

 

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [16:31]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 [23:12]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 [10:58]
Concerto for oboe & violin, strings & continuo (reconstruction), BWV 1060R [17:50]

Pablo Casals

Prades Festival Orchestra

John Wummer (Flute) [1050]; Marcel Tabuteau (Oboe) [1060R]; Isaac Stern (Violin) [1041, 1060R]; Joseph Szigeti (Violin) [1050]; Eugene Istomin (Piano) [1050]; Clara Haskil (Piano) [1056]

Sony 58982

Jun 6-16, 1950

CD / TT: 68:34

Recorded at Bach Festival, Prades, France.
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PA-6

Bach: The Three Gamba Sonatas; Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

Sonatas for viola da gamba & keyboard BWV 1027-1029 [14:41, 17:51, 17:42]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 [16:05]

Pablo Casals [1049]

Prades Festival Orchestra [1049]

Paul Baumgartner (Piano) [1027-1029]; John Wummer (Flute) [1049]; Bernard Goldberg (Flute) [1049]; Pablo Casals (Cello) [1027-1029]

Sony 58982

Jun 6-16, 1950

CD / TT: 64:23

Recorded at Bach Festival, Prades, France.
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PA-7

J. S. Bach: 3 Sonatas for Cello & Piano; Beethoven: 12 Variations WoO45

Sonatas for viola da gamba & keyboard BWV 1027-1029 [14:42, 17:54, 17:13]

Pablo Casals (Cello); Paul Baumgartner (Piano)

Urania 917

Jun 6-16, 1950

CD / TT: 63:47

Recorded at Bach Festival, Prades, France.
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PA-8

Bach: 3 Sonatas

Sonatas for viola da gamba & keyboard BWV 1027-1029 []

Pablo Casals (Cello); Paul Baumgartner (Piano)

CBS Masterworks 46445

Jun 6-16, 1950

CD / TT:

Recorded at Bach Festival, Prades, France.
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PA-9

Bach: Gambensonaten - Gamba Sonatas

Sonatas for viola da gamba & keyboard BWV 1027-1029 []

Pablo Casals (Cello); Paul Baumgartner (Piano)

Membran

Jun 6-16, 1950

CD / TT:

Recorded at Bach Festival, Prades, France.
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Recordings from Prades Festival 1953-1956


PB-1

Casals Festivals at Prades, Vol. 1

Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 [22:07]

Pablo Casals (Cello)

Music & Arts 688

Jul 1956

4-CD / TT: 244:35

Recorded in Prades, France.
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PB-2

Casals Festivals at Prades, Vol. 2

Sonata for viola da gamba & keyboard No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027, arranged for cello & piano [15:57]

Mieczyslaw Horszowski (Piano); Pablo Casals (Cello) [1]

Music & Arts 689

Jul 8, 1956

4-CD / TT:

Recorded live at Prades Festival, France.
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PB-3

Casals Festivals at Prades, Live Concert Performances

 

Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 []
Sonata for viola da gamba & keyboard No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027, arranged for cello & piano [15:57]

Mieczyslaw Horszowski (Piano); Pablo Casals (Cello) [1]

Music & Arts 1113

Jul 1956 [1009]
Jul 8, 1956 [1027]

13-CD/8-CD / TT:

Recorded live at Prades Festival, France.
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PB-4

Casals Festivals at Prades, Vol. 2

Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 [21:51]
Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 [28:24]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 [14:22]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 [16:49]

Pablo Casals

Prades Festival Orchestra

Pablo Casals (Cello) [1009, 1011]

Music & Arts 1187

Jul 2, 1955 [1009]
Jul 3, 1956 [1011]
Jun 19, 1953 [1048]
Jun 24, 1953 [1049]

12-CD / TT: 869:56

Recorded live at Prades Festival, France.
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PB-5

Schumann: Cello Concerto in Am Op. 129; Bach: Sonata for viola da gamba (or cello) No. 1 [C-1]

Sonata for viola da gamba & keyboard No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027, arranged for cello & piano [15:57]

Pablo Casals (Cello); Mieczyslaw Horszowski (Piano)

Andromeda

Jul 8, 1956

CD / TT:

Recorded live at Prades Festival, France.
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Recordings from Marlboro Festival 1964-1966


FM-1

Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos [O-2]

 

Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 [21:37, 11:26, 13:30, 14:48, 21:51, 17:55]

Pablo Casals

Marlboro Festival Orchestra

Alexander Schneider (Violin) [1-2, 4-5]; John Mack [1-2], Ronald Richards [1], Peter Christ [1] (Oboes); Myron Bloom, Robert Johnson [1[ (Horns); Donald MacCourt [1] (Basson); Rudolf Serkin (Piano Continuo [1], Piano [5]); Robert Nagel (Trumpet) [2]; Ornulf Gurbransen (Flute) [2, 4-5]; Leslie Parnas (Cello Continuo) [2]; Peter Serkin (Harpsichord Continuo) [2-3, 6]; Nancy Dalley (Flute) [4]
BWV 1051: Myra Kestenbaum, Donald Wright, Wayne Crouse, Leslie Parnas, Karen Tuttle, Jules Eskin, Endel Kalam, Karen Phillips, Irene Serkin, Zvi Zeitlin, Raymond Montoni, Caroline Levine, Alexander Schneider (Violas); Bonnie Hampton, David Soyer Cello); Robert Sylvester, Lynn Harrell (Viola da Gamba); Peter Serkin (Harpsichord)

CBS/ Sony

Jul 9 & 11, 1964

3-LP, 2-CD / TT:

Recorded live at Marlboro Festival, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.
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FM-2

Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-3; Orchestral Suite No. 1 [O-1]

Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-3 BWV 1046-1048 [21:37, 11:26, 13:30]
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 [22:36]

Pablo Casals

Marlboro Festival Orchestra

BWV 1046-1048, see: FM-1 above.
BWV 1066: John Mack (Oboe); Joseph Turner (Oboe); Joyce Kelley (Bassoon)

Sony

Jul 9 & 11, 1964 [BC]
1966 [OS 1]

CD / TT: 69:36

Recorded in Marlboro, VT, USA
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FM-3

Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4-6; Orchestral Suite No.4 [O-1]

Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4-6 BWV 1049-1051 [14:48, 21:51, 17:55]
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069 [22:16]

Pablo Casals

Marlboro Festival Orchestra

BWV 1049-1051, see: FM-1 above.
BWV 1069: Ruth Laredo (Piano); John Mack (Oboe); Alexander Schneider (Violin); Shmuel Ashkenasi (Violin); Julius Levine (Bass); Samuel Rhodes (Viola); Hermann Busch (Cello); Felix Galimir (Violin); Charles Griffin (Viola); Caroline Levine (Viola); Philipp Naegele (Viola)'Robert Sylvester (Cello); Wilmer Wise (Trumpet); John Wyre (Timpani); Marilyn Dubow (Violin); Endel Kalam (Viola); Oswald Lehnert (Violin); Thomas Michalak (Violin); Linda Moss (Viola); Max Rabinovitsj (Violin)

Sony

Jul 9 & 11, 1964 [BC]
1966 [OS 4]

CD / TT: 76:28

Recorded in Marlboro, VT, USA
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FM-4

Bach: Orchestral Suites Nos. 2 & 3 [O-2]

Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 [9:47]
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 [9:36]
14 Canons on the first 8 fundamental notes of the aria from Goldberg Variations, BWV 1087, arranged by Rudolf Serkin []

Pablo Casals

Marlboro Festival Orchestra

BWV 1066-1067: Ruth Laredo (Continuo)
BWV 1087: Isidore Cohen (Violin); Johannes Goritzki (Cello); Christopher Millard (Bassoon); Timothy Eddy (Cello); Gregory Fulkerson (Violin); Felix Galimir (Violin); Caroline Levine (Viola); Philipp Naegele (Viola); Naoko Tanaka (Violin); Steven Ansell (Viola); Julia Bogorad (Flute); Alexander Heller (Bassoon); Yukiko Kamei (Violin); Marc Marder (Double Bass); Peter Rejto (Cello); Irene Serkin (Viola); Rudolph Vrbsky (Oboe); Roland Greutter (Violin); Lynn Horner (Violin); Michael Rosenberg (English Horn); Eugene Drucker (Violin)

Sony

1966 [OS]
1976 [14 Canons]

CD / TT: 60:58

Recorded at Marlboro Festival, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.
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Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions


T-1

Great Cellists · Casals: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 1 (1925-1928)

 

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564: Adagio, arranged by Alexander Siloti, arranged by Pablo Casals for cello & piano [3:52]

Pablo Casals (Cello); Nikolai Mednikoff (Piano)

Naxos Historical 8110972

Feb 28, 1927

CD / TT: 74:00

Recorded at Victor Studios, Camden, New Jersey, USA.
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T-2

Great Cellists · Casals: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 2 (1927-1930)

 

English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: Musette (Gavotte), arranged by Pollain for cello & piano [3:42]
Sacred Song Komm, süsser Tod, for voice & continuo, BWV 478, arranged by Alexander Siloti for cello & piano [3:36]
Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: Andante, arranged by Alexander Siloti for cello & piano [3:35]
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air, arranged by Alexander Siloti for cello & piano [3:43]

Pablo Casals (Cello); Nikolai Mednikoff (Piano) [811]; Blas Net (Piano) [478, 1003]; Otto Schulhof (Piano) [1068]

Naxos Historical 8110976

Jan 31, 1928 [811]
Jun 16, 1929 [478]
Jun 19, 1979 [1003]
Mar 5, 1930 [1068]

CD / TT: 74:47

Recorded at Victor Studios, Camden, New Jersey, USA [811]; Barcelona, Spain [478, 1003]; Queen's Small Hall, London, England [1068].
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T-3

Great Cellists · Casals: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 3: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 1 (1915-1916)

 

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air [4:26]
Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 [13:27]

Unknown conductor [1068]

Unknown orchestra [1068]

Pablo Casals (Cello)

Naxos Historical 8110985

1915-1916

CD / TT: 63:14

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T-4

Great Cellists · Casals: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 4: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 2 (1916-1920)

 

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air [3:42]

Unknown conductor [1068]

Unknown orchestra [1068]

Pablo Casals (Cello)

Naxos Historical 8110986

1916-1920

CD / TT: 77:13

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T-5

Great Cellists · Casals: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 5: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 3 (1920-1924)

 

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564: Adagio, arranged by Alexander Siloti for cello & piano [4:16]

Pablo Casals (Cello); Edouard Gendron (Piano)

Naxos Historical 8110987

1920-1924

CD / TT: 76:22

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (July 2009 - July 2013)

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