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Pierre Fournier
Bach's Instrumental Works

Contents

Recordings of Solo Instrumental Music
Recordings of Chamber Works
Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions
Recordings of Vocal Works

Pierre Fournier - Short Biography

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-0

The Art of Pierre Fournier = L'art de Pierre Fournier (Bach, Kodaly, Schumann, Debussy, Francoeur)

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

Pierre Fournier (Cello)

VAI DVD-4356

May 7, 1959

DVD / TT: 76 min

Recorded & filmed at the Studios of Radio-Canada Télévision, Montréal, Canada.
1st recording of Suite for solo cello No. 3 BWV 1009 by P. Fournier.
Watch on YouTube:
Suite for solo cello No. 3 in BWV 1009: Mvt. 4: Sarabande
Buy this album at:
DVD (2005): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | VAI Music


S-1

J.S. Bach: Suites pour violoncelle (BWV 1007-1012)

 
 

CD-1 [55:40]:
1-6. Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 [15:56]
7-12. Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 [16:36]
13-18. Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 [20:25]
CD-2 [70:24]:
1-6. Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010 [21:05]
7-12. Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 [24:54]
13-18. Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 [24:39]

Pierre Fournier (Cello)

Accord 206372
Musidisc 464201-2
Ims Domestic Classics IDC-1401/2
Adda/RTSR 581154/55

Oct 1959

2-CD / TT: 126:04
2-CD / TT: 126:04
2-CD / TT: 126:04
2-CD / TT: 126:04

Recorded at Espace 2 Studio, Radio Suisse Romande, Geneve, Switzerland.
2nd recording of Suite for solo cello No. 3 BWV 1009 by P. Fournier.
1st recording of Suites for solo cello Nos. 1-2 & 4-6 BWV 1007-1008 & 1009-1012 by P. Fournier.
Buy this album at:
Musidisc 2-CD (1999): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Adda 2-CD (1990): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


S-2

J.S. Bach: 6 Suiten für Violoncello solo BWV 1007-1012

 
 
 
 
 
 

CD-1 [61:05]:
1-6. Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 [LP:18:40; CD: 18:45]
7-12. Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 [LP: 19:03; CD: 19:04]
13-18. Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 [LP: 23:15; CD: 23:04]
CD-2 [77:37]:
1-6. Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010 [LP: 25:30; CD: 25:28]
7-12. Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 [LP: 24:46; CD: 24:51]
13-18. Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 [LP: 27:00; CD: 27:03]

Pierre Fournier (Cello)

Deutsche Grammophon 419359-2 (1990)
Archiv 449711-2 (1997)
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Archiv 4776724 (2007)
Archiv 0289-483-6385-8 (2019)

No. 1: Dec 20, 1960
No. 2: Dec 20-21, 1960
No. 3: Dec 21, 1960
Nos. 4-5: Dec 22, 1960
No. 6: Dec 28-29, 1960

2-CD / TT: 138:42
2-CD / TT: 138:42
MP3 / TT: 138:06
2-CD / TT: 138:42
2-CD / TT: 138:33 + 1 Blu-ray Audio / TT: 138:25

Recorded at Beethovensaal, Hannover, Germany.
Producer: Karl-Heinz Schneider; Engineer/Recording Superviser: Heinz Wildhagen.
3rd recording of Suite for solo cello No. 3 BWV 1009 by P. Fournier.
2nd recording of Suites for solo cello Nos. 1-2 & 4-6 BWV 1007-1008 & 1009-1012 by P. Fournier.
Other releases:
Archiv 198356-58 SAPM (3-LP)
Archiv 2710005 (3-LP)
Archiv 2722013 (7-LP)
Archiv 198186 SAPM (LP: Nos. 1,2); 198187 SAPM (LP: Nos. 3,4); 198188 SAPM (LP: Nos. 5,6)
Archiv ARC-3186 (LP: Nos. 1,2); ARC-3186 (LP: Nos. 3,4); ARC-3186 (LP: Nos. 5,6)
Archiv ARC-73186 (LP: Nos.1,2); ARC-73187 (LP: Nos. 3,4); ARC-73188 (LP: Nos. 5,6)
Archiv 413094-1 (8-LP)
Archiv 419347(5-LP: No. 5)
RG 437 (3-LP)
RG 074 (LP: Nos. 5,6)
Ex Libris XL-176111 (LP: Nos. 1,2); XL-176112 (LP: Nos. 3,4); 176113 (LP: Nos. 5,6)
Archiv 4778167 (55-CD)
Archiv F52A-20038-39 (2-CD)
Archiv POCA-2601 (2-CD)
Archiv POCG-9711 (18-CD)
Deutsche Grammophon 463024-2 (CD: Nos. 1,3 & 6)
Deutsche Grammophon 469259-2 (2-CD; No. 3)
UCCG-5146 (Nos. 1,3,5)
DG-5598 (2-CD; Korea; No.1)
Listen on YouTube:
Suites for solo cello Nos. 1-6 BWV 1007-1012: Complete Cello Suites [138:26]
Suite for solo cello No. 1 BWV 1007: Complete Work [18:28]
Suite for solo cello No. 2 BWV 1008: Complete Work [18:59]
Suite for solo cello No. 3 BWV 1009: Complete Work [22:55]
Suite for solo cello No. 4 BWV 1010: Complete Work [25:23]
Suite for solo cello No. 5 BWV 1011: Complete Work [24:43]
Suite for solo cello No. 6 BWV 1012: Complete Work [26:46]
Suite for solo cello Nos. 5-6 BWV 1011-1012: Complete Works [51:18]
Buy this album at:
2-CD (1990): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Archiv 2-CD (1996): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.com
Archiv 2-CD (2007): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Archiv 2-CD+1 Blu-ray Audio (2019): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


S-3

J.S. Bach: Suiten für Violoncello allein Nr. 1.5.3 / Nr. 4.2.6

 

CD-1 [68:10]:
1-6. Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 [16:53]
7-12. Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 [23:42]
13-18. Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 [18:47]
19:22. Appendix: "Fournier says about Bach's Suites" in English [6:59]
CD-2 [70:47]:
1-6. Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010 [21:53]
7-12. Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 [18:15]
13-18. Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 [22:30]
19-22. Appendix: "Fournier says about Bach's Suites" in English [7:03]

Pierre Fournier (Cello)

TDK TDKOC-001 (2001)
TDK TDKOC-002 (2001)

Nos. 1,3,5: Mar 2, 1972
Nos. 2,4,6: Mar 4, 1972

SACD / TT: 68:10
SACD / TT: 70:47

Recorded live at Toranomon Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
4th recording of Suite for solo cello No. 3 BWV 1009 by P. Fournier.
3rd recording of Suites for solo cello Nos. 1-2 & 4-6 BWV 1007-1008 & 1009-1012 by P. Fournier.


S-4

J.S. Bach: 6 Suites for Unaccompanied Cello BWV 1007-1012

 

CD-1 [73:25]:
1-6. Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 [19:07]
7-12. Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010 [26:14]
13-18. Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 [27:45]
CD-2 [72:34]:
106. Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 [19:58]
7-12. Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 [24:05]
13-18. Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 [27:55]

Pierre Fournier (Cello)

Philips PHCP-3507-08

Nos. 1,2: Oct 9-10, 1976
Nos. 3,4: Apr 27-29, 1977
Nos. 5,6: May 4, 5, 1977

2-CD / TT: 145:59

Recorded live at St. Boniface Church, Geneva, Switzerland.
5th recording of Suite for solo cello No. 3 BWV 1009 by P. Fournier.
4th recording of Suites for solo cello Nos. 1-2 & 4-6 BWV 1007-1008 & 1009-1012 by P. Fournier.
Other releases:
Sine Non Qua SAS-2026/3 (3-LP)
Festival Classique CFC-60.014 (3-LP)
Philips 25PC-166-68 (3-LP; Japan).
Listen on YouTube:
Suite for solo cello No. 5 BWV 1011: Sarabande [3:39]


S-5

Pierre Fournier - Au coeur de la musique

 

Pierre Fournier plays Bach, Couperin, the C major Beethoven sonata with his son Jean Fonda, the Saint-Saëns concerto, and a Prokofiev march as an encore. Between performances, Fournier is interviewed by the musicologist Bernard Gavoty, and takes questions from the audience.

André Girard

Orchestre de chambre de l'ORTF

Pierre Fournier (Cello)

YouTube

Originally transmitted: Jul 3, 1969

Video / TT: 61:49:

Recorded & filmed at the 101 auditorium of the Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française, Paris, France.
Watch on YouTube:
Complete Concert [61:50]


Recordings of Chamber Works


H-1

Cello Recital (LP)
Brahms: Cello Sonatas; Bach: Sonata in G major

8-11. Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027 [LP: 14:17; CD: 14:36]

Pierre Fournier (Cello); Ernest Lush (Piano)

Decca LXT-2766 / ARL-1433
London LL-700
Decca/London 425973-2

Oct 1952

LP / TT: 37:32
LP / TT: 37:32
CD / TT: 59:18

Recorded at Decca Studios, Broadhurst Gardens, London, England.
Producer: John Culshaw; Engineers: Gill Went & Cyril H. Baker.
Other releases:
LP: Decca LXT-2766 / ARL-1433(CA); London LL 700.
1st recording of Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 1 BWV 1027 by P. Fournier.
See also: [T-2].
Buy this album at:
CD (1990): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


H-2

Dame Myra Hess & Pierre Fournier: New York Sonata Recital (Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart)

Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027 [15:00]

Pierre Fournier (Cello); Myra Hess (Piano)

Relief CR-1895

Feb 27, 1958

CD / TT: 73:55

Recorded live at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, New York, USA.
2nd recording of Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 1 BWV 1027 by P. Fournier.
Buy this album at:
CD (1997): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD (1997): Amazon.com | Amazon.de


H-3

J.S. Bach: Les Sonates for Violoncelle & Clavecin
J.S. Bach: 3 Sonatas for Cello & Harpsichord
Bach: Die Sonaten für Violoncello und Cembalo
Hommage au Violinecelle Francais [Box Set]

 
 

Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027 [14:14]
Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 2 in D major, BWV 1028 [14:27]
Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029 [15:04]

Pierre Fournier (Cello); Zuzana Ruzickova (Harpsichord) [Sperrhake]

Erato 2292-45378-2

May 21-23, 1973

3-CD / T: 142 min

Recorded at Église Évangélique Allemande, Paris, France.
Producer/Engineer: Peter Willemoes.
Other releases:
1. Erato STU-70812 (LP; 1973)
2. Musical Heritage Society MHS-3090 (LP)
3. EMI Electrola 1C-065-28343 (LP)
4. Erato REL-3138 (LP, Japan; 1982); SL SECR-032 (LP)
5. Erato 0630-19359-2 (2-CD)
7. Erato/RVC RECD-1027 (CD; Japan)
8. Erato WPCC-5021 (CD; Japan).
3rd recording of Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 1 BWV 1027 by P. Fournier.
Buy this album at:
3-CD: Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de






Recordings of Orchestral Works


O-1

Les plus belles Mélodies de tous les temps [LP]
Favourite Encores [CD]

 

1. Air (Mvt. 2) from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 [5:37]
6. Bach-Gounod: Meditation for piano on Prelude No. 1 in C major from WTC 1, BWV 846 "Ave Maria:, arranged for cello & orchestra [2:54]

Jean-Marie Auberson

Orchestre des Concerts de Paris

Pierre Fournier (Cello)

Concert Hall CM-2369
Denon COCO-80565
Denon TWCO-45

Jun 8-9 1964

LP / TT:
CD / TT: 42:19
CD / TT: 42:19

Recorded in Geneva, Switzerland.
Other releases:
LP: Concert Hall M-2369 / SM- 2369/ CHJ-30062 (Japan).



Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions


T-1

Pierre Fournier plays three Bach chorales

 

Bach-P. Fournier: Chorale Prelude O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 622, transcribed for cello & piano
Bach-P. Fournier: Chorale Prelude Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (I), BWV 614, transcribed for cello & piano
Bach-P. Fournier: Chorale Prelude Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641, transcribed for cello & piano

Pierre Fournier (Cello); Gerald Moore (Piano)

HMV DB-6372

Sep 13, 1946

78 rpm

Recorded at Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, London, England.
Matrix Numbers: 2EA-11212-1 (No.2); 2EA-11213-1 (Nos. 5,6).
Listen on YouTube:
3 Chorale Preludes: BWV 622 + 614 + 641 [8:55]


T-2

Cello Recital (LP)
The Art of Pierre Fournier, Vol. 2: Virtuosity Pieces & Encores (CD)

 

7. Bach-P. Fournier: Chorale Prelude Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727, transcribed for cello & piano [2:54]

Pierre Fournier (Cello); Ernest Lush (Piano)

Decca LXT-2766 / ARL-1433
London LL-700 Arlecchino ARL-193

Oct 1952

LP / TT: 37:32
LP / TT: 37:32
CD / TT: 76:35

Recorded at Decca Studios, Broadhurst Gardens, London, England.
Producer: John Culshaw; Engineers: Gill Went & Cyril H. Baker.
See also: [H-1].
Listen on YouTube:
LP: Side 1 [17:21] + Side 2 [20:11]
Buy this album at:
CD (1996): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de



T-3

Icon: Pierre Fournier (7-CD)
Introuvables de Pierre Fournier (4-CD)

 
 
 

CD-5:
6. Bach-P. Fournier: Recitativo from Concerto No. 3 in C major (after A. Vivaldi), BWV 594, transcribed for cello & piano [4:26]
CD-7:
15. Bach-P. Fournier: Chorale Prelude O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 622, transcribed for cello & piano [4:25]
16. Bach-P. Fournier: Chorale Prelude Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727, transcribed for cello & piano [2:36]
17. Bach-P. Fournier: Chorale Prelude Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (I), BWV 639, transcribed for cello & piano [3:17]
18. Bach-P. Fournier: Chorale Prelude Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (I), BWV 599, transcribed for cello & piano [5:11]

Pierre Fournier (Cello); Gerald Moore (Piano)

EMI Classics/Warner Classics 50999-6-2953955
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EMI CZS-5-69708 2

Sep 28-Oct 1, 1957

7-CD / TT: 504 min
MP3 / TT: 8:24:05
4-CD / TT: 301 min

Recorded at Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, London, England.
Producer/Engineer: Walter Jellinek/Arthur Clarke.
Other releases:
LP: Columbia 33CX-1644
EMI CZS-5-69708 2 (4-CD): does not include BWV 594.
Buy this album at:
7-CD (2010): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download (2010): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
4-CD (1997): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


T-4

Pierre Fournier Recital in Moscow 1961

26:18-30:42: Bach-P. Fournier: Chorale Prelude O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 622, transcribed for cello & piano [4:24]

Pierre Fournier (Cello); Naum Walter (Piano)

Akkord D-08379-80

May 1961

LP / TT: 53:12

Recorded live in Moscow, Russia.
Other releases:
CD: Arrlechino (recital; No.2)
Listen on YouTube:
LP: Complete Album [53:12]


T-5

Rendezvous Musical avec Pierre Fournier
Chefs-d'Oeuvre du Violoncelle - Hommage à Pierre Fournier
Pierre Fournier: Aristocrat of the Cello

 
 

70. Bach-Gounod: Meditation for piano on Prelude No. 1 in C major from WTC 1, BWV 846 "Ave Maria, arranged for cello & piano [2-CD: 3:34; 3:31]

Pierre Fournier (Cello); Lamar Crowson (Piano)

Deutsche Grammophon 135132
Deutsche Grammophon 447349-2
Deutsche Grammophon 4775939-3
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Jan 8-10, 1969

LP / TT:
2-CD / TT: 148:31
6-CD / TT:
MP3 / TT: 7:06:47

Recorded at Plenarsaal der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Residenz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
Production/Producer/Engineer; Karl Faust/Hans-Joachim Reiser/Heinz Wildhagen.
Other releases:
LP: RG-056 / MG-2125 (Japan) / MG 9615-16 (2-LP; Japan)
CD: POCG-9711 (18-CD) / UCCG-9586 (CD) / DG 5598 (2-CD; Korea)
Listen on YouTube:
Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria [3:36]
Buy this album at:
6-CD (2005): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download (2006): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (November 2019)
Main Source:
Pierre Fournier's Discography (Youngrok LEE's Music Page)

Pierre Fournier: Short Biography | Bach Discography: Recordings of Instrumental Works


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