Pablo Casals biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Pablo Casals

Author Name:

Pablo Casals

Born As:

Pau Casals i Defilló

Other Names:

Born:

1876

Died:

1973




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Cellist, composer and conductor                          
Selected Works:

1926–1928:  Casals, Jacques Thibaud and Alfred Cortot – the first trios of Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn, the Beethoven "Archduke," Haydn's G Major and Beethoven's "Kakadu" Variations.

1929:  Brahms:  Double Concerto with Thibaud and Cortot conducting Casals' own orchestra.
1929:  Dvorak and Brahms Concerti
1929:  Beethoven:  Fourth Symphony (Recorded in Barcelona)
1930:  Beethoven:  Cello Sonata Op. 69, with Otto Schulhof.
1936-1939:  Bach:  Cello Suites
1936:  Beethoven:  Cello Sonata Op. 102 No. 1; and Brahms:  Cello Sonata Op. 99, both with Mieczysław Horszowski.
1936:  Boccherini:  Cello Concerto in B-flat; and Bruch:  Kol Nidrei - London Symphony conducted by Landon Ronald.
1937:  Dvořák:  Cello Concerto - Czech Philharmonic conducted by George Szell.
1939:  Beethoven:  Cello Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, and 5, with Mieczysław Horszowski.
1945:  Elgar and Haydn Cello Concertos - BBC Symphony conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.
1950:  The first of the Prades Festival recordings on Columbia, including:
Bach:  Sonatas for Viola da Gamba, BWV 1027-1029, with Paul Baumgartner
Schumann:  Fünf Stücke im Volkston, with Leopold Mannes
Schumann:  Cello Concerto, with Casals conducting from the cello.
1951:  At the Perpignan Festival, including:
Beethoven:  Cello Sonata Op. 5 No. 2, and three sets of Variations, with Rudolf Serkin
Beethoven:  Trios, Op. 1 No. 2, Op. 70 No. 2, Op. 97, and the Clarinet Op. 11 transcription; also
Schubert:  Trio No. 1, D.898, all with Alexander Schneider and Eugene Istomin.
1952:  At Prades, including:
Brahms:  Trio Op. 8, with Isaac Stern and Myra Hess
Brahms:  Trio Op. 87, with Joseph Szigeti and Myra Hess
Schumann:  Trio Op. 63, and Schubert:  Trio #2, D.929, both with Alexander Schneider and Mieczysław Horszowski
Schubert:  C Major Quintet, with Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider, Milton Katims, and Paul Tortelier
Brahms:  Sextet No. 1, again with Stern, Schneider, and Katims, plus Milton Thomas and Madeline Foley
1953:  At Prades, including:
Beethoven:  Cello Sonatas Nos. 1, 3, 4, and 5, with Rudolf Serkin
Beethoven:  Trios Op. 1 No. 1, and Op. 70 No. 1, with Joseph Fuchs and Eugene Istomin
Schumann:  Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129, with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Festival orchestra
1954:  At Prades (all live performances), including:
Beethoven:  Cello Sonata No. 5, and Op. 66 Variations, with Mieczysław Horszowski
Beethoven:  Trios Op. 70 No. 1, and Op. 121a, with Szymon Goldberg and Rudolf Serkin
1955:  At Prades (all live performances), including:
Brahms:  Trios Nos. 1-3, with Yehudi Menuhin and Eugene Istomin
Brahms:  Clarinet Trio Op. 114, with clarinetist David Oppenheim and Eugene Istomin
Beethoven:  Trio Op. 70 No. 2, with Szymon Goldberg and Rudolf Serkin
1956:  At Prades (all live performances), including:
Bach:  Sonata BWV 1027 for Viola da Gamba, with Mieczysław Horszowski
Schumann:  Trio No. 2, with Yehudi Menuhin and Mieczysław Horszowski
Schumann:  Trio No. 3, with Sándor Végh and Rudolf Serkin
1958:  At Beethoven-Haus in Bonn (all live performances), including:
Beethoven:  Sonata Op. 5 No. 1, with Wilhelm Kempff
Beethoven:  Sonatas Op. 5 No. 2, Op. 102 No. 2, and the Horn Op. 17 transcription, with Mieczysław Horszowski
Beethoven:  Trios Op. 1 No. 3, and Op. 97, with Sándor Végh and Mieczysław Horszowski
Beethoven:  Trio Op. 70 No. 1, with Sándor Végh and Karl Engel
1959:  At Prades (all live performances), including:
Haydn:  "Farewell" Symphony, No. 45 and Mozart "Linz" Symphony, No. 36
Beethoven:  Trio Op. 1 No. 3, with Yehudi and Hephzibah Menuhin
Schubert:  String Quintet, with the Budapest String Quartet
1961:  Mendelssohn:  Piano Trio No. 1 with Alexander Schneider and Mieczysław Horszowski, Recorded live November 13, 1961 at the White House
1963:  Beethoven:  Eighth Symphony
1963:  Mendelssohn:  Fourth Symphony, at Marlboro
1964-65:  Bach:  Brandenburg Concerti, at Marlboro
1966:  Bach:  Orchestral Suites, at Marlboro
1969:  Beethoven:  First, Second, Fourth, Sixth, "Pastorale" and Seventh Symphonies
1974:  El Pessebre "The Manger, oratorio                          
Mother Pilar Defilló de Casals
Father Carlos Casals i Ribes