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Great sound, even greater performances!!

04/04/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The first thing that struck me about this recording is how amazingly good the sound is! Although entirly monaural, each of these live performances has a presence and excitement that is often lacking in recent recordings. For me, the highlight of this set is the performance of the Oboe Quartet by Mozart, featuring the legendary oboist MARCEL TABUTEAU. His tone, phrasing and musicality is simply astounding."

Don't ever doubt for a second. This is for you!

Hiram Gomez Pardo | Valencia, Venezuela | 07/25/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"These works at last were released for Music & Arts , so all of us who never had the glorious opportunity of being there , at least we can celebrate having an issue of these unvaluable recordings .

You must acquire the first volume too .

To talk about the level of these recordings means to be in presence of outstandings performings . As you know , Casals was to me (Furtwangler , Martha Landowska , Joseph Szigetti , Wilhelm Kempff , Albert Schweitzer and Frau Carreño ,too) the highest artist of the XX century

And Pau Casals had the quality of elevate the standard level interpretation with every partner he played . Watch for instance the growth up of Rudolf Serkin , Sandor Vegh , Isaac Stern or Eugene Istomin . Casals seemed to be gifted of an inner fire who literally loaded all the surroundings . Such level of interpretations is product of a deep commitment with himself and with his goal in this world .

Every piece in every CD is a jewel . To describe all and every one of its inner virtues would be unending .

Compare by yourself ."