The second of eight programmes celebrating musical personalities from the past.
Pierre Fournier - Aristocrat of the Cello
Twenty-five years ago, a young cellist won a scholarship and lessons with a great player. Julian Lloyd Webber did not hesitate: he wanted to study with the French cellist Pierre
Fournier. This aristocrat of the instrument was also called "the slow-movement cellist", a description borne out by many of his records, though for Julian Lloyd Webber it short-changes his blend of romantic power and classical restraint in a very wide repertoire. With excerpts from:
Beethoven Cello Sonata in A, Op 69 Artur Schnabel (piano)
Brahms Double Concerto in A minor
David Oistrakh (violin), Philharmonia, conductor Alceo Galliera
Debussy, arr Heifetz Beau Soir Ernest Lush (piano)
Rimsky-Korsakov, arr Harrison Chanson Hindou (Sadko) Paris Concert Orchestra, conductor Jean-Marie Auberson
Martinu Cello Sonata
Jean Fonda (piano)
CPE Bach Cello Concerto in A, Wql72 Lucerne Festival Strings, conductor Rudolf Baumgartner
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1
Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Jascha Horenstein Discs