45rpm-edition. Works by Fran?ois Franc?ur, Joseph Haydn, Carl Maria von Weber, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Fr?d?ric Chopin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a.o. - Pierre Fournier (vc), Lamar Crowson (p) Fournier’s tone is a constant delight, warmly lyrical yet with a plangent edge that does wonders for the more pleading episodes of Dvor?ak’s Rondo — a work written for the cello, and making the fact very clear. His phrasing is beautifully shapely in cantabile. And when scurrying around in Francoeur’s Allegro vivo, Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Bumble-bee" and Popper’s "Elfentanz", he brings a bite to the accentuation which keeps the rhythm both tingling and disciplined. The Weber is a pleasant surprise, but I particularly enjoyed the Dvor?ak, the Schumann (meant for the horn but with cello as an optional alternative) and the Brahms ... Brahms’s particular brand of deep-hued sentiment is wholly at one with the soul of the cello. - Gramophone
