B1000. (PIATIGORSKY) Terry King. Gregor Piatigorsky – The Life and Career of the Virtuoso Cellist. Jefferson, NC, McFarland Publishers, 2010. 358pp. Index; Bibliography; Discography; Filmography; Numerous Photos; Illus. (Pictorial thick paper covers) - 9780786446353

S0452. GREGOR PIATIGORSKY: The Art of Gregor Piatigorsky Rare 78s, Unissued Studio Recordings & Public Performances & Broadcasts, incl. Beethoven, Boccherini, Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Grieg, Saint-Saëns, Elgar, Bloch, Barber, Strauss, Davidov, Popper, Chopin, Massenet, Sarasate, Weber, Rachmaninov, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Moszkowski, Scriabin, Piatigorsky, Ravel, Hindemith, Prokofiev & Debussy. (E.U.) 6-West Hill Radio Archives WHRA 6032 (incl. 1 DVD of Piatigorsky in performance), recorded 1936-55. - 5425008377148

S0343. GREGOR PIATIGORSKY, w.Leonard Pennario (Pf.): Cello Sonata #2 in D (Mendelssohn); Cello Sonata in F (Strauss); w.Rudolf Firkusny (Pf.): Cello Sonata in g (Chopin). (England) Testament Stereo SBT 1419, recorded 1965-66. - 749677141929

S0383. GREGOR PIATIGORSKY, w.Ralph Berkowitz (Pf.): Schubert, Weber, Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky, Saint–Saëns & Granados; w.Jascha Heifetz & Arthur Rubinstein: Piano Trio in a (Tchaikovsky); w.Reiner Cond.: Cello Concerto in a (Saint–Saëns); w.Munch Cond. Boston S.O.: Cello Concerto in b (Dvorák). (E.U.) 2–Andromeda 5131, recorded 1950–58. Specially priced. - 3830257451310

S0523. EMANUEL FEUERMANN: Unexpected Discoveries – Rare 78s, Unissued Studio Recordings & Public Performances & Broadcasts, incl. Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann, Bloch, Bruch, Dvorák, Popper, d’Albert, Chopin, Sarasate, de Falla, Strauss, Cui, Reicha, etc. (E.U.) 4-WHRA 6042, recorded 1921-41. Transfers by Lani Spahr. Specially priced. - 5425008377957

S0543. EMANUEL FEUERMANN, w.Ormandy Cond.Philadelphia Orch.: Double Concerto in a (Brahms) (w.Jascha Heifetz), recorded 1939; Don Quixote (Strauss) (w.Samuel Lifschey & Alexander Hilsberg), recorded 1940. (Japan) Opus Kura 2102. - 4582158681028

S0541. DANIIL SHAFRAN: Bach, Boccherini, Haydn, Chopin, Brahms, Tchaikowsky, Prokofiev & Shostakovitch. (Russia) 5-Melodiya 10 01938, recorded 1946-85, w.23pp. Brochure in Cyrilic & English. - 4600317019380

S0417. DANIIL SHAFRAN: Cello Suites Nos. 3, 4 & 6 (Bach). (Russia) Vista Vera 00190, recorded 1969-74. - 4603141001903

S0377. MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH, w.Sargent Cond. BBC S.O.:  Don Quixote (Strauss);  Rostropovich - Cello & Cond. London S.O.:  Cello Concerto #2 in D (Haydn).  (England) BBC Legends 4240, Live Performances, 25 August, 1964, Royal Albert Hall, London / 1 July, 1965, - 684911424027

S0472. MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH: The Six Cello Suites (Bach). (Czech Republic) 2-Supraphon 4044, Live Performance, 1955, Prague Spring Festival. - 099925404420

S0348. MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH & SVIATOSLAV RICHTER:  Sonata #3 in A;  Sonata #4 in C (both Beethoven);  Sonata #1 in e (Brahms), Live Performances, 1 March, 1950, Moscow;  Sonata #1 in e (Brahms);  Sonata in a (Grieg), Live Performances, 20 June, 1964, Aldeburgh; - 723721345556

DVD0696. BENJAMIN BRITTEN Cond. English Chamber Orch. & MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (Cello): Variations on a Rococo Theme; Pezzo capriccioso; Romeo and Juliet – Fantasy Overture (all Tchaikowsky), Live Performance, 16 June, 1968, Maltings, Snape; w.PETER PEARS: Gloriana - Extracts (Cond. by the Composer), Live Performance, 5 June, 1970, Maltings, Snape;. (Germany) ICA ICAD 5025. - 5060244550254

S0545. ERLING BLÖNDAL BENGTSSON: The Early Danish TONO Recordings, 1955-59, incl. Barber, Salomon & Bentzon. (Denmark) Danacord 727, recorded 1955-59, partially live performances. - 5709499727003

C1065. MOGENS WOLDIKE Cond. Chamber Orchestra of Danish State Broadcasting: Haydn Symphonies; w.Erling Blöndal Bengtsson: Cello Concerto in D (Haydn). (Denmark) 2–Danacord 703/04, recorded 1949-56. - 5709499703045

S0224. LIONEL TERTIS (Viola): The Complete Columbia Recordings, incl. S0224Bach, Handel, Mozart, Dohnányi, Delius, Bax & Brahms (the latter’s Sonata #1 in f); w.Albert Spalding: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K.364 (Mozart). (England) 4-Biddulph 80216, recorded 1924–33, partially Unpublished. Transfers by David Hermann. Long out-of-print, final copy! - 744718021628

S0512. WILLIAM PRIMROSE, Vol. I: C.P.E. Bach, Rameau, Schubert, Chopin, Dvorák, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, Kreisler & Benjamin; w.MARIAN ANDERSON: Élégie (Massenet); In the silence of the night (Rachmaninoff). (Germany) Naxos 8.111382, recorded 1927-47. Transfers by David Lennick. - 747313338221

S0484. WILLIAM PRIMROSE, w.William Kapell (Pf.): Sonata #1 in f; w.Gerald Moore (Pf.): Sonata #2 in E-flat (Brahms); w.Sokoloff, Rupp & Johana Harris (Pfs.): Arthur Benjamin, Roy Harris & Kreisler. (Germany) Pearl 9253, recorded 1937-46. Transfers by Roger Beardsley. Long out-of-print, Final copy! - 727031925323

S0463. WILLIAM PRIMROSE: Handel, Schubert, Novácek, Kreisler & Benjamin; w.Albert Spalding; Stiedry Cond. New Friends of Music Orch.: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K.364 (Mozart). (Canada) Doremi DHR 7764, recorded 28 May, 1941 & 1943, (the latter being Concert Hall Recordings from the Armed Forces Radio Service, never before commercially issued). - 723723923820

S0462. WILLIAM PRIMROSE: Caprice #24 in a (Paganini); I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair (Foster); Andante cantabile (Tschaikovsky); Policinelle (Kreisler) all Concert Hall recordings, c.1943; w.William Kapell (Pf.): Viola Sonata #1 in f; w.Gerald Moore (Pf.): Viola Sonata #2 in E-flat (Brahms); w.Joseph Kahn (Pf.): Sonata #6 in A (Boccherini), recorded 1937-46. (Canada) Doremi DHR 7722. - 723723416322

S0461. WILLIAM PRIMROSE, w.Harriet Cohen (Pf.): Viola Sonata in G (Bax), recorded 1937; w.Koussevitzky Cond. Boston S.O.: Harold in Italy (Berlioz), recorded 28 Nov., 1944. (Canada) Doremi DHR 7708. - 723723068927

S0509. WILLIAM PRIMROSE, w.Gerald Moore (Pf.): Sonata in E-flat, Op.120, #2 (Brahms); WILLIAM PRIMROSE, w.Goehr Cond.: Concerto in b (Casadesus, att. Handel); WILLIAM PRIMROSE & ALBERT SPALDING, w.Stiedry Cond. New Friends of Music Orch.: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K.364 (Mozart). (Germany) Pearl 9045, recorded 1937-41. Long out-of-print, final copy! - 727031904526

B0212. (CASALS) H. L. Kirk. Pablo Casals, A Biography. New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974. 692pp. Index; Bibliography; List of Compositions; Exhaustive 78 & LP Discography; Photos; DJ. An indispensable, invaluable reference source, most elusive. Final copy!

S0474. PABLO CASALS: The Six Cello Suites (Bach). (Japan) 2-Opus Kura 2041/42, recorded 1936-39. Specially priced. Currently unavailable. - 034061720423

S0091. Pablo Casals, w.Goldberg, Grumiaux, Szigeti, Menuhin, Wallfisch, Pernel, Paul Tortelier, Kapell, Horszowski, Serkin, Istomin, Oppenheim, Milton Thomas, Tuttle, Tabuteau, Victoria de los Angeles (Idomeneo – Zeferitti lusinghieri) & Casals Trio: Bach, Mozart, Schumann, Beethoven, Brahms & Mendelssohn. 13–Music & Arts 1113, Live Performances, Prades Festival, Vol. I, 1953–56 (whereas the first eight discs were previously available on Music & Arts, this set includes five discs of material never before released!). Boxed Set. Transfers by Maggi Payne. Specially priced. - 017685111327

S0269. PABLO CASALS, w.Joseph & Lillian Fuchs, Maurice Wilk, Paul Tortelier, Christian Ferras, Wilhelm Kempff, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Victoria de los Angeles, Maria Stader, Eleanor Steber, Carol Smith, Jan Peerce, Norman Farrow, Bernard Greenhouse, Erich Itor Kahn, Baker, Bloom & Végh Quartet: Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn & Beethoven. 12–Music & Arts 1187, Live Performances, Prades Festival, Vol. II, 1953–62 (this set includes 12 hours of material never before released!). Boxed Set. Transfers by Maggi Payne. Specially priced. - 017685118722

S0174. PABLO CASALS: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. IV, incl. Bach, Handel, Haydn, Boccherini, Mozart, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Schumann, Granados, Goltermann, Rubinstein, Lassen, Saint-Saëns & Kreisler. (E.U.) Naxos 8.110986, recorded 1916-20. Transfers by H. Ward Marston. - 636943198629

S0372. PIERRE FOURNIER, w.Rosbaud Cond.:  Cello Concerto in e (Elgar);  w.Szell Cond.:  Cello Concerto in b (Dvorák) (both w.Kölner Rundfunk S.O.);  Pierre Fournier & Franz Holetschek (Pf.):  12 Variations on Zauberflöte – Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (Beethoven).  - 827565039623

S0318. PIERRE FOURNIER & ARTUR SCHNABEL: The Complete Sonatas for Cello & Piano (Beethoven); Six Moments Musicaux (Schubert). (E.U.) 2-Andromeda 5108, recorded 1947-48, London. Specially priced. - 3830257451082

C1013. (SAMUEL BARBER) Composer: Rudolf Firkušný: Excursions, 17 Nov., 1950; Toscanini Cond. NBC S.O.: First Essay for Orchestra; Adagio for Strings, 5 Nov., 1938; Barber Cond. CBS Orch.: Capricorn Concerto, 2 May, 1945; Albert Spalding, w.Ormandy Cond. Philadelphia Orch.: Violin Concerto, 7 Feb., 1941; Münch Cond. Boston S.O.: Die Natali, 23 Dec., 1960; Barber Cond. New S.O.: Medea – Orchestral Suite, 12 Dec., 1950; Münch Cond. Boston S.O.: Prayers of Kierkegaard, 3 Dec, 1954; Barber Cond. New S.O.: Flight Symphony #2 (Original Version), 13 Dec., 1950; Barber Cond. New S.O., w.Zara Nelsova: Cello Concerto, 11 Dec., 1950; Samuel Barber (Bar.), w.Curtis String Quartet: Dover Beach, 13 May, 1935; Walter Cond. NYPO: Second Essay for Orchestra, 16 April, 1942; Bernard Herrmann Cond. CBS S.O., w.Eileen Farrell: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, 19 June,1949; Victor Janssen Cond. Janssen Symphony: The School for Scandal – Overture, 11 March, 1942; Orlando Cole (cello), w.Vladimir 'Billy' Sokoloff (Pf.): Cello Sonata in c, 28 Jan., 1973; Curtis String Quartet: String Quartet in b, 14 March, 1938; Rodzinski Cond. NBC S.O.: Symphony in One Movement, (Original version), 2 April, 1938; Koussevitzky Cond. Boston S.O.: Commando March, 30 Oct., 1943; Ruth Posselt, w. Koussevitzky Cond. Boston S.O.: Violin Concerto, 7 Jan., 1949; Koussevitzky Cond. Boston S.O.: Flight Symphony #2 (Revised Version), 4 March, 1944; Barber Cond. Boston S.O.: Flight Symphony #2 (Revised Version), rehearsal for April, 1951 performances; Mitropoulos Cond. NYPO: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, 16th March, 1958; Barber Cond. CBS S.O., w.Jennie Tourel: Sure on this shining night; Nocturne; I hear an army, 2 May, 1945; Gold & Fizdale Duo: Souvenirs, 15 Aug., 1952; Schippers Cond. NYPO, w. Leontyne Price: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Revised Version), 15 Nov., 1959; Eleanor Steber, w. Edwin Biltcliffe (Pf.): Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Revised Edition), Oct., 1958; Mitropoulos Cond. Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, w.Eleanor Steber (Vanessa), Rosalind Elias (Erika), Nicolai Gedda (Anatol), Giorgio Tozzi (The Doctor), Regina Resnik (The Old Baroness), George Cehanovsky (Nicholas), Robert Nagy (Footman), VANESSA, 1 Feb., 1958; Interview with Gian Carlo Menotti, 9 March, 1980; Interview with Samuel Barber, 16 March, 1958. (E.U.) 8-West Hill Radio Archives WHRA 6039, partially Live Performances. Transfers by Lani Spahr. Specially priced. - 5425008377407

C0956. SAMUEL BARBER Cond. New S.O. of London: Symphony #2; Cave of the Heart – Medea; w.ZARA NELSOVA: Cello Concerto (all Cond. by the Composer). (Germany) Naxos 8.111358, recorded 1950. Transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn. - 747313335824

B0161. (JACQUELINE du PRÉ) CAROL EASTON. Jacqueline du Pré, A Life. New York, Summit Books, 1989. 224pp. Index; Photos; DJ. - 9780671695910

S0228. JACQUELINE du PRÉ & DANIEL BARENBOIM: The Five Sonatas for Cello and Piano; Zauberflöte – Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen – 7 Variations; Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen – 12 Variations; Judas Maccabaeus – 12 Variations (all Beethoven). (E.U.) 2-EMI Stereo 86242, Live Performances, 1970, Usher Hall, Edinburgh. Final copy! - 724358624229

S0522. OPHÉLIE GAILLARD, w.Redmond Cond. Royal. Phil.: Satie, Debussy, Fauré, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Dvorák, Grieg, Bellini, Donizetti & Puccini. (France) AR AP001, recorded 2009. Gatefold Jacket w.Brochure. Final copy! - 794881939428

B0167. PAUL TORTELIER. Paul Tortelier, A self-portrait in conversation with David Blum. London, Heinemann, 1984. 270pp. Index; Discography; Photos; Illus.; DJ. - 9780434788606

S0344. PAUL TORTELIER, w.Ernest Lush (Pf.):  Cello Sonata in d (Debussy), recorded 10 Feb., 1959, BBC Studios;  w.Boult Cond. BBC S.O.:  Cello Concerto in e (Elgar), Live Performance, 14 Nov., 1972, Royal Festival Hall, London;  Paul & Yan Pascal Tortelier, w.Pr - 684911423624

DVD0378. PAUL TORTELIER:  Testament to Bach – The Complete Cello Suites.  VAI 4481, Live Performance, 1990, Casals Prades Festival.   Produced & Directed by Peter Ammann. - 89948448198

S0331. PAUL TORTELIER, w.Eric Heidsieck (Pf.): The Five Cello Sonatas; 7 Variations on Zauberflöte - Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen; 12 Variations on Zauberflöte – Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen; 12 Variations on Judas Maccabaeus – See the conqu’ring hero comes (all Beethoven). (France) 2-EMI Stereo 69422, recorded 1971-72. Final copy! - 724356942226

S0457. PAUL TORTELIER, w.Herbert Menges Cond. Philharmonia Orch.: Variations on a Rococo Theme (Tchaikovsky); Élégie in c (Fauré); Cello Concerto #1 in a (Saint-Saëns), recorded 1955; w.Louis Frémaux Cond. City of Birmingham S.O.: Allegro appassionato (Saint-Saëns), recorded 1974; Cello Concerto in d (Lalo), recorded 1975. (E.U.) EMI 76867. - 724347686726

S0369. ENRICO MAINARDI:  Marcello, Vivaldi, Boccherini & Brahms;  w.Strauss Cond. Berlin Staatsoper Orch.:  Don Quixote (Cond. by the Composer);  w.Giulini Cond. RAI Orch., Torino:  Cello Concerto (Pizzetti);  w.van Beinum Cond. Concertgebouw Orch.:  Cello Concerto (Malipiero); w.Zecchi Cond. RAI Orch., Torino: Cello Concerto (Hindemith). (Canada) 3–Doremi 7926/28, recorded 1933–62, partially Live Performances. - 723721345457

S0148. GUILHERMINA SUGGIA: Kol nidrei (Bruch); w.George Reeves (Pf.): Sonata in G (Sammartini), recorded 1927; w.de Freitas Branco Cond. London S.O.: Concerto in d (Lalo), recorded 19 Nov., 1946; w.Barbirolli Cond.: Concerto in D (Haydn), recorded 1928. (England) Dutton CDBP 9748. Transfers by Michćl J. Dutton. Final copy! - 765387974824

S0490. EMANUEL VARDI (Viola), w.Solomon Cond. M-G-M String Orch.: Yizkor (Partos); Trauermuski (Hindemith), both recorded 1957; Emanuel Vardi & Michael Colgrass: Variations for Four Drums & Viola (Played by the Composer, Colgrass); w.Serly Cond. Vienna S.O.: Violin Concerto (Cond. by the Composer), recorded 1976; w.Stopak Cond. American Broadcasting S.O.: Viola Concerto (Walton), recorded 1943. Cembal d’Amour 159. - 798167118927

S0353. EMANUEL VARDI (Viola), w.Norman Carey (Pf.):  Bach, Chopin, Tchaikowsky, Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, de Falla, Moszkowski, Kreutzer, Vardi & Tibor Serly.  Cembal d’Amour 134, recorded 1988. - 798167998925

S0327. EMANUEL VARDI (Viola): The 24 Caprices for Violin (Paganini, transcribed for viola by Vardi). Cembal d’Amour 129. - 798167992923

S0302. EMANUEL VARDI Cond. Strings of the Kapp Sinfonietta, w.David Nadien: Le Quattro Stagioni (Vivaldi), recorded 1961, New York; Emanuel Vardi, David Nadien & Jascha Silberstein: Divertimento in E-flat, K.563 (Mozart), Live Performance, 1960, Sioux Falls, SD. Cembal d’Amour 125. - 798167977920

S0264. JEANNE MALLOW: Complete Music for Unaccompanied Viola (Lillian Fuchs). (Canada) 2-Naxos 8.557932/33, recorded 2003. - 747313293223

S0224. LIONEL TERTIS (Viola): The Complete Columbia Recordings, incl. S0224Bach, Handel, Mozart, Dohnányi, Delius, Bax & Brahms (the latter’s Sonata #1 in f); w.Albert Spalding: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K.364 (Mozart). (England) 4-Biddulph 80216, recorded 1924–33, partially Unpublished. Transfers by David Hermann. Long out-of-print, final copy! - 744718021628

S0512. WILLIAM PRIMROSE, Vol. I: C.P.E. Bach, Rameau, Schubert, Chopin, Dvorák, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, Kreisler & Benjamin; w.MARIAN ANDERSON: Élégie (Massenet); In the silence of the night (Rachmaninoff). (Germany) Naxos 8.111382, recorded 1927-47. Transfers by David Lennick. - 747313338221

S0484. WILLIAM PRIMROSE, w.William Kapell (Pf.): Sonata #1 in f; w.Gerald Moore (Pf.): Sonata #2 in E-flat (Brahms); w.Sokoloff, Rupp & Johana Harris (Pfs.): Arthur Benjamin, Roy Harris & Kreisler. (Germany) Pearl 9253, recorded 1937-46. Transfers by Roger Beardsley. Long out-of-print, Final copy! - 727031925323

S0463. WILLIAM PRIMROSE: Handel, Schubert, Novácek, Kreisler & Benjamin; w.Albert Spalding; Stiedry Cond. New Friends of Music Orch.: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K.364 (Mozart). (Canada) Doremi DHR 7764, recorded 28 May, 1941 & 1943, (the latter being Concert Hall Recordings from the Armed Forces Radio Service, never before commercially issued). - 723723923820

S0462. WILLIAM PRIMROSE: Caprice #24 in a (Paganini); I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair (Foster); Andante cantabile (Tschaikovsky); Policinelle (Kreisler) all Concert Hall recordings, c.1943; w.William Kapell (Pf.): Viola Sonata #1 in f; w.Gerald Moore (Pf.): Viola Sonata #2 in E-flat (Brahms); w.Joseph Kahn (Pf.): Sonata #6 in A (Boccherini), recorded 1937-46. (Canada) Doremi DHR 7722. - 723723416322

S0461. WILLIAM PRIMROSE, w.Harriet Cohen (Pf.): Viola Sonata in G (Bax), recorded 1937; w.Koussevitzky Cond. Boston S.O.: Harold in Italy (Berlioz), recorded 28 Nov., 1944. (Canada) Doremi DHR 7708. - 723723068927

S0509. WILLIAM PRIMROSE, w.Gerald Moore (Pf.): Sonata in E-flat, Op.120, #2 (Brahms); WILLIAM PRIMROSE, w.Goehr Cond.: Concerto in b (Casadesus, att. Handel); WILLIAM PRIMROSE & ALBERT SPALDING, w.Stiedry Cond. New Friends of Music Orch.: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K.364 (Mozart). (Germany) Pearl 9045, recorded 1937-41. Long out-of-print, final copy! - 727031904526

S0212. LILLIAN FUCHS: The Six Suites for Cello Unaccompanied (Bach). (Canada) 2-Doremi 7801/02, recorded early 1950s. - 723724589629

S0451. MIKLÓS PERÉNYI & DÉNES VÁRJON (Pf.): Bach, Britten, Brahms & Chopin. (England) Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0035, Live Performance, 27 Jan., 2009, Wigmore Hall, London. - 5065000924362