Lost Feuermann: Japanese Recordings 1934 & 1936

Feuermann (Artist), Rebner (Artist), Kitzinger (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 23, 2001)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Music & Arts Program
• ASIN: B000050XVY
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,203 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Valse Sentimentale, Op. 51 / 6

2. Spring Song, Op. 62 / 6

3. Prayer

4. Berceuse

5. Ziegunerleben, Op. 29/3

6. Serenade

7. Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still

8. The Swan

9. Gavotta E Allegro

10. Melody In F Major, Op. 3/I

11. Nocturne In E Flat

12. Kojo No Tsuki

13. Karatachi No Hana

14. Nabora

15. Ojoro Takashima

16. Ave Maria

17. Kol Nidrei, Op. 47

18. Concerto In D, II-III Movements Berlin Staatsoper, Frieder Weissman

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You may as well have all the Feuermann available, July 13, 2002

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Robert J. Cruce (Muskogee, OK United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost Feuermann: Japanese Recordings 1934 & 1936 (Audio CD)

Well, OK I don't have everything by Feuermann, either, but I took a chance on this disc. Oddly, the earlier items are in much better sound. Sadly, if this artist had lived a normal life span we would have the best 'cello recordings of much of the repertoire possible. As it is, we have to settle for what we can get. There are probably more important Feuermann discs that you should get first, but this one may not be available forever. It is more of what you expect from this great performer, but miniatures.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get it for the Japanese Songs, March 12, 2003

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BLee "bpslee" (HK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost Feuermann: Japanese Recordings 1934 & 1936 (Audio CD)

The first part of the transfer of this CD is considerably worse than what we can get elsewhere. The transfer of the last part, the European recordings, is slightly poorer than what we can get say from Pearl.

The only exceptions are the Japanese songs in the middle: they are the jewels of this record. But they consist of at most 1/5 of the total length.

The length of time is perhaps not a very good yardsick for music or indeed for any art. All the more so when in Feuermann we have what Toscanini hailed as "the greatest cellist" and what Casals called the "greatest artist of the century". True in the full sense of their word. Furthermore, there seems nowhere we can get these wonderful Japanese songs.

But on the other end of the balance, the general public particularly those who would prefer good sound to good music, might well be disappointed especially by the first half of the record where the recording left so much to be desired.