Hebrides / Mendelsshon, Pablo Casals conducts (1-2)

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

I didn't know he conducted too...

[YTM021807]

@newFranzFerencLiszt He was for a brief period in his old age one of the World's best conductors. His Beethoven's 7th and the late Mozart Symphonies are gems. All were brilliantly recorded from the Marlboro Festival in USA

[billace90]

Alguien sabe que se hicieron todos aquellos video tapes que grabo WIPR del Festival desde el Teatro UPR en los 60 y 70?

Ahi habia un material de un valor incalculable, un tesoro musical. Y con las superestrellas de entonces. Espero eso no se haya perdido.

[YTM021807]

@billace90 Me entere hace mas de 10 años que hubo una inundacion y se perdieron muchos video tapes en los estudios de WIPR de Hato Rey (o en unos almacenes o depositos?). Cuantos se afectaron? Habra que investigar! Tambien en el museo de Pablo Casals al lado de la iglesia en el viejo San Juan habia una importante coleccion (copias?) en un formato muy viejo (pero excelente, creo que Sony Beta). Espero que alguien haya digitalizado esos tesoros para la posteridad y para estudio actual!!

[Ferranet55]

Pau Casals a secas, nada de medio puertorriqueño cuando su madre era de apellidos bien catalanes aqunque naciera en Puerto Rico, el nació en El Vendrell (Tarragona) Catalunya.

[Ferranet55]

Pau Casals a secas, nada de medio puertorriqueño cuando su madre era de apellidos bien catalanes aqunque naciera en Puerto Rico, el nación en El Vendrell (Tarragona) Catalunya.

[paulostroff99]

Beautifully played.TY for posting.

[weezeedee]

Thank you for posting! How did you get this??

[YTM021807]

@weezeedee TV program in WIPR (early 1981)

[cwilliams223]

if thats alex wheres the flaming rd hair?

[YTM021807]

@cwilliams223 I dont understand. Please use standard words or explain better. Thank you.

[YTM021807]

The fabulous Toscanini account is now available under:

"Felix Jakob Ludwig Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - "Hebriden-Overtüre", Op26."

[Violinfanatic]

Wow! That's some great bow control from the Concertmaster!

[spoiltvictorianchild]

that's my grandfather playing oboe... thanks for posting, it's the first time i've seen a video of him performing.

[YTM021807]

Happy to hear this!

Historic videos like this should be preserved. Did he played under Victor Tevah?

[YTM021807]

Nationalistic fervor have devastated whole countries and caused much suffering!

[Zonum1]

His name was PAU Casals in Catalan, not Pablo in Spanish. Please correct it, since Pablo is disrespectul because it was imposed in the Franco regime.

[YTM021807]

He is known throughout the world as "Pablo" .............. for decades!!

[Zonum1]

His real name was Pau... Franco imposed the Spanish names to all Catalan names. It's a shame that no one has ever fixed this travesty. He called himself "a Catalan". See his speech at the United Nations in 1971.

[sosamuera]

POr Pau lo conocen en su pueblo a la hora de bailar la sardana cuando aparece el alcalde del PSOC. En el mundo entero se le conoce como Español Universal: Don Pablo Casals. Y lo de Franco jajaja, menuda risa. Sin comentarios jajaja.

[YTM021807]

Dejemolos ahi. Se conoce como

Don Pablo Casals

Era medio puertorriqueno asi que se queda: Don Pablo Casals

[YTM021807]

Sure I do! Toscanini's genial interpretation was done in 1946. !Wonderful!

My favorite interpretations are:

1. Toscanini in 1946

2. Casals in this video

Both are awesome. I will hear again the Toscanini to decide which is "better".

Both are supremely magnificent!

[OldMrGrace]

Yes, it's certainly a sedate tempo! Have you heard Toscanini's 'tempestuous' broadcast from the mid 1940s? I think Casals played a few cello concerti with Toscanini in the 1920s and 30s.

[YTM021807]

Many details are revealed in this loving historic recording. It should be complete in the Pablo Casals Museum in San Juan. The "wave" and "wind" action are awesome.

Unhurried and with weight and respect.

Delicate violin pizzicato around 7:00

I sneaked silently behind wooden wall in the violin section. A grand standing "seat" or view for a well groomed and properly attired (suit and tie!) kid!