PIERRE FOURNIER

CD1

1. Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 (1997 Digital Remaster) - I. Nicht zu schnell -

2. Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 (1997 Digital Remaster) - II. Langsam - Etwas lebhafter - Schneller (Cadenza: Fournier) -

3. Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 (1997 Digital Remaster) - III. Sehr lebhaft

4. Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 (1997 Digital Remaster) - 4 Variations on a Rococo Theme in A major, Op.33 (2007 Digital Remaster)

5. Double Concerto in A minor Op. 102 (2006 Digital Remaster) - I Allegro (2006 Digital Remaster)

6. Double Concerto in A minor Op. 102 (2006 Digital Remaster) - II Andante (2006 Digital Remaster)

7. Double Concerto in A minor Op. 102 (2006 Digital Remaster) - III Vivace non troppo (2006 Digital Remaster)

CD2

1. Cello Concerto in B minor B191 Op.104 (2007 Digital Remaster) - I. Allegro

2. Cello Concerto in B minor B191 Op.104 (2007 Digital Remaster) - II. Adagio ma non troppo

3. Cello Concerto in B minor B191 Op.104 (2007 Digital Remaster) - III. Finale (Allegro moderato)

4. Cello Concerto No.1 in A Minor, Op.33 (2007 Digital Remaster) - Allegro non troppo

5. Cello Concerto No.1 in A Minor, Op.33 (2007 Digital Remaster) - Allegretto con moto

6. Cello Concerto No.1 in A Minor, Op.33 (2007 Digital Remaster) - Allegro non troppo

7. Cello Concerto No.1 in A Minor, Op.33 (2007 Digital Remaster) - Variations On A Rococo Theme In A Major Op.33 (Remasterisé En 1997)

CD3

1. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) (arr. Gevaert) (1997 Digital Remaster) - I. Allegro moderato - Cadenza (Fournier)

2. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) (arr. Gevaert) (1997 Digital Remaster) - II. Adagio

3. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) (arr. Gevaert) (1997 Digital Remaster) - III. Rondo (Allegro)

4. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) (arr. Gevaert) (1997 Digital Remaster) - Sonata For Arpeggione & Piano In A Minor D.821 : I Allegro Moderato (Remasterisé En 1997)

5. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) (arr. Gevaert) (1997 Digital Remaster) - Sonata For Arpeggione & Piano In A Minor D.821 : II Adagio (Remasterisé En 1997)

6. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) (arr. Gevaert) (1997 Digital Remaster) - Sonata For Arpeggione & Piano In A Minor D.821 : III Allegretto (3eme Mvt) (Remasterisé En 1997)

7. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) (arr. Gevaert) (1997 Digital Remaster) - Fantasiestücke Op.73 : I Zart Und Mit Ausdruck (Remasterisé En 1997)

8. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) (arr. Gevaert) (1997 Digital Remaster) - Fantasiestücke Op.73 : II Lebhaft, Leicht (Remasterisé En 1997)

9. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) (arr. Gevaert) (1997 Digital Remaster) - Fantasiestücke Op.73 : III Rasch, Mit Feuer (Remasterisé En 1997)

10. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) (arr. Gevaert) (1997 Digital Remaster) - Sonata For Cello And Piano FP.143 : I Allegro Tempo Di Marcia (Remasterisé En 1998)

11. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) (arr. Gevaert) (1997 Digital Remaster) - Sonata For Cello And Piano FP.143 : II Cavatine (Remasterisé En 1998)

12. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) (arr. Gevaert) (1997 Digital Remaster) - Sonata For Cello And Piano FP.143 : III Ballabile (Remasterisé En 1998)

13. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) (arr. Gevaert) (1997 Digital Remaster) - Sonata For Cello And Piano FP.143 : IV Finale (Remasterisé En 1998)

CD4

1. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in F major Op. 5 No. 1 (1997 Digital Remaster) - I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro

2. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in F major Op. 5 No. 1 (1997 Digital Remaster) - II. Allegro vivace

3. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in G minor Op. 5 No. 2 (1997 Digital Remaster) - I. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo

4. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in G minor Op. 5 No. 2 (1997 Digital Remaster) - I. - Allegro molto più tosto presto

5. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in G minor Op. 5 No. 2 (1997 Digital Remaster) - II. Rondo (Allegro)

6. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3 in A major Op. 69 (1997 Digital Remaster) - I. Allegro ma non tanto

7. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3 in A major Op. 69 (1997 Digital Remaster) - II. Scherzo (Allegro molto)

8. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3 in A major Op. 69 (1997 Digital Remaster) - III. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace

9. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3 in A major Op. 69 (1997 Digital Remaster) - Abendlied Op.85 N°12 (Remasterisé En 1997)

10. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3 in A major Op. 69 (1997 Digital Remaster) - Feldeinsamkeit Op.86 N°2 (Remasterisé En 1997)

11. 2 Melodies Op. 3 (1997 Digital Remaster) - No. 1 in F major (arr vlc. & pf.: Popper & Moore)

CD5

1. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 4 in C major Op. 102 No. 1 (1997 Digital Remaster) - I. Andante - Allegro vivace

2. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 4 in C major Op. 102 No. 1 (1997 Digital Remaster) - II. Adagio - Tempo d'Andante - Allegro vivace

3. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D major Op. 102 No. 2 (1997 Digital Remaster) - I. Allegro con brio

4. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D major Op. 102 No. 2 (1997 Digital Remaster) - II. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto

5. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D major Op. 102 No. 2 (1997 Digital Remaster) - III. Allegro - Allegro fugato

6. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D major Op. 102 No. 2 (1997 Digital Remaster) - Organ Concerto No.3 - Recitativo (2010 Digital Remaster)

7. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D major Op. 102 No. 2 (1997 Digital Remaster) - Sonata for cello and double bass - Minuet

8. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D major Op. 102 No. 2 (1997 Digital Remaster) - Abendied, Op.85 No.12

9. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D major Op. 102 No. 2 (1997 Digital Remaster) - Violin Sonata No.3, Op.10 No.3 - Larghetto Rondo

10. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D major Op. 102 No. 2 (1997 Digital Remaster) - Elégie

CD6

1. Piano Quartet No.2 In G Minor Op.45 : I Allegro Molto Moderato (Remasterisé En 1988)

2. Piano Quartet No.2 In G Minor Op.45 : II Allegro Molto (Remasterisé En 1988)

3. Piano Quartet No.2 In G Minor Op.45 : III Adagio Non Troppo (Remasterisé En 1988)

4. Piano Quartet No.2 In G Minor Op.45 : IV Allegro Molto (Remasterisé En 1988)

5. Romance In A Op.69 (Remasterisé En 1997)

6. Élégie, Op24

7. Berceuse, Op. 16

8. Pièce en forme de habanera

9. Rêverie (1997 Digital Remaster)

10. Carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne

11. Shylock - Nocturne (Remasterisé En 1997)

12. Mavra - Chanson Russe (Remasterisé En 1997)

13. Nocturne (arr. vlc. & pf.) (1997 Digital Remaster)

CD7

1. Introduction and Polonaise brillant Op. 3 (2006 Digital Remaster)

2. Song without words Op. 109 (1997 Digital Remaster)

3. Le Coq d'Or (1997 Digital Remaster) - Hymn to the Sun (arr. Kreisler)

4. The Tale of Tsar Saltan - The Flight of the Bumble-Bee (arr. Strimer)

5. Le Carnaval des animaux (1997 Digital Remaster) - Le Cygne

6. Le Carnaval des animaux (1997 Digital Remaster) - Berceuse Op. 16 (1997 Digital Remaster)

7. 15 Tonadillas al estilo antiguo (1997 Digital Remaster) - El majo timido (arr. Fournier)

8. 15 Tonadillas al estilo antiguo (1997 Digital Remaster) - Goyescas: Intermezzo (arr. Gaspar Cassadó) (1997 Digital Remaster)

9. 15 Tonadillas al estilo antiguo (1997 Digital Remaster) - La Gitana (arr. Kreisler)

10. 15 Tonadillas al estilo antiguo (1997 Digital Remaster) - Papillon Op. 77 (1997 Digital Remaster)

11. 15 Tonadillas al estilo antiguo (1997 Digital Remaster) - Sicilienne Op. 78 (1997 Digital Remaster)

12. L' Enfant prodigue (1997 Digital Remaster) - Prélude (arr. Rogues)

13. L' Enfant prodigue (1997 Digital Remaster) - Pièce en forme de habanera (arr. Bazelaire) (1997 Digital Remaster)

14. 2 Mélodies hébraïques (1997 Digital Remaster) - No. 1, Kaddisch (trans. Garban)

15. Orgel-Büchlein BWV599-644 (arr. Fournier) (1997 Digital Remaster) - O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde gross, BWV622

16. Chorale Preludes BWV714-40 (1997 Digital Remaster) - Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV727 (arr. Fournier)

17. Chorale Preludes BWV714-40 (1997 Digital Remaster) - Ich ruf' zu dir, BWV639

18. Chorale Preludes BWV714-40 (1997 Digital Remaster) - Num komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV599

19. Chorale Preludes BWV714-40 (1997 Digital Remaster) - Sonata for Cello and Continuo No. 6 G6 (arr. Piatti) Adagio & Allegro

New releases from the ICON series whioch pays homage to some of the greatest recording artists of the recent past.

Pierre Fournier was born in Paris on 24 June in 1906 the son of a French army general. He was known for his lyrical playing and his impeccable artistic sensitivity and this, during his lifetime, earned him the title 'the aristocrat of cellists'.

Fournier was first taught piano by his mother but at the age of nine he suffered a mild case of polio and lost some of the agility in his legs and feet. He was no longer able to master the use of the piano pedals and so turned to the cello.

At the age of 17 he graduated from the Conservatoire in Paris and was hailed as 'the cellist of the future', winning praise for his virtuosity and bowing technique. During the 1920s he played in the Krettly String Quartet and joined the Concerts Colonne Orchestra. His growing fame brought him into contact with all the great musicians of the time and he started recording with many of them.

Fournier's catalogue of EMI recordings is not extensive but, as illustrated by this 7-CD set, it covers a wide range of music from Bach to Poulenc, all recorded over a period of 34 years – from 1937 to 1971.

Fournier remained an active performer almost to the end of his life. One of his last concerts was in London when he was 78. He died in 1986.

EMI ICON 7cds 6295392