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● From the original masters of Universal Music ● Audiophile analogue mastering by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios. ● 180g audiophile virgin vinyl pressed by Pallas GmbH in Germany ● 45 rpm / 2 records version for enhanced sound reproduction ● Special bonus track included—Unreleased recording from same session. RECORDING INFORMATION Recorded at München Plenar-Saal der Akademie der Wissenschaften 8-10, Jan, 1969 Producer : Karl Faust Ton-Meister : H Wildhagen Edit :H. Reiser Fournier’s tone is a constant delight, warmly lyrical yet with a plangent edge that does wonders for the more pleading episodes of Dvořak’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 Pop-per’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 Dvořak, the Schumann (meant for the horn but with cello as an op-tional alternative) and the Brahms... Brhams’s particular brand of deep-hued sentiment is wholly at one with the soul of the cello. – Gramophone

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