Pablo Casals playing Robert Schumann's (1810-1856) Cello Concerto in A minor, Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, and my favorite Fünf Stücke in Volkston (five pieces in a folk style) [click here to download]. With Eugene Ormandy conducting the Prades Festival Orchestra, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano, Alexander Schneider, violin, and Leopold Mannes, piano, respectively. If you listen closely to the Fünf Stücke you can hear Casals grunting on several occasions, particularly just before the start of a phrase, or as a guttural accent at the end of one. Casals's vocal accompaniment is most audible in the third and fourth movements.
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