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EMANUEL FEUERMANN (KOLOMYJA, GALICIA, AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE, NOVEMBER 22, 1902 – NEW YORK CITY, MAY 25, 1942)

 

 

 

 

Emanuel Feuermann was an internationally celebrated cellist in the first half of the 20th century. He was born in 1902 in Kolomyja, Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Kolomyya, Ukraine) to Jewish parents. Both of his parents were amateur musicians. His father, who played the violin and cello, was his first teacher. His older brother Sigmund was also musically talented, and their little sister, Sophie (b. January 1908) was the piano prodigy in the family. Their father decided to move the family to Vienna in 1907 for Sigmund to start his professional career there. At the age of nine, Emanuel received lessons from Friedrich Buxbaum, principal cello of the Vienna Philharmonic, and then studied with Anton Walter at the Music Academy in Vienna. In February 1914, the eleven-year-old prodigy made his concert debut, playing Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D major with the Vienna Philharmonic under Felix Weingartner. In 1917, Feuermann went to Leipzig to study with legendary cellist Julius Klengel. In 1919 cellist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Grützmacher (1866–1919), the nephew of Friedrich Wilhelm Grützmacher, died, and Klengel recommended Feuermann for Grützmacher’s position at the Gürzenich Conservatory in Cologne. He was also appointed principal cellist of the Gürzenich Orchestra, by its conductor (who was also the conservatory director), Hermann Abendroth. Feuermann became cellist of the Bram Elderling Quartet. At that time, he also joined a short-lived piano trio with his brother and pianist-conductor Bruno Walter. In 1929, Feuermann became professor at the Musikhochschule in Berlin and taught there for the next four years. The same year he purchased a cello made by David Tecchler in Rome in 1741. From 1932, he also owned an instrument made by Venetian master luthier Domenico Montagnana in 1735. He performed during this time with violinists Carl Flesch, Szymon Goldberg, Joseph Wolfsthal and composer Paul Hindemith, the latter playing viola in a string trio with Feuermann and Wolfsthal (later Goldberg; see below). He also performed with Jascha Heifetz, William Primrose and Arthur Rubinstein. On April 3, 1933, the newly installed Nazi regime dismissed him from his position at the Berlin Conservatory due to his Jewish origin. He moved to London along with Goldberg and Hindemith, where the trio recorded Beethoven’s early Serenade in D major for string trio, Op. 8, and a string trio by Hindemith, for Columbia Records. He toured Japan and the United States then returned to London, where he married Eva Reifenberg (a cousin of Katja Andy) in 1935, with whom he had a daughter, Monica. Following the premiere of Arnold Schoenberg’s Cello Concerto under Sir Thomas Beecham he lived for some time in Zürich, but happened to be in Vienna at the time of the 1938 Anschluss. Violinist Bronisław Huberman helped Feuermann and his family escape to British Palestine. From there they moved to the United States later that year. He taught privately, and at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, until his death. During these years he collaborated with the pianist Vladimir Sokoloff. Among his notable pupils were Bernard Greenhouse, Suzette Forgues Halasz, Robert Lamarchina, Alan Shulman, David Soyer and August Wenzinger. In the United States, he made several celebrated chamber-music recordings with Heifetz, Rubinstein and others. His relationship with Hindemith suffered when the latter chose Gregor Piatigorsky to premiere his Cello Concerto. Feuermann died in New York City due to complications during surgery on May 25, 1942, at the age of 39.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Emanuel Feuermann, Beethoven, Reger, Myra Hess, Theo Van Der Pas – Sonata No. 3 In A Major, Op. 69 / Seven Variations In E-Flat / Suite In G Major For Unaccompanied ‘Cello, Op. 131c, No. 1

Label: Columbia – ML 4678

Series: Special Collectors Series

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono

Country: US

Released: Aug 1953

Genre: Classical

Style: Classical, Neo-Romantic

Sonata No. 3 In A Major, Op. 69

Composed By – Beethoven

Piano – Myra Hess

A1 First Movement: Allegro, Ma Non Tanto

A2 Second Movement: Scherzo (Allegro Molto)

A3 Third Movement: Adagio Cantabile; Allegro Vivace

B1 Seven Variations In E-Flat On “Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fühlen” From Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”

Composed By – Beethoven

Piano – Theo Van Der Pas

Suite In G Major For Unaccompanied ‘Cello, Op. 131c, No. 1

Composed By – Max Reger

B2 First Movement: Präludium (Vivace)

B3 Second Movement: Adagio

B4 Third Movement: Fugue (Allegro)

Cello – Emanuel Feuermann

Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven (tracks: A1-A3, B1), Max Reger (tracks: B2-B4)

Piano – Myra Hess (tracks: A1-A3), Theo Van Der Pas (tracks: B1)

MONO LP made in the USA.

Blue record labels with silver lettering.

Matrix / Runout (Side A): XLP13613-1B

Matrix / Runout (Side B): XLP13614-1A

Haydn / Schubert – Emanuel Feuermann, Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Sir Malcolm Sargent / Gerald Moore – Concerto In D Major / Sonata In A Minor

Label: Columbia Masterworks – ML 4677

Series: Special Collectors Series

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono

Country: US

Released: 1953

Genre: Classical

Style: Classical, Romantic

Concerto In D Major For Cello And Orchestra

Composed By – Haydn

Conductor – Sir Malcolm Sargent

A1 First Movement: Allegro Moderato

A2 Second Movement: Adagio

A3 Third Movement: Allegro

Sonata In A Minor (“Arpeggione”)

Composed By – Schubert

Piano – Gerald Moore

B1 First Movement: Allegro Moderato

B2a Second Movement: Adagio

B2b Third Movement: Allegretto

Recorded At – EMI Studios

Cello – Emanuel Feuermann

Schubert Sonata recorded June 29, 1937 at EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, London.

Haydn Concerto recorded in 1935; originally issued on 78-rpm album “Concerto In D Major For Cello And Orchestra.”

Matrix / Runout (Runout Stamped Side A): CXLP11116-1A

Matrix / Runout (Runout Stamped Side B): XLP13612-1A

 

Schubert, Beethoven, Emanuel Feuermann – ‘Arpeggione’ Sonata / Sonata No. 3, Op. 69

Label: His Master’s Voice – HQM 1079, His Master’s Voice – HQM.1079

Series: Great Instrumentalists – 4

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono

Country: UK

Released: 1967

Genre: Classical

A1 Sonata No. 3 in A Major for Cello and Piano Op. 69

Composed By – Beethoven

B1 Sonata in A minor for Cello and Piano D. 821 “Arpeggione”

Composed By – Schubert

B2 Andantino, from the Konzertstück in F minor Op. 79

Composed By – Weber

Recorded At – EMI Studios

Cello – Emanuel Feuermann

Piano – Gerald Moore (tracks: A1, B2), Myra Hess (tracks: B1)

Original UK 1967 First Pressing – Very Rare

Schubert: Sonata in A minor for Cello and Piano D. 821 “Arpeggione”

> rec. at EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, London on 29 June 1937 with pianist Gerald Moore

Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 in A Major for Cello and Piano Op. 69

> rec. at EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, London on 29 June 1937 with pianist Myra Hess

Weber: Andantino, from the Konzertstück in F minor Op. 79

> rec. at EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, London on 29 June 1937 with pianist Gerald Moore

“As a cellist Feuermann was in a class by himself. His great flair for the cello was something innate – something that he had with him from the beginning” – Joseph Schuster

The performance and virtuosity displayed in these recordings is simply stunning.

 

Bloch, Emanuel Feuermann, Philadelphia Orchestra – Schelomo

Label: RCA Victor – LCT 14

Format: Vinyl, LP, 10″

Country: US

Genre: Classical

Schelomo

A Part 1

B Concluded

Cello – Emanuel Feuermann

Conductor – Leopold Stokowski

Orchestra – Philadelphia Orchestra

 

Mozart / Halvorsen / Handel – Heifetz, Primrose, Feuermann – Divertimento In E-Flat / Duo No. 2 In B-Flat / Passacaglia

Label: RCA Victor – LCT-1150, RCA Victor – LCT 1150

Series: The Connoisseur Catalog

Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono

Country: US

Released: 1953

Genre: Classical

Style: Classical

Divertimento In E-Flat, K. 563

Cello – Emanuel Feuermann

Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Viola – William Primrose

Violin – Jascha Heifetz

A1 Allegro

A2 Adagio

A3 Minuetto: Allegro

A4 Andante

A5 Minuetto: Allegretto

B1 Rondo: Allegro

Duo No. 2, In B-Flat, K. 424

Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Viola – William Primrose

Violin – Jascha Heifetz

B2 Adagio; Allegro

B3 Andante Cantabile

B4 Passacaglia (From Handel’s Harpsichord Suite No. 7, In G Minor)

Arranged By – Johan Halvorsen

Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel

Viola – William Primrose

Violin – Jascha Heifetz

Copyright © – Radio Corporation Of America

Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (tracks: A1–B3)

Liner Notes – James Lyons

Red Seal Collectors

Recorded In 1941

Printed in U.S.A.

 

Dohnányi, Heifetz, Primrose, Feuermann, Gruenberg, Monteux, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – Serenade In C / Violin Concerto

Label: RCA Victor – LVT-1017

Series: The Vault Treasures

Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono

Country: US

Released: 1956

Genre: Classical

Style: Modern

A Serenade In C Major For Violin, Viola, And Cello, Op. 10

Composed By – Ernst von Dohnányi

B Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 47

Composed By – Louis Gruenberg

Cello – Emanuel Feuermann (tracks: A)

Conductor – Pierre Monteux (tracks: B)

Orchestra – San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (tracks: B)

Viola – William Primrose (tracks: A)

Violin – Jascha Heifetz

 

Brahms – Jascha Heifetz, Emanuel Feuermann, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy – Double Concerto In A Minor

Label: RCA Victor Red Seal – DM 815

Series: Musical Masterpiece Series

Format: 4 x Shellac, 12″, 78 RPM, Album, Reissue

Country: US

Released: 1947

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Double Concerto In A Minor

A First Movement-Allegro (Part 1)

B First Movement-Allegro (Part 2)

C First Movement-Allegro (Part 3)

D First Movement: Allegro (Concluded)

E Second Movement: Andante (Part 1)

F Second Movement: Andante (Concluded)

G Third Movement: Vivace Non Troppo (Part 1)

H Third Movement: Vivace Non Troppo (Concluded)

Record Company – RCA Victor Division Of Radio Corporation Of America

Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis

Recorded At – Academy Of Music, Philadelphia

Cello – Emanuel Feuermann

Composed By – Brahms

Conductor – Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra – The Philadelphia Orchestra

Violin – Jascha Heifetz

Reissue on RCA Victor label with no patent text in circles (1947 or later).

Auto-coupled (“drop-automatic”): sides A & H on record 1, B & G on record 2, etc.

Rings on label nearly touch RCA logo = Indianapolis pressing

Recorded December 21, 1939 at the Academy Of Music, Philadelphia.

Other (Catalog number, record 1 (sides A & H)): 18136

Other (Catalog number, record 2 (sides B & G)): 18137

Other (Catalog number, record 3 (sides C & F)): 18138

Other (Catalog number, record 4 (sides D & E)): 18139

Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): 045645

Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): 045646

Matrix / Runout (Label, side C): 045647

Matrix / Runout (Label, side D): 045648

Matrix / Runout (Label, side E): 045649

Matrix / Runout (Label, side F): 045650

Matrix / Runout (Label, side G): 045651

Matrix / Runout (Label, side H): 045652

Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A): 18132A 045645 IE✩ 7 2A

Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B): 18132B 045646 IE✩ 2 4R

Matrix / Runout (Runout, side C): 18133A IE 045647 3 2R

Matrix / Runout (Runout, side D): 18133B 045648 IE ✩ 1R

Matrix / Runout (Runout, side E): 18134A 045649 1C IE✩ 2

Matrix / Runout (Runout, side F): 18134B 045650 IE ✩ 4 2

Matrix / Runout (Runout, side G): 045651 5 18135A IE 2

Matrix / Runout (Runout, side H): 18135B C IE 045652 X5A 3

 

Rubinstein, Heifetz, Feuermann, Beethoven – Brahms / Schubert – Trios

Label: RCA Victor Red Seal – LM-7025

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Mono, Shaded Dog Labels

Box Set, Compilation

Country: US

Released: Nov 1963

Genre: Classical

Style: Classical, Romantic

Trio In B Flat, Op. 97 (“Archduke”)

Composed By – Beethoven

A1 First Movement: Allegro Moderato

A2 Second Movement: Scherzo, Allegro

B1a Third Movement: Andante Cantabile, Ma Pero, Con Moto

B1b Fourth Movement: Allegro Moderato

Trio In B, Op. 8

Composed By – Brahms

C1 First Movement: Allegro Con Moto

C2 Second Movement: Allegro Molto

C3 Third Movement: Adagio Non Troppo

C4 Fourth Movement: Allegro Molto Agitato

Trio In B Flat, Op. 99

Composed By – Schubert

D1 First Movement: Allegro Moderato

D2 Second Movement: Andante Un Poco Mosso

D3 Third Movement: Scherzo, Allegro; Fourth Movement: Allegro Vivace

Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis

Cello – Emanuel Feuermann

Liner Notes – George Jellinek

Piano – Artur Rubinstein

Violin – Jascha Heifetz

Pressing Plant ID: I

Matrix / Runout (Side A Matrix): PRRM-4876

Matrix / Runout (Side B Matrix): PRRM-4877

Matrix / Runout (Side C Matrix): PRRM-4878

Matrix / Runout (Side D Matrix): PRRM-4879

Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): PRRM-4876–4S I A1

Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): PRRM-4877–1S I I

Matrix / Runout (Side C Runout): PRRM-4878–1S I A2

Matrix / Runout (Side D Runout): PRRM-4878–3S I

 

Richard Strauss – The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Emanuel Feuermann, Alexander Hilsberg, Samuel Lifschey – Don Quixote, Op. 35

Label: Victor Red Seal – DM-720

Series: Musical Masterpiece Series

Format: 5 x Shellac, 12″, 78 RPM, Album

Country: US

Released: Jan 1941

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic, Modern

Don Quixote, Op. 35      (38:20)

A Introduction (Part 1)

B1 Introduction (Concluded)

B2 Theme

C1 Variation I

C2 Variation II (Part 1)

D1 Variation II (Concluded)

D2 Variation III (Part 1)

E Variation III (Part 2)

F1 Variation III (Concluded)

F2 Variation IV

F3 Variation V (Part 1)

G1 Variation V (Concluded)

G2 Variation VI

G3 Variation VII

H1 Variation VIII

H2 Variation IX

H3 Variation X (Part 1)

I Variation X (Concluded)

J Finale – The Death Of Don Quixote

Record Company – RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis

Recorded At – Academy Of Music, Philadelphia

Cello – Emanuel Feuermann

Composed By – Richard Strauss

Conductor – Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra – The Philadelphia Orchestra

Viola – Samuel Lifschey

Violin – Alexander Hilsberg

Auto-coupled release (“drop-automatic”).

Recorded February 24, 1940 at the Academy Of Music, Philadelphia.

 

Emanuel Feuermann – Violoncello Society Presents The Art Of Emanuel Feuermann

Label: Not On Label – CS-198

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono

Country: US

Genre: Classical

A1 Sonata No.2 In D, Op. 58

Composed By – Mendelssohn

A2 Bourrée Auvergnate

Composed By – Canteloube

A3 Aprés Un Réve

Composed By – Fauré, Casals

B1 Adagio – Allegro

Composed By – Handel

B2 Twelve Variations From Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote

Composed By – Beethoven

B3 Polonaise Brillante

Composed By – Chopin

B4 At The Fountain, Op. 20, No. 2

Composed By – Carl Davidoff