Pierre Fournier plays Dvořák, Saint-Saëns and Casals

Pierre Fournier was praised as an “aristocrat of cello playing”: his soulful, singing tone, his uncomplicated elegance and his refined sound can now be heard in these Lucerne live recordings, released for the first time. A particularly noteworthy discovery from the archives: Fournier’s encounter with the great Dvořák conductor István Kertész, whose untimely death had prevented him from recording the composer’s Cello Concerto in the studio.