Maurice Gendron - Dvořák, Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos; Fauré: Elégie (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 331 Mb | Total time: 72:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Philips | # 422 467-2 | Recorded: 1967, 1969
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 331 Mb | Total time: 72:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Philips | # 422 467-2 | Recorded: 1967, 1969
French cellist Maurice Gendron (1920-1990). His origins were poor and he hailed from Nice. At the age of three he took up music, starting with the violin, but his mother then gave him a quarter-sized cello and he was drawn to it immediately. The rest is history. At ten he was introduced to Emanuel Feuermann, and at twelve he was admitted to the Nice Conservatory, winning first prize at fourteen. Then it was on to the Paris Conservatoire to study with Gérard Hekking. Whilst there he supported himself by selling newspapers. When war broke out he was declared unfit for active service due to malnourishment, so he became a member of the resistance.