BEETHOVEN

Complete works for cello and piano Pablo Casals (cello),

Rudolf Serkin (piano) Praga Digitals PRD 250 372 (1952-53) 160:37 mins (2 discs) When these Prades studio recordings were captured in mono in the early 1950s, Serkin was in his prime and Casals was a youthful 75, playing with an elfin lightness of touch that rejuvenates the mind.