I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life, and to say things to the world that are true.

2 with Yehudi Menuhin and Mieczysław Horszowski
Schumann: Trio No. On that day the Secretary-General of the United Nations U Thant awarded Pau Casals the U. Their relationship ended in 1912.

He made many recordings throughout his career of solo chamber and orchestral music also as conductor but he is perhaps best remembered for the recordings of the Bach Cello Suites he made from 1936 to 1939. He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century and one of the greatest cellists of all time.