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The Sound Of Jacqueline Du Pre


Release Date: 05/08/2012 
Label:  Emi Classics   Catalog #: 91975   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Franz Joseph Haydn,  Luigi Boccherini,  Sir Edward Elgar,  Antonín Dvorák,   ... 
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré,  Daniel Barenboim,  Pinchas Zukerman,  Stephen Kovacevich,   ... 
Conductor:  Sir John Barbirolli,  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra,  New Philharmonia Orchestra,  English Chamber Orchestra,   ... 
Number of Discs: 4 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

In the 25th anniversary year of her death, EMI Classics pays tribute to British cellist Jacquline du Pre? with the release of this luxury box set. Du Pre? brought such searing intensity and radiant joy to her cello playing that, despite a career that was tragically curtailed by multiple sclerosis, continues to impact musicians today.

The Sound of Jacqueline du Pre? is a collection of her finest recordings. The 4-CD, bundled in a beautifully packaged box, includes her spirited interpretation of the Haydn Cello Concerto in C and the first movement of Boccherini’s Cello Concert in B flat – two masterpieces of the Classical era. The complete performance of the first of Brahms’s Cello Sonatas, a work that du Pre? brings vividly to Read more life, together with her pianist partner and husband, Daniel Barenboim is also included in the collection.
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Works on This Recording

1.
Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, Op. 101/H 7b no 2 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello)
Conductor:  Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1783; Eszterhazá, Hungary 
2.
Concerto for Cello in E minor, Op. 85 by Sir Edward Elgar
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello)
Conductor:  Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1919; England 
3.
Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 129 by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello)
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1850; Germany 
4.
Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor, Op. 33 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello)
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1872; France 
5.
Concerto for Cello in G minor by Mathias Georg Monn
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello)
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 18th Century; Austria 
6.
Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H 7b no 1 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello)
Conductor:  Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: circa 1761-1765; Eszterhazá, Hungary 
7.
Concerto for Cello in B flat major, G 482: 1st movement, Allegro moderato by Luigi Boccherini
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello)
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: ?1785 
8.
Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191: 3rd movement, Allegro moderato by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello)
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1894-1895; USA 
9.
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in E minor, Op. 38 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862-1865; Austria 
10.
Trio for Piano and Strings no 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 "Archduke": 1st movement, Allegro moderato by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Daniel Barenboim (Piano), Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello), Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1810-1811; Vienna, Austria 
11.
Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in D major, Op. 70 no 1 "Ghost": 1st movement, Allegro vivace con br by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Daniel Barenboim (Piano), Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello), Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1808; Vienna, Austria 
12.
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 5 in D major, Op. 102 no 2: Allegro con brio by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello), Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1815; Vienna, Austria 
13.
Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in F major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", Op. 66 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1796; Vienna, Austria 
14.
Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47 by Max Bruch
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello), Gerald Moore (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1881; Liverpool, England 
15.
Canciones populares espańolas (7): no 4, Jota by Manuel de Falla
Performer:  Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello), John Williams (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1914-1915; Spain 
16.
Carnival of the animals: no 13, The swan by Camille Saint-Saëns
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886; France 
17.
Elégie for Cello and Piano, Op. 24 by Gabriel Fauré
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; France 
18.
Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major, BWV 1007 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1720; Cöthen, Germany 

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review:  ( 1 Customer Review )
 Very pleased. December 20, 2018 By steven m. (Austin, TX) See All My Reviews "I have the original EMI LP of Du Pre playing the Elgar Cello Concerto (a treasured LP) and wanted to have a CD version. I wasn't sure how the recording quality would come across in a box set such as this, but after listening I feel that Warner was very careful here and did a very nice job." Report Abuse
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