| Jacqueline du Pré - The Concerto Collection | 
| Artists: Edward Elgar, Joseph Haydn, Antonin Dvorak, Luigi Boccherini, Robert Schumann, Frederick Delius, Georg Mathias Monn, Richard Strauss, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert Downes, Desmond Bradley
Label: EMI Classics
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 105,122
Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.9
UPC: 724356734128
EAN: 0724356734128
ASIN: B00004RIU5
Release Date: June 6, 2000
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Cello Concerto No. 1 In C Hob.VIIb:1: I. Moderato - Cadenza | | • | Cello Concerto No. 1 In C Hob.VIIb:1: II. Adagio - Cadenza | | • | Cello Concerto No. 1 In C Hob.VIIb:1: III. Allegro molto | | • | Cello Concerto No. 2 In D Hob.VIIb:2: I. Allegro moderato - Cadenza | | • | Cello Concerto No. 2 In D Hob.VIIb:2: II. Adagio | | • | Cello Concerto No. 2 In D Hob.VIIb:2: III. Rondo (Allegro) - Cadenza | | • | Cello Concerto In B Flat: I. Allegro moderato - Cadenza | | • | Cello Concerto In B Flat: II. Adagio non troppo | | • | Cello Concerto In B Flat: III. Rondo (Allegro) - Cadenza |
Disc 2
| • | Cello Concerto In A Minor Op. 129: Nicht zu schnell | | • | Cello Concerto In A Minor Op. 129: Langsam - Etwas lebhafter - Schneller | | • | Cello Concerto In A Minor Op. 129: Sehr lebhaft - (Cadenza) - Im Tempo - Schneller | | • | Cello Concerto No. 1In A Minor Op. 33: Allegro non troppo | | • | Cello Concerto No. 1In A Minor Op. 33: Allegretto non troppo | | • | Cello Concerto No. 1In A Minor Op. 33: Un peu moins vite | | • | Cello Concerto In G Minor: I. Allegro | | • | Cello Concerto In G Minor: II. Adagio | | • | Cello Concerto In G Minor: III. Allegro non tanto |
Disc 3
| • | Cello Concerto In B Minor Op. 104: I. Allegro | | • | Cello Concerto In B Minor Op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo | | • | Cello Concerto In B Minor Op. 104: III. Finale (Allegro moderato) | | • | Silent Woods Op. 68 | | • | Cello Concerto: Lento | | • | Cello Concerto: Con moto tranquillo | | • | Cello Concerto: Lento | | • | Cello Concerto: Con moto tranquillo | | • | Cello Concerto: Allegramente |
Disc 4
| • | Cello Concerto In E Minor Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato | | • | Cello Concerto In E Minor Op. 85: II. Lento - Allegro molto | | • | Cello Concerto In E Minor Op. 85: III. Adagio | | • | Cello Concerto In E Minor Op. 85: IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro, ma non troppo | | • | Don Quixote: Introduction (Massiges Zeitmass) | | • | Don Quixote: Theme: The Knight Of The Mournful Countenance (Massig) | | • | Don Quixote: Variation I: The Adventure With The Windmills (Gemachlich) | | • | Don Quixote: Variation II: The Battle With The Sheep (Kriegerisch) | | • | Don Quixote: Variation III: Discourse Between Knight And Squire (Massiges Zeitmass) | | • | Don Quixote: Variation IV: The Adventure With The Pilgrims (Etwas breiter) | | • | Don Quixote: Variation V: The Knight's Vigil (Sehr langsam) | | • | Don Quixote: Variation VI: The Meeting With Dulcinea (Schnell) | | • | Don Quixote: Variation VII: The Ride Through The Air (Ein wenig ruhiger als vorher) | | • | Don Quixote: Variation VIII: The Voyage In The Enchanted Boat (Gamachlich) | | • | Don Quixote: Variation IX: The Combat With The Two Magicians (Schnell und sturmisch) | | • | Don Quixote: Variation X: The Defeat Of Don Quixote (Viel breiter) | | • | Don Quixote: Finale: Don Quixote's Death (Sehr ruhig) |
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 The fallen angel of the cello! September 12, 2007
Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela)
This year, Jacqueline du Prè should be it her 62, but as you know the cruel fate was a undesirable barrier that took over the world one of the maxim exponents of this instrument.
Jacqueline was born blessed by the touch of genius. Her vibrant performances, inner fire, unequaled vitality, first-class musicality and overwhelming sonority, made of her the undeniable Goddess of the cello in the second half of the past Century.
Who has been (Casals is the only exception)capable to play Elgar's Cello Concerto with major inspiration than her?
On the other hand , I don't know about other version that matches with her in Saint Saens Cello Concerto. Her Haydn performance is exquisite hovered by an atmosphere, so typical of the musical genius. And the Dvorak Cello Concerto may be cited together with Casals-Szell and Piatigorski-Munch.
The huge loss her death meant for the musical world, in spite of the fact twenty years have elapsed since that sad departure have left a place absolutely to be replaced.
Her throne still remains empty.
Wonderful Concerto Performances November 17, 2006
Doc Holliday (Great Northwest)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Of the six or seven cd albums that I have by Jacqueline du Pre, this album contains the meat and potatoes of du Pre's repertoire. Happily, she doesn't disappoint at a time when she was still physically healthy and developing musically. The Boccherini Concerto arranged by Grutzmacher, I believe she owns. The Monn Concerto is excellent and the Delius is a romantic dream. Don't miss this one, if you want hear the breadth of her short-lived talent.
 Lacks the "real" Elgar! April 28, 2005
Jeane Smith (Baltimore, MD)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Like other reviewers, I just want to say that this set lacks the famous Elgar recording by Jackie Du Pre. The Elgar performance on this CD is dull in comparison to her more famous performance. So, you will have to buy a separate CD for the Elgar. Other than that, this is a great set to have. I love the two Haydns especially.
The real du Pre, but not the *real* Elgar performance!!! March 3, 2003
Topanga Rose (California USA)
35 out of 44 found this review helpful
This is a comprehensive collection of Cello performances by a thrilling artist. Unfortunately, despite reviewer MacFarlane's assurances to the contrary, the producer of this CD has failed to include Jacqueline du Pre's *famous* and greatest performance of the Elgar Cello, and this is the reason for witholding a star. Ms.du Pre's famous performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto, Opus 85, was performed live in Philadelphia on November 27-28, 1970, with conductor-husband Daniel Barenboim, not Conductor Barbiroli. This Amazon review, comparing the two performances will indicate why this CD loses points for not featuring the Barenboim performance: <> The performance with Barenboim was formerly available on Sony. Today the Amazon search engine only turned it up one time in six search attempts using the SAME words! Elusive, but an essential recording nonetheless! Because confusion persists between the Elgar performances and conductors, it is necessary to persist in citing that it is Jacqueline Du Pre's performance with BARENBOIM which is so revered. Besides, the Sony disc which has the favored performance with conductor Barenboim, is also known for Barenboim's brilliant interpretation of the Elgar Enigma Variations. Daniel Barenboim's talent is becoming more and more visible and worthy of following closely. He's doing great things outside of music as well, so put his name in the Google search engine and find out!
Great performances, by one of the greatest cellists! April 29, 2001
P. Rah (Sion, Switzerland)
41 out of 43 found this review helpful
If there is one word for describing Jacqueline du Pre, it is MUSIC. She was the embodiment of music itself, because she gave all to the music she played. Some do not like her playing because it is too emotional. I echo the other reviewer's sentiments in that music is there to be played. Played with emotion. Music is about transmitting emotion to the listener, and du Pre was one of the best examples of how that could (and should) be done. Here, EMI has remastered and reissued most (I say most, because one concerto - the Lalo- has been omitted in this otherwise full compilation of du Pre's concerto recordings) of du Pre's concerto recordings. The Haydn concerto in C, is undoubtedly one of the most touching accounts, with its romantic sentiments. The same can be said of the Haydn in D and the Monn concerti, with the broad tempi, quite relaxed, and very opposite of Period performances Completely incorrect stylistically, but the performances are so moving and involved that all the fuss about stylistic correctness is throuwn out the window. I dare say that one is not going to get a more impassioned account of the Haydn C major concerto. It is among my absolute favourites. The Boccherini concerto is another matter. The version du Pre plays is not the original, but a mixture of the original, with bits borrowed from other Boccherini cello concertos, combined with Romantic styling by Grutzmacher (the 'editor' of the concerto). I don't like it as much as the Haydn concertos, but still it receives a bravura performance by du Pre with the English Chamber Orchestra under Barenboim. The Schumann and Saint-Saens concerti are unsurpassed for their passion and imaginativeness. The Schumann is tragic, but ends triumphantly, in a way that only du Pre could make it sound like that. The Saint-Saens is a less musically significant piece, but in du Pre's hands, it sounds like an important work. Dvorak's cello concerto is one of the greatest pieces in the cello repertoire, with its grand writing and poignancy. While du Pre's Dvorak concerto is not the best version one can buy, for the recording quality is notoriously horrible, with the orchestra sounding so distant from the cellist (who is placed far too forward) it is certainly one of the most outspoken and yes, impassioned accounts, interpretation-wise. Emotionally, it outdoes the justly famous Rotropovich/Karajan version. But the other Dvorak piece in this collection, the Silent Woods, is so touching that one is bound to cry at some stage of the 6-minute piece. The Delius concerto is a very rhapsodic, but a very engmatic one. Technically it is very demanding, because for once the technical difficulties are really due to the musical difficulties. It is hard to make sense of the work unless you are absolutely sure of its musical structure. But du Pre makes this sound easy, fully capturing the rhapsodic nature of the work, and sings beautifully. It was du Pre's first concerto recording, under one of the most arrogantly aristocratic conductors (arrogant to soloists, I mean, as he didn't regard them highly. But for du Pre, he was more than generous), Malcolm Sargent. The Elgar had to be included, didn't it? I mean, it is one of the great classics of the century. So there is nothing more to say about the Elgar. The Strauss tone-poem Don Quixote is a strange work, because it has a solo cello part (with a solo vioin and viola, who are usually members of the orchestra), a solo part that can be a soloist or the principal cellist from the orchestra cello section. It is strange, because the cello part is the most significant solo part, yet 80 per cent of the time it is outplayed by the orchestra, because the 'solo' cello plays the part of the orchestral cello section. But as to this performance, it was a run-through for a concert. Klemperer was supposed to be the conductor but he pulled out at the last minute and Boult was engaged. This historical recording does not sound like a run-through, although it si a bit messy at times ensemble-wise. But du Pre plays with absolute commitment. Her playing of the Finale must be one of the most poignant ever. The conductor's 'bravo' and the unanimous applause of the orchestra adds to the magic. I apologise for the long review, but if you have read this far, then I will say if you like du Pre and the cello, then this set is essential, and at mid price for CDs that would otherwise be full price and in single CDs, it is a bargain.
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