'She clearly was born to play the cello,' wrote theNew York Timesof Jacqueline du Pré in 1967. Just five years later her career was cut tragically short by illness. Providing a treasurable memento of her art, this is a newly-assembled 5 LP collection of masterworks for cello and orchestra from three centuries. It includes the Elgar Concerto, so closely associated with du Pré, and a 1968 recording of Strauss'sDon Quixotewhich, after a complex genesis, was not released until 1995, the height of the CD era. Now, it makes it's first appearance on LP. In each work, the cellist provides evidence of what her teacher, William Pleeth, described as the 'perfect balance of youth and maturity.' Jacqueline du Pré, performing with the two conductors most closely associated with her career, brings characteristic exuberance, passion and colour to three cello concertos rooted in the 18th century. In his memoir A Life In Music, Daniel Barenboim wrote: "I have never encountered anyone for whom music was such a natural form of expression as it was for Jacqueline... She had a capacity to imagine sound such as I never met in any other musician."

Track List

1. Concert Overture - Philharmonia Orchestra
2. I. Adagio - Moderato - Jacqueline Du Pre/London Symphony Orchestra
3. II. Lento - Allegro Molto - Jacqueline Du Pre/London Symphony Orchestra
4. III. Adagio - Jacqueline Du Pre/London Symphony Orchestra
5. IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Jacqueline Du Pre/London Symphony Orchestra
6. Sea Slumber-Song - Janet Baker/London Symphony Orchestra
7. In Haven - Janet Baker/London Symphony Orchestra
8. Sabbath Morning at Sea - Janet Baker/London Symphony Orchestra
9. Where Corals Lie - Janet Baker/London Symphony Orchestra
10. The Swimmer - Janet Baker/London Symphony Orchestra
11. I. Moderato - Cadenza - Jacqueline de Pré/English Chamber Orchestra
12. II. Adagio - Cadenza - Jacqueline de Pré/English Chamber Orchestra
13. III. Allegro Molto - Jacqueline de Pré/English Chamber Orchestra
14. I. Allegro Moderato - Cadenza - Jacqueline Du Pré/London Symphony Orchestra
15. II. Adagio - Jacqueline Du Pré/London Symphony Orchestra
16. III. Rondo (Allegro) - Cadenza - Jacqueline Du Pré/London Symphony Orchestra
17. I. Allegro Moderato - Cadenza - Jacqueline de Pré/English Chamber Orchestra
18. II. Adagio Non Troppo - Jacqueline de Pré/English Chamber Orchestra
19. III. Rondo (Allegro) - Cadenza - Jacqueline de Pré/English Chamber Orchestra
20. Nicht Zu Schnell - Jacqueline Du Pré/New Philharmonia Orchestra
21. Langsam - Etwas Lebhafter - Schneller - Jacqueline Du Pré/New Philharmonia Orchestra
22. Sehr Lebhaft - Jacqueline Du Pré/New Philharmonia Orchestra
23. I. Allegro Non Troppo - Jacqueline Du Pré/New Philharmonia Orchestra
24. II. Allegretto Con Moto - Jacqueline Du Pré/New Philharmonia Orchestra
25. III. Allegro Non Troppo - Jacqueline Du Pré/New Philharmonia Orchestra
26. I. Allegro - Jacqueline Du Pré/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
27. II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo - Jacqueline Du Pré/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
28. III. Finale. Allegro Moderato - Jacqueline Du Pré/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
29. Waldesruhe - Le Calme de la Foret - Jacqueline Du Pré/Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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