5 Legendary Recordings On 180g Vinyl 5LP!
Elgar, Haydn, Boccherini, Schumann, Saint-Saens, R. Strauss & Dvorak!

'She clearly was born to play the cello,' wrote the New York Times of 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’s Don Quixote which, after a complex genesis, was not released until 1995, the height of the CD era. Now, it makes its 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.'

Musicians:

Elgar:
Jacqueline Du Pre, cello
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli - conductor
Haydn & Boccherini:
Jacqueline Du Pre, cello
English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim - conductor
Schumann & Saint-Saens:
Jacqueline Du Pre, cello
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim - conductor
Strauss:
Jacqueline Du Pre, cello
Herbert Downes, viola
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult - conductor
Dvorak:
Jacqueline Du Pre, cello
Chicago Symphonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim - conductor

Selections:
LP 1:
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Sea Pictures, Op. 37
(Recorded: London, Kingsway Hall, 19 & 30.VIII.1965)

LP 2:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. Vllb:1
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Cello Concerto in B-flat major (arr. Grutzmacher)
(Recorded: London, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, 17 & 24.IV.1967)

LP 3:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
(Recorded: London, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, 8, 9.IV & 11.V [Schumann], 24.IX. [Saint-Saens] 1968)

LP 4:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Don Quixote
Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character for cello, viola & orchestra, Op.35
(Recorded: London, No. 1 Studio Abbey Road, 6-7 & 9.IV.1968)

LP 5:
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op.104, B.191
Silent Woods, Op.68, B.182
(Recorded: Chicago, Medinah Temple, 11.XI.1970)