Jacqueline Du Pré: Favourite Cello Concertos

Jacqueline Du Pré: Favourite Cello Concertos
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During her far-too-brief career, cellist Jacqueline du PrÃ© exhibited an almost oracular power of communication. Her performances bristled with the kind of brilliant electricity that could change lives and convert listeners to a lifelong love of music. Happily, it's possible to experience a sense of that power from the recordings du PrÃ© completed before multiple sclerosis halted her career as a performer in the early 1970s. This set provides a splendid portrait--at bargain price--of du PrÃ©'s unmistakable personality: the astonishingly original yet convincing phrasing, raw energy, and ability to make her instrument sound uncannily like a human voice (du PrÃ© was after all a favored student of Mstislav Rostropovich). Her rendition of Haydn's Concerto in C is clearly cast in a romantic--and nowadays perhaps unfashionable--mold, yet du Pré's big, bold tone carries the musical line forward with exhilarating presence. It's a demeanor that proves especially reassuring for the quirkily mercurial inventions of Boccherini. Yet du PrÃ© most indelibly leaves her signature on the work that became her hallmark, Edward Elgar's E Minor Concerto, grafting a deeply personal level of expression onto the score's rich post-World War I melancholy. In the Schumann, du PrÃ© makes an eloquently passionate protagonist. A similar sense of excitement is to be heard in DvorÃ¡k's Concerto--performed near the end of her career--above all in the flame of inspiration she evidently sparks from the orchestra in the serene close of its slow movement. This is a supremely rewarding collection for the beginner and aficionado alike. --Thomas May
Country USA
Brand EMI CLASSICS
Manufacturer Warner Classics
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 077776328324
Model 077776328324
UnitCount 3
Format Audiobook
UPCs 077776328324
EANs 0077776328324
ReleaseDate 1990-05-07

Country	USA
Brand	EMI CLASSICS
Manufacturer	Warner Classics
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	077776328324
Model	077776328324
UnitCount	3
Format	Audiobook
UPCs	077776328324
EANs	0077776328324
ReleaseDate	1990-05-07

Jacqueline Du Pré: Favourite Cello Concertos

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